CALLING BLIGHTY NO 82 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 82 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3490
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  • Summary: Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area and surrounding areas. Canteen scenes. Film shown at the Regal Cinema, Manchester 9 December 1944.
  • 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 G E Foxall, 7358211, 509 Command Indian Army Corps Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Workshop, sending a message to his Father Mr G Foxall, Davyhulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Signalman W R Jones, 14649662, ISC (Indian Signals Corps) Telecommunication School, India Command (Agra, Uttar Pradesh), sending a message to his wife Mrs Doris Jones, Lower Kersal, Salford, Lancashire. 3. Sergeant D R Ellis, 13063576, Indian Army Corps of Clerks HQ Central Command, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs J W Ellis, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire. 4. Private E Paynter, 3864737, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, sending a message to his wife Mrs Sally Paynter, Radcliffe, near Manchester, Lancashire. 5. Private J Raby, 3861906, 2/ Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, sending a message to his wife Mrs Olive Raby, Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire. 6. Fusilier J Leigh, 3781523, Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (India), sending a message to his wife Mrs Doris Leigh, Bradford, Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Fusilier G Allen, 3660174, Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (India), sending a message to his wife Mrs Doris Allen, Bradford, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Leading Aircraftman M Tober, 1685468, 27 Advance Flying Boat Base RAF, sending a message to his mother Mrs S Tober, Prestwich, Lancashire. 9. Corporal E Brown, 1062824, No 4 Base Supply Depot RAF, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs A V Brown, Edenfield, near Manchester, Lancashire. 10. Leading Aircraftman G Hannah, 1525577, No 4 Base Supply Depot RAF, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs W K Hannah, Rhodes, near Manchester, Lancashire. 11. Corporal William H Rigby, 1307567, BAO (Base Accounting Office) RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs W H Rigby, Crossacres, Manchester, Lancashire. 12. Corporal W H Morrill, 1325904, BAO (Base Accounting Office) RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs W H Morrill, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire. 13. Leading Aircraftman T White, 1018569, 110 Squadron RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs T White, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire. 14. Sergeant H Leggett, 10591762, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Leggett, West Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire. 15. Lance Corporal J B Atkinson, 2593514, Royal Signals, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Atkinson, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire. 16. Private E Allwood, S/7404815, Royal Army Service Corps, sending a message to his wife and children Mrs Ada Allwood, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Signalman W D Dunn, 3660678, General Headquarters Indian Signals, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs William Dunn, Sale, near Altrincham, Cheshire. 18. Staff Sergeant J E Aspin, 1482637, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Jane Aspin, mother Mrs E Thornley and brother Mr Frank Thornley, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Regimental Sergeant Major C H A Gill, 7358563, Royal Army Medical Corps, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Gill, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire. 20. Private W Eastham, 7670802, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his mother Mrs J Eastham, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire. 21. Private T Coolican, 3460423, 2nd Battalion the Leicester Regiment EHQ, sending a message to his wife Mrs T Coolican, Cross Lane, Salford, Lancashire. 22. Private W Grayson, Royal Army Medical Corps, 7356055, at 80th BGH (British General Hospital), sending a message to his wife Mrs M E Grayson, West Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire. 23. Private J Smith, 7392531, 80th BGH (British General Hospital), sending a message to his wife Mrs M Smith, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire. 24. Lance Sergeant L A Woodage, 7666638, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs R Woodage, Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire. 25. Private R W Patterson, 7680843, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his mother Mrs H Patterson, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire. 26. Private T D Wiper, 14267874, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs F Wiper, Higher Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire. 27. Private S Cunnington, 7673098, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to (relationship unknown) Mrs S Cunnington, Oldham, Lancashire.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3490)
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  • Production Date: 1944-11
  • 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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