CALLING BLIGHTY NO 328 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 328 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3508
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen serving in India to their loved ones living in the Manchester area and surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes.
  • Description: List of personnel (identified by rank, name, service number and unit) who recorded a brief message home to their loved ones (relationship, name and address) who were later invited to a screening in Great Britain but who do not appear in the film. 1. Private Donald Saxon, 4806027, 21st Suffolk Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs Saxon, Slattocks, Middleton, Manchester, England and his friend Miss Ruth Atkinson, Samford, Rochdale, Lancashire and his friends Mr and Mrs B Dawson, Fayton, near Oldham, Lancashire and his friend Miss A Leech, Rochdale, Lancashire and his aunt Mrs Henthorn, Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire. 2. Gunner J Tomlinson, 11421110, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Tomlinson and daughter Barbara Tomlinson, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs Tomlinson, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother-in-law Mrs Kellett and sister-in-law Alice Kellett, Flixton, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Miss Maud Tomlinson, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire. 3. Fusilier G K Knight, 14791040, Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs G Knight, Dukinfield, near Manchester and his uncle Mr E Baker, Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester and his auntie Mrs Richard, Dukinfield, near Manchester and his aunt Mrs G Newton, Dukinfield, near Manchester. 4. Lance Corporal Deakin, 14804161, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs S Deakin, Bradford, Manchester, Lancashire and his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Tom Deakin, Manchester, Lancashire. 5. Lance Corporal Gordon Maskrey, 14657746, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Maskrey, brother Jack Maskrey, sister Dorothy Maskrey and brother Albert Maskrey, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire and his grandmother Mrs E J Maskrey, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 6. Leading Aircraftman G Collier, 1501900, Base Postal Unit RAF Southeast Asian Air Force, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs G Collier and sister Miss Margaret Collier, Stoneclough, near Manchester, Lancashire and his auntie Miss Mary Seddon, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and his cousin Miss Mary V Royle, Kearsley, near Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Miss Jean Seddon, Stoneclough, near Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Sergeant C Haywood, 3522836, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Haywood, Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs Haywood, East Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire and (relationship unknown) Mrs Hinds, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Gunner R Faichney, 1082491, 23 Parachute Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Faichney, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire. 9. Private Partington, 5833331, 2nd Suffolk Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Partington and son Allan Partington, Bolton and his parents Mr and Mrs Partington, Bolton. 10. Signalman E Crimes, 2344967, 44th Indian Airborne Division, sending a message to his wife Mrs Olive Crimes, son Bernard Crimes, mother-in-law Mrs Smith and sister-in-law Audrey Smith, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Ernest and Annie Crimes, Fallow Field, Manchester, Lancashire. 11. Bombardier A Sutherland, 834509, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Sutherland, Farnworth, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother-in-law Mrs Openshaw, Farnworth, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Sergeant J Pugh, 1704052, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his father Mr J Pugh, Wilmslow, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Mrs G Clayton, Alderley Edge, near Manchester, Lancashire. 13. Gunner B Cohen, 1828266, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Edith Cohen, Hightown, Manchester, Lancashire and parents Mr and Mrs Cohen, Hightown, Manchester, Lancashire. 14. Corporal Herbert Worsley, 2374143, 14 Indian Division Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs H Worsley and parents Mr and Mrs T Worsley, Pendlebury, Manchester, Lancashire. 15. Sergeant L Ravlen, 948013, (AC) AATC, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Ravlen, sister Miss M Ravlen, sister Miss H Ravlen and his brother Mr R Ravlen, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire and his friends Misses M ad M E Oliver, Hyde, Cheshire. 16. Fusilier Baldwin, 14782163, Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his father Mr H Baldwin, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Private Owen Thomas, 14987359, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs L Owen, sister Miss Bessie Owen, sister Mrs R Smith and brother-in-law Mr J M Smith, Brooks’s Bar, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister-in-law Mrs H Owen, Brooks’s Bar, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mrs E Dawson, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 18. Fusilier Barker, 14995039, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Barker, his father Mr A Barker, sister Miss W Barker and grandmother Mrs M A Crellin, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss Nora Kennedy, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Private Parsons, 7662855, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs T C Parsons, Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire and his father Mr W Parsons, Derby. 20. Private H Purves, 14322094, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his parents Mrs and Mr J H Purves, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire and his brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs R Purves, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Miss H Warner, Salford, Lancashire.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 3508
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3508)
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  • Production Date: 1945-10
  • Production Country: Bombay, India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Service Film Centre India ()
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