 B. Walton O'Donnell.
B. Walton O'Donnell was the conductor of the Wireless Military Band, and a Professor at the
Royal Academy of Music. He came from a family of military musicians. He was born at Madras, where his father was
conductor of a military band, and was the youngest of three brothers, all bandmasters. Before leaving school he
won a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. After attending the Royal Military College of Music, he was
appointed to the 7th Hussars, and later to the Royal Marines, where he accompanied the Prince of Wales on tours
of Africa and South America. |
 Beryl Orde.
Beryl Orde's real name was Josephine Ingram. She was born at Liverpool in 1914 and at the
age of three was already giving "impressions". Her first victim was Hetty King. She was very versatile, and her
repertoire stretched to more than three hundred people. Before appearing on radio in 1929, she had been appearing
in vaudeville and on the concert stage for several years. Many a contemporary dirty old man seems to have
commented on her lovely eyes. |
