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A Brief History of the Royal Tournament - Part 2
The Tournament remained at the Agricultural Hall until 1905 when the Tournament which by now included participants from the Royal Navy marked the Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. In the following year, the Tournament relocated to Olympia in West London. The larger venue could accommodate more spectators and allowed for even bigger arena displays.
In 1896 the first ‘all-naval’ display appeared in the programme of the Tournament, which comprised of cutlass drill and field gun drill by forty ratings from HMS Excellent. In 1907, the Royal Navy staged the first Inter Command Field Gun Competition at the Tournament. The video below shows a run between Devonport and the Fleet Air Arm from the 1988 Royal Tournament.
The Tournament continued at Olympia until the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. It returned in 1919 following the armistice, with the addition of the newly formed Royal Air Force. The RAF provided a variety of displays over the years, the video below shows the RAF Regiment in 1998.
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