CALLING BLIGHTY NO 164 (?) (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 164 (?) (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3493
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen stationed in India to their loved ones 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 record 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. Corporal A Wilkinson, 1090812, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Wilkinson, Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Lance Corporal W Williamson, 7648787, REME, sending a message to his fiancée Miss F Kindon, Patricroft, Manchester, Lancashire. 3. Gunner M Levine, 11400855, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Levine, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire. 4. ACI? R T McKellar, 1524588, RAF, sending a message to his sister Miss B Mckellar, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire. 5. Gunner J Hampson, 1130708, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to this wife Mrs W Hampson, Queens Bank, Manchester, Lancashire. 6. Corporal J W Ingham, 1141931, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Ingham, Stalybridge, Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Corporal W Ray, 622752, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Ray, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Corporal C Kirby, 1080992, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Kirby, Mossley, Manchester, Lancashire. 9. Driver G M Jones, 936337, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to his fiancée Miss J Shrewbree, West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 10. Corporal I Moore, 602422, RAF, sending a message to his father Mr. W A Moore, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire. 11. Bombardier H Colecliff, 1769047, 184/59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Colecliff, Reddish, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Corporal A J Penwarden, 963472, RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Penwarden, Heaton Norris, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 13.Gunner T Conner, 1767191, 51/69 Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Conner, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire. 14. Gunner W Jones, 1769244, 184/59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Jones, Bolton, Lancashire. 15. Gunner T Barlow, 1769244, 184/69 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Barlow, West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 16. Gunner S Robinson, 1769244, 184/59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Robinson, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Gunner P Broome, 1704035, 51/69 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Broome, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 18. Corporal R Pinchers, 3660022, King’s Own Royal Regiment (?), sending a message to his wife Mrs Pinchers, Peel Green, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Corporal C E Harries, 2364956, Royal Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Harries, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 20. Driver E Ward, 2384766, Royal Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Ward, Bradford, Manchester, Lancashire. 21. Signalman J H Bosworth, 2556787, Royal Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Bosworth, Northenden, Manchester, Lancashire.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3493)
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  • Production Date: 1944-06
  • Production Country: Bombay, India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Services Film Centre, India ()
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  • Notes: Information taken from original listing acquired with the film. Listing used for sending invitations to the names relatives inviting them to the screening of the film in the local area. Filmed messagers may not appear in order as listed above. Sgt J H Bosworth appears in this issue (last soldier to speak to camera). Identified by his daughter in a letter to IWM, 2003. (JS882) 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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