CALLING BLIGHTY NO 132 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 132 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3667
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen 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 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. Bombardier W Eaton, 1606801, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs E H Eaton, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Bombardier F Mellor, 1607082, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Mellor, Manchester, Lancashire. 3. Gunner A Hoiley, 1606891, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his sister Mrs Rose McDonald, Manchester, Lancashire. 4. Gunner A Pailin, 1607357, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs S Pailin, Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire. 5. Lance Bombardier A Pilkington, 404386, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs D Pilkington, Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire. 6. Gunner W F Meigh, 944548, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs W Meigh, Elton, Bury, Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Bombardier E Harrop, 812625, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his fiancée Miss G Bootham, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Gunner G Topping, 1769911, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Topping, Beswick, Manchester, Lancashire. 9. Staff Sergeant D Clarke, 7596737, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Wireless Section REME, sending a message to his mother Mrs Clarke, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire. 10. Gunner N Buckley, 11265781, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Buckley, Waterloo, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire. 11. Gunner H Seddon, 1741949, 24 Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs N Seddon, Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Gunner J E Chadwick, 1146983, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs L Chadwick, Northenden, Manchester, Lancashire. 13. Gunner A Chester, 1140108, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Chester, Cheadle Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 14. Gunner H Kershaw, 11417176, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs Kershaw, High Crompton, Shaw, near Oldham. 15. Sergeant B Tait, 933914, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs Tait, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire. 16. Gunner H Waddington, 1143356, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Waddington, Flixton, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Gunner R Hales, 11417170, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Hales, Seedley, Salford, Lancashire. 18. Lance Bombardier C Edwards, 936167, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs Edwards, Higher Irlam, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Gunner J Porter, 1875924, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Porter, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 20. Sergeant F H Shelten, 3522837, REME, sending a message to his wife Mrs Alice Shelten, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 21. Gunner T Haughton, 14502496, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Haughton, Rochdale Road, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire. 22. Gunner A McHale, 1082518, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs McHale, West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 23. Driver Abraham, 1082442, unit unknown, sending a message to his wife Mrs Irene Abraham, Salford, Lancashire. 24. Gunner J McCorrick, 999703, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs J McCorrick, Newton, Manchester, Lancashire. 25. Gunner A Mendelson, 1082532, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Stella Mendelson, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire. 26. Gunner C Tomlinson, 261698, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Winnie Tomlinson, Radcliffe, Manchester, Lancashire. 27. Signalman R Lawrenson, 2376523, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Lawrenson, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss Renee English, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire. 28. Gunner T E Tonge, 1074070. Royal Artillery, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Tonge, Farnworth, Manchester, Lancashire. 29. Gunner A Robinson, 1082437, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Jennie Robinson, Lower Kersal, Salford, Lancashire. 30. Gunner E Shepley, 1105327, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Shepley, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 31. Gunner D Stockton, 14290416, 136 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs Stockton, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire. 32. Signalman W Kellett, 8450130, unit unknown, sending a message to his fiancée Miss Mary Sterns, Ancoats, Manchester and his mother Mrs Kellett, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3667)
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  • Production Date: 1945
  • 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 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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