CALLING BLIGHTY NO 178 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 178 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3494
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  • Summary: Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area and surrouding areas, specially recoreded for moral purposes. External scenes.
  • Description: List of personnel (identified by rank, name, service number and unit) who recorded brief messages 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. Steward F W Taylor, D/LX 574894, sending a message to his mother Mrs Taylor, Stoneclough, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Leading Air Fitter A Williamson, FAA/SFX 2026, sending a message to his Mother Mrs A Williamson, Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire. 3. Naval Airman 2nd Class Leonard Henn, FAA/FX 108774, sending a message to his parents and family, Mr and Mrs J Henn, Irlams o'th’ Height, Salford, Lancashire. 4. Stoker Samuel Shawcross, P/KK 155192, sending a message to his mother Mrs Shawcross, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. 5. Steward Thomas W Barth, D/LX 609108, sending a message to his grandmother Mrs M Barth, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire. 6. Naval Airman 1st Class Donald Sinclair, FAA/FX 79574, sending a message to his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Brown, Salford, Lancashire. 7. Able Seaman Charles J Grimes, P/JX 155265, sending a message to his wife Mrs C J Grimes, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Steward Raymond Fenney, P/LX 613518, sending a message to his aunt Mrs D Phillipson, Weaste, Salford, Lancashire. 9. Engine Room Artificer Alfred Holt, P/MX 88847, sending a message to his wife Mrs D Holt, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire. 10. Air Mechanic Frank Risby, FAA/FX 101937, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs E Risby, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire. 11. Naval Airman William Clarke, FAA/FX 560059, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Clarke, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Ordinary Seaman, Ronald T Davis, PJX 640509, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Davies, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 13.Leading Writer James Walkden, P/MX 95853, sending a message to his mother (name unknown), Wingates, Westhoughton, Bolton. 14. Air Mechanic William Travis, FAA/FA 584948, sending a message to his wife Mrs W Travis, Rochdale Road, Manchester, Lancashire. 15. Air Mechanic George Russell, FAA/FX 89977, sending a message to his wife Mrs G Russell, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. 16. Able Seaman T P Smith, D/JX 290112, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Smith, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Ordinary Signalman James Baverstock, P/JX 610409, sending a message to his sweetheart Miss Ann Waring, Mossley, Manchester, Lancashire. 18. Writer Harold J Raisin, P/MX 618657, sending a message to his sister, aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Taylor, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Air Mechanic Stanley R Scargill, FAA/FX 89693, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Scargill, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire. 20. Able Seaman James H Sands, P/JX 392574, sending a message to his mother and family Mrs L A Sands, Charlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. 21. Able Seaman Frank Nurtney, P/JX 178036, sending a message to his wife and son Mrs F Nurtney, Salford, Lancashire. 22. Wren Margaret Taylor, 34728, sending a message to her mother Mrs David Taylor, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire 23. Radio Mechanic Petty Officer Herbert W Griffiths, FAA/FX 110657, sending a message to his mother and sister, Mrs C Griffiths, New Moston, Manchester, Lancashire. 24. Air Mechanic Leslie Sykes, FAA/FX 105006, sending a message to his mother and family, Mrs R Sykes, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. 25. Air Mechanic Owen J Bates, FAA/FX 105006, sending a message to his mother and family, Mrs M Bates, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire. 26. Air Mechanic Stanley Simpkins, FAA/FX 105913, sending a message to his wife and family, Mrs E Simpkins, Salford, Lancashire. 27. Able Seaman Thomas Johnson, P/JX 382671, sending a message to his wife Mrs T Johnson, Davyhulme, Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire. 28. Air Mechanic Leslie Cope, FAA/FX 86761, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Cope, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire. 29. Cook James J Simpson, P/MX 696803, sending a message to his wife and mother, Mrs J Simpson, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire. 30. Cook James Schofield, P/MX 535999, sending a message to his wife and mother, Mrs J Schofield, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire. 31. Regulating Petty Officer Jack Cooper, P/JX 382669, sending a message to his sweetheart, Miss Isabel Weir, Audenshaw, near Manchester, Lancashire. 32. Able Seaman Eric Wilson, P/JX 697118, sending a message to his wife and family, Mrs E Wilson, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire. 33. Able Seaman Ernest I Derbyshire, P/JX 563593, sending a message to his parents and his sweetheart, Mr and Mrs Derbyshire, East Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3494)
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  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: Bombay, India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Service Film Centre India ()
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  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Information taken from original listing acquired with the film. Listing used for sending invitations to the named relatives inviting them to the screening of the film in the local area. Filmed messages may not appear in order as listed above. See "'Keep smiling, keep those chins up and God Bless': filmed messages home from service personnel in the Far East during the second world war" by Paul Sargent, Imperial War Museum Review, No.7, 1992.
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