CALLING BLIGHTY NO 226 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
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- Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 226 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
- Film Number: MGH 3502
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- Summary: Messages home from British servicemen serving in the Far East to their loved ones living in the Manchester area and the surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale 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. Sergeant Lenagan, 1876233, 3rd Airborne Squadron Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife Mrs Lenagan and son Bobbie Lenagan, Heywood, Lancashire and his brother-in-law Mr G Whittle and sister-in-law Mrs M Whittle, Heywood, Lancashire and his sister-in-law Mrs O Valentine and Father-in-law Mr Valentine, Heywood, Lancashire. 2. Lance Corporal R Dixon, 14202760, 12th Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Dixon and his sister Audrey Dixon, Fallowfield, Manchester and his grandmother Mrs A Dixon, Sale Moor, Cheshire and his grandmother Mrs A Broadbent, Crumpsall, Manchester. 3. Lance Sergeant J Jolliffe, 1151409, 12th Yorkshire Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his mother Mrs Holt, sister Miss Phyllis Jolliffe and brother Mr Frank Jolliffe, Manchester, Lancashire. 4. Private R Nelson, 14990677, 13th Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Nelson, brother Mr W Nelson and sisters Misses A and B Nelson, Radcliffe, Manchester, Lancashire and his sweetheart Miss D Kay, Bury, Lancashire. 5. Private J Potts, 14823427, 13th Battalion Parachute Regiment, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Potts, Leigh, Lancashire and his friend Mrs Wilcock, Leigh, Lancashire. 6. Private D Kenyon, 14498691, 13th Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his aunts Mrs Annie Moody and Ada Moody, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Miss Thelma Ball, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire and his cousins Misses Margery and Dorothy Kenyon, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Mrs Nellie Barton, Flixton, near Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Mrs Sam Jackson, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Bandsman A L Trowell, 14497849, 13th Lancashire Battalion Parachute Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A L Trowell, parents in law Mr and Mrs W Coxon and sister in law Miss H Coxon, Crossacres, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs A R Towel, Hollington, St Leonards, Sussex. 8. Corporal J R Baker, 14576556, 716 Company (Parachute Platoon), sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Baker, Middleton Junction, Manchester, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss J Bouttell, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Mrs Hamlet, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Mrs Dawson, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mrs Hulbert, Oldham, Lancashire. 9. Private S Fowler, T/80773, 716 Parachute Company Royal Army Service Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs Dorothy Fowler and sister in law Mrs Marjorie Woods, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs O Fowler and sisters Misses Jessie and Margaret Fowler, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister in law Mrs J Fowler, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. 10. Private F Irving, 14825860, 12th Yorkshire Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs W Irving, brother Mr R Irving, brother Mr W Irving and sister Mrs A Haydock, Nelson, Lancashire. 11. Private W Regan, 14816112, 12th Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Regan, sister Miss M Regan and brother in law Mr J Smith, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Mr T Shanks, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister in law Mrs K Regan and baby, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire and friend Mrs W Stevenson, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Private V Smith, 14735690, 13th Lancashire Parachute Battalion, sending a message to his wife Mrs V Smith, mother in law Mrs Johnstone, sister in law Mrs H Evans, sister in law Mrs I Stanton and sister in law Miss D Johnstone, Brooks's Bar, Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Mrs G Dace, Brooks's Bar, Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire. 13. Lance Bombardier D A Powell, 1127181, No 2 Forward Observer Unit (Airborne) Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife and children Mrs I A Powell, parents Mr and Mrs H T Powell and sister Miss Hilda Powell, Dawley, Shropshire. 14. Signalman Collins, 14611764, 5th Parachute Brigade Signal Section, sending a message to his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Hood, Heaton Chapel, Manchester, Lancashire and his nephew Master Alan Maxwell Hood, Marple, Cheshire, Lancashire. 15. Sapper R Boshell, 14367422, 3rd Airborne Squadron Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife Mrs E J Boshell, daughters Misses Tina and Myra Boshell and sister Mrs J A Ryder, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother in law Mrs E Nelson, Manchester and his sister-in-law Mrs Stephens, Manchester, Lancashire. 16. Gunner Morris, 3531382, 4th Air landing Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs J Morris, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs Salt, Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire.
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- Colour: B&W
- Digitised: Yes
- Object_Number: MGH 3502
- Sound: Sound
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3502)
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- Production Date: 1945-12
- Production Country: Bombay, India
- Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Services Film Centre, India ()
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