Entertainments National Services Association

The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organization set up in 1939 to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II.

A forerunner of the American USO, ENSA operated as part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. It was superseded by Combined Services Entertainment (CSE) which now operates as part of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC).

Magicians that performed for ENSA include:

• Will Ayling
• Paula Baird
• George Braund
• L.H. Branson
• Henri Bekker
• Carlton
• Carmo
• Herbert J. Collings
• Ken de Courcy
• Ernest D'Albert
• David Deveen
• Dorothy Harbin
• Al Koran
• Masoni
• David Nixon
• Bertram Otto
• Oswald Rae
• Mark Raffles
• Ernest Sewell
• William Stickland
• Peter Waring
• Verdini

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