May 14, 1953 - Choirboys Rehearse For Coronation. Thirty-two boys are rehearsing the music for...

May 14, 1953 - Choirboys Rehearse For Coronation. Thirty-two boys are rehearsing the music for the coronation, at Addington Palace, Croydon. Twenty of the boys have been chosen for the Royal School of Music from among its 3,000 member choirs from all over the country, and the other twelve are choristers from six cathedrals. This is the first coronation, it is believed, at which boys from parish church and school choirs have been chosen to sing. Keystone Photo Shows: - (L to R): Dermot McConnell, of Belfast (St. Anne's Cathedral); Water Officer, of Belfast (St. Anne's Cathedral); David Harry Gordon, of Belfast (St. Bartholomew), Kenneth St. Turner, of Dublin (Patrick's Cathedral), Samuel G.C. Greenaway, Armagh (St. Patrick's Cathedral), and Henry Roger Dormer, Armagh (St. Patrick's Cathedral), seen during today's rehearsal at Addington Palace.