at the theatre organ
Aircraftman Dudley Beaven began his musical career at the age of ten as a chorister in Westminster Abbey, and sang there at the wedding of the King and Queen. On leaving the Abbey he went to the Royal College of Music where he studied piano and organ under Arnold Goldsborough. One of his earlier appointments was as resident organist at the New Victoria Theatre, where he succeeded
Reginald Foort and Phil Park. During his stay there he had the distinction of playing before the Royal Family. Before he was called up, he was heard regularly on the air from the Woolwich Granada.