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Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones living in the in the Manchester area and the surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes. External scenes.
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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.
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1. Sergeant A Roberts, 10559098, HQ 15 India Corps, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Roberts, Salford, Lancashire.
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2. Lance Corporal R B Smith, 7399012, HQ 15 India Corps, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs W Smith, Heaton Mersey, Manchester, Lancashire. (also Aunt)
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3. Private J Isherwood, 4753230, HQ 15 India Corps, sending a message to his sister Mrs M Stephenson, Todmorden, Lancashire.
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4. Squadron Commander R E Lister, 3532737, 30 Mobile Cinema Unit, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs H Lister, Firswood, Manchester, Lancashire.
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5. Sergeant H Brimelow, 4195946, regiment unknown, sending a message to his father Mr J Brimelow, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire.
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6. Corporal J Seddon, 4195946, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, sending a message to his wife Mrs J H Seddon, Salford, Lancashire and his mother Mrs J H Seddon, Salford, Lancashire.
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7. Fusilier H Chandler, 4195955, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, sending a message to his mother Mrs Mary Chandler, Salford, Lancashire and his sister Mrs Irene King, Salford, Lancashire.
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8. Fusilier H Belcher, 4195951, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, sending a message to his wife Mrs Gladys Belcher and mother Mrs Belcher, Salford, Lancashire.
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9. Fusilier W Roberts, 4197219, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, sending a message to his wife Mrs L Roberts, Salford, Lancashire.
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10. Fusilier F Musgrave, 4204542, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, sending a message to his mother Mrs C Musgrave, Manchester, Lancashire.
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11. Company Quartermaster Sergeant R Gunner, 3384813, The East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, sending a message to his wife Mrs R Gunner, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire.
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12 Corporal J Hartley, 3390842, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs J Hartley, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs M Hartley, Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire.
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13. Private J Brooks, 3391304, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs J Brooks, Broughton, Salford, M7, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs Brooks, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire.
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14. Lance Corporal A Jones, 3385892, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Jones, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire.
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15. Private E Smith, 3390974, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs F Smith, Beswick, Manchester, Lancashire.
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16. Private A Owen, 3535063, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs A Owen, Salford, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss H Hulbert, Salford, Lancashire.
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17. Private C Whitehead, 3391274, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs B Whitehead, Trafford Park, Manchester, Lancashire.
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18. Private E Mason, 3525323, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs Mason, Audenshaw, Manchester, Lancashire.
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19. Private T Marginson, 14395858, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs D Marginson, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire.
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20. Private N Harcourt, 3534149, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs N Harcourt, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs Harcourt, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire.
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21. Private L Warburton, 3389599, 2nd Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs L Warburton, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire.
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22. Lance Corporal F Bramhall, 3390953, 2nd Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs D Bramhall, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire.
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23. Sergeant J Traynor, 3655684, 2nd Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs J Traynor, Benchill, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs T Leighton, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire.
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24. Private R Campbell, 3659784, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Campbell, Oldham Road, Manchester.
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25. Lance Corporal W Edwards, 3658199, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Edwards, Sale, Manchester, Lancashire.
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26. Private J Gee, 3655515, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his sister Mrs Hannah Geddes, Salford, Lancashire.
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27. Private D H Glennie, 3657249, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs R Glennie, Salford, Lancashire and his sister Mrs E Arkwright, Salford, Lancashire.
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28. Corporal H Samberg, 3857398, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs H Samberg, Stratford, Manchester, Lancashire.
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29. Lance Sergeant R Morris, 3657182, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs M Morris, Manchester, Lancashire.
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30. Private J Smallwood, 3655666, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his mother and father Mr and Mrs Smallwood, Salford, Lancashire.
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31. Corporal T Marsh, 3658912, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs T Marsh, Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Mrs P Clarke, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire.
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32. Lance Corporal E J Summerfield, 3448141, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs E J Summerfield, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother and father Mr and Mrs T Summerfield, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire.
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33. Private H Hill, 3656955, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs H Hill, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire.
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34. Corporal E White, 3654597, 2nd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs E White, Warrington, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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35. Corporal J C Spencer, 3532264, 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs L Spencer, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire.
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36. Private C Potter, 3535379, 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Potter, Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire.
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37. Private H Greenhalgh, 4130602, 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment, sending a message to his fiancée Miss M Shaw, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire.
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- Category
- Film
- Related period
- Second World War (production)
- Creator
- Directorate of Welfare and Amenities
Services Film Centre, India - Production date
- 1945
- Place made
- Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India
- Catalogue number
- MGH 3492
