CALLING BLIGHTY NO 241 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]

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  • Title: CALLING BLIGHTY NO 241 (MANCHESTER AREA) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3503
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  • Summary: Messages home from British servicemen stationed in Malaya to their loved ones living in the Manchester area and 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. Signalman A Parker, 3660994, Malaya Command Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Parker, mother-in-law Mrs Randley and sister-in-law Mrs Eunice, Stockport, Cheshire and his mother Mrs L Parker, brother George Parker and sister Mary Parker, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire. 2. Lance Sergeant D G Pateman, 14409870, Malaya Command Signals, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Pateman, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss M Dixon, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire. 3. Leading Aircraftman A Dugan, 1238711, Air Headquarters Malaya Command Signals, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Dugan and sister Miss Doreen Dugan, Burnley, Lancashire and his friend Mr J Askins, Burnley, Lancashire. 4. Driver L Hayes, 10583418, Light Aid Detachment attached to 18th Field Regiment, sending a message to parents Mr and Mrs Hayes, sister Miss Barbara Hayes and sister Miss Annie Hayes, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Mrs Taylor, Clifton, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mr Roy Ferry, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire. 5. Sergeant R V Groves, 571993, 314 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit, sending a message to wife Mrs R V Groves, son Master Anthony Groves, mother-in-law Mrs Davenport, friend Mrs M Hibbert and friends Mr and Mrs J Riley ,Glossop, Derbyshire. 6. Signalman J Turner, 14230324, Malaya Command Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs J Turner and sons Derek, Jimmy and Geoffrey Turner, Hadfield, near Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs J H Turner, Hadfield, near Manchester, Lancashire. 7. Private R Warburton, S/14755148, No 6 Supply Command Royal Army Service Corps, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Warburton, sister Miss D Warburton and sister Mrs L Hampson, Greenheys, Manchester, Lancashire and his nephew Mr Derek Hampson, Benchill, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Miss Eileen Cotten, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire. 8. Driver P Hanslip, T/14766452, Royal Army Service Corps, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Metcalfe, Burnley, Lancashire and his brother Mr F Metcalfe, Queensgate, Burnley, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss B Wildman, friend Miss Joan Wildman and friend Miss Jean Wildman, Burnley, Lancashire and his friend Mrs B Schofield, Burnley, Lancashire. 9. Private F Richardson, 14274854, Kings Regiment, sending a message to his wife and son Mrs Alice Richardson and baby boy, parents Mr and Mrs W H Richardson and (relationship not stated) Mrs H Thompson, Balderstone, Rochdale, Lancashire and his aunt Mrs G Richardson, Balderstone, Rochdale, Lancashire and his mother-in-law Mrs M Suthers, Castleton, near Rochdale, Lancashire and his uncle Mr John Stott, Oldham, Lancashire. 10. Private J Gray, 3459960, Kings Regiment, sending a message to his wife and son Mrs Anne Gray and baby boy, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs J H Gray and sister Mrs M Lees, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire and his grandmother Mrs McCarthy, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Miss E Jacobs, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Miss L Barker, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, 11. Leading Aircraftman A Lyons, 1272436, RAF Kuala Lumpur Malaya, sending a message to his wife Mrs Austin Lyons and his parent-in-laws Mr and Mrs J Campbell, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire and his mother, father, sisters and brother Mr and Mrs Austin Lyons and family, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire. 12. AC1 G F Stockton, SHQ RAF Malaya Command, sending a message to his parents and brother Mr and Mrs T H Stockton and son, Middleton, near Manchester, Lancashire and his friends Miss Elleen McIntyre and friends (3), Heywood, near Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Mrs T Ackerly, Middleton, near Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mrs P Aubert, Middleton, near Manchester, Lancashire. 13. Leading Aircraftman Toft, 2217983, SHQ RAF Malaya Command, sending a message to his wife Mrs W Toft and daughter Joan Toft and son Cyril Toft, Cheadle, Cheshire and his aunt Miss N Toft, Cheadle, Cheshire and his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs D Ollerenshaw, Handford, Cheshire and his mother Mrs Harston, Cheadle, Cheshire and his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs S Worthington, Cheadle, Cheshire. 14. R Moorcroft, 1442538, HQ Railway Buildings British Military Administration Federated Malay States Railways Buildings Kuala Lumpur Malaya, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Moorcroft, sister Miss Judy Moorcroft and brother Derek Moorcroft, Gatley, Cheshire and his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs J Shaw, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire. 15. Leading Aircraftman L Shimberg, 1500531, RAF HQ Malaya Command, sending a message to his wife Mrs R Shimberg, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Miss J Shimberg, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents-in-laws Mr and Mrs S Steller and Family, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire and friends Mr and Mrs Kushner and family, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire and friends Mrs Laskie and daughter, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire. 16. Private D Chapman, 14799990, 30 Field Dental Lab, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Chapman and sister Miss S Chapman and aunt Mrs A Marshal, Hale, Cheshire and his aunt Miss A Turnbull, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire. 17. Warrant Officer M V Kennedy, 510636, 314 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs M V Kennedy, Castletown, Sunderland, County Durham and his mother Mrs A Kennedy, brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs J Kennedy and his sister-in-law Mrs George Kennedy, Blackburn, Lancashire and his sister and brother-in-law Mr and Mrs Allen, Blackburn, Lancashire.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 3503
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3503)
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  • Production Date: 1946-01
  • Production Country: Bombay, India
  • Production Details: Directorate of Welfare and Amenities () Service Film Centre India ()
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