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Messages home from British serviceman serving in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area and the surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes. Canteen scenes.
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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.
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1. Private K Hollowes, 1472241, Royal Army Medical Corps, sending a message to his friends Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald, Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire.
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2. Sergeant M Cullen, 3519181, Army Catering Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs M Cullen, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire.
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3. Lance Corporal B Haydn, 4697224, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, sending a message to his wife and daughter Mrs B Haydn, Ashton-On-Mersey, Sale, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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4. Private W Bradley, 4029031, The South Staffordshire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Bradley, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire.
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5. Sergeant H Hedley, 1738689, Royal Artillery 23 Field Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Hedley, Brownley Green, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire.
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6. Sergeant S Hardbottle, 10577617, Indian Army Corps of Clerks?, sending a message to his wife Mrs Hilda Hardbottle, Mottram, Manchester, Lancashire.
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7. Gunner J P Stephenson, 11005417, 21/8 Rajput Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Indian Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs H Stephenson, Manchester, Lancashire.
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8. Gunner S Marshall, 1823774, 21/8 Rajput Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Indian Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mrs Marshall, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire.
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9. Lance Corporal I Dooley, 2360638, 5th Air Formation Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs L Dooley, Moston, Manchester, Lancashire.
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10. Lance Corporal E Ormrod, 14206639, 5th Air Formation Signals, sending a message to his mother Mrs Ormrod, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire.
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11. Private F Campbell, 3915353, 6 Battalion FSWB attached to No 2 Company Southern Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs Campbell, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire.
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12. Sergeant A Booth, 3447547, 2nd Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Workshop Section, sending a message to his mother Mrs Booth, Radcliffe, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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13. Sergeant H Butterworth, 3450829, Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his mother Mrs Butterworth, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire.
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14. Sergeant G Stirling, 10549900, OOSDI, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Stirling, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire and his girlfriend Miss J Warr, Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire.
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15. Gunner E P Taylor, 1084150, 123 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother, Mrs R Taylor, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire.
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16. Gunner R Walmsley, 11258004, 123 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Rose Walmsley, Moston, Manchester, Lancashire.
