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.
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- Colour: B&W
- Digitised: Yes
- Object_Number: MGH 3667
- Sound: Sound
- 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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