CALLING BLIGHTY NO 183 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 183 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3495
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen serving in South East Asia Command to their loved ones living in 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. Leading Aircraftman R Butterworth, 1033705, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Butterworth, Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Leading Aircraftman Stanley Peart, 1130936, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife and children Mrs Amy Peart, North Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. 3. Leading Aircraftman F S Blackley, 1044134 RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs J Blackley, Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire. 4. Leading Aircraftman Gillibrand, 1532475, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs Gillibrand, Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire. 5. Aircraftman 1st class J Tomlinson, 1505801, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs S E Tomlinson, Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire. 6. Leading Aircraftman F Bee, 1121466, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs G Bee, Cheadle Hulme, Lancashire. 7. Leading Aircraftman J W Pickup, 1036665 RAF Ceylon, ending a message to his wife Mrs A Pickup, Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire. 8. Corporal A W Cartwright, 1186047, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his fiancée Miss G M Clayton, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire. 9. Leading Aircraftman J C Barber, 1534602, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs M Barber, Bamfurlong, Wigan, Lancashire. 10. Corporal F Lucas, 591961, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs J Lucas, Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire. 11. Leading Aircraftman W E Ashworth, 768390, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs E M Ashworth, Rochdale, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss Helen Humphreys, Rochdale, Lancashire. 12. Leading Aircraftman W Holdsworth, 1067461, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs M H Holdsworth, Queensgate, Burley, Lancashire. 13. Leading Aircraftman H Payton, 858193, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife and child Mrs J Payton, North Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. 14. Leading Aircraftman J Nickson, 1082104, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his father Mr C Nickson, Preston, Lancashire. 15. Leading Aircraftman L Yarker, 1087743, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs B Yarker, Rochdale, Lancashire. 16. Sergeant W Scott RAF, 1203369, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs M J Scott, Blackburn, Lancashire. 17. Leading Aircraftman A P Denner, 1682840 RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Denner, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. 18. Leading Aircraftman Boocook, 981870 RAF Ceylon, sending a message home to his mother Mrs E Boocock, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire. 19. Corporal A Hunter, 1004763, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Hunter, Longton, Preston, Lancashire. 20. Corporal Halliwell, 946573, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Halliwell, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire. 21. Leading Aircraftman H Hughes, 1112204, RAF Ceylon, sending a message to his mother Mrs H Hughes, Manchester, Lancashire. 22. Driver C Madden, 183116, 1509 Army Platoon, Royal Army Service Corps (Heavy), South East Asia Command sending a message to his wife Mrs C Madden, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Manchester, Lancashire.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3495)
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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. Stanley Peart sent a message home to his wife Amy and children Donald and Julie. Identified in a letter to IWM by Mr Peart's daughter 1994 (JH478) 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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