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Messages home from British servicemen serving in India to their loved ones living in the Manchester area and surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes.
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List of personnel (identified by rank, name, service number and unit) who recorded a brief message 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. Corporal Humphrey Brownrigg, 2149912, BOR (British Other Ranks) Survey Cadre Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife Mrs H Brownrigg, near Stockport, Cheshire and his parents Mr and Mrs Brownrigg, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister, brother-in-law and nephew Mr and Mrs Pickstone and Brian Pickstone, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents-in-law Mr and Mrs W Thompson and (relationship not stated) Mr James McGibbon, Bury, Lancashire.
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2. Sergeant Thomas McLaughlin, 14715654, General Headquarters 2nd Echelon Jhansi, sending a message to his mother Mrs McLoughlin and daughter, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire and his brother Mr and Mrs Dennis Daly and children, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mr R Leishman, Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire and his friends Mr and Mrs Malone and son, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire.
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3. Fusilier R E Williams, 14951217, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2st Battalion, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Williams, Ashwood, Stockport, Manchester and his sister Mrs J Stones, Ashwood, Stockport, Manchester and his sister Mrs J Jepson, Stockport and his mate's mother Mrs Pricie, Stockport, Manchester and his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs F Whitehead, Stockport, Manchester.
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4. Leading Aircraftman J Davies, 998991, British Headquarters Bombay, sending a message to his wife Mrs Hilda Davies, mother-in-law Mrs A Moore and father-in-law Mr A Moore, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs E Davies, Llandudno, North Wales and his aunt Mrs M Dymond, Llandudno, North Wales and (relationship not stated) Leading Aircraftman H Davies, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire.
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5. Leading Aircraftman Norman Mather, 2257528, 305 Maintenance Unit Bombay, sending a message to his wife Mrs Doris Mather, Salford, Lancashire and his mother Mrs S E Mather, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire.
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6. Private Brian Chadwick, 14917409, 1st Battalion The Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs W Chadwick and his sister Miss M Chadwick, Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire and his auntie Mrs A Taylor, Bury, Lancashire and his cousin Miss C Brooks, Chesham, Bury, Lancashire and girlfriend Miss B Penny, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.
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7. Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth Schofield, 3211040, British Headquarters Bombay, sending a message to his mother Mrs Mary Lillian Schofield, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Mrs Molly Mutter, Manchester, Lancashire and (Mrs ?) Mansergh, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire (relationship not stated) and his aunt Mrs Mutter, Manchester, Lancashire.
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8. Sapper J Stewart, 14721404, Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife Mrs J Stewart, daughter Jean Stewart, daughter Jose Stewart and his son John Stewart, Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister-in-law Mrs E Ryder and daughter-in-law Miss J Ryder, Barton, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire.
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9. Sergeant R Edwards, 14888374, Royal Army Service Corps, sending a message to his father and stepmother, Mr and Mrs G L Edwards and sister Mrs F Taylor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire.
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10. Private Lynch, 14847946, 1st Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Lynch, Salford, Lancashire and his mother Mrs Lynch, Salford, Lancashire and his sister Thelma Lynch, brother Leslie Lynch and his sister Beryl Lynch, Salford, Lancashire.
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11. Sapper W T Turney, 14527217, BOR (British Other Ranks) Survey Cadre Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife Mrs W T Turney, Sale, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs S G Turney, Sale, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister-in-law Mrs H Hughes, Sale, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister-in-law Miss M Garner, Hale, Cheshire and his sister-in-law Mrs F Garner, Hale, Cheshire.
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12. Private J Cuddy, 14896627, Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Cuddy, Salford, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs Cuddy, Salford, Manchester.
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13. Fusilier Harry Houghton, 14421004, 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Houghton, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Miss J Houghton, Moston, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Mrs D Lapworth, Moston, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Mrs E Bromley, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire and his brother Mr I Houghton, Moston, Manchester, Lancashire.
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14. Gunner S Eaton, 14839733, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his mother Mr and Mrs Eaton, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Groom, Higher Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Groom, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire and his brother (and sister-in-law) Mr and Mrs Eaton, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Miss Hartell, Milles Platting, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mr B Lindsay, Higher Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire.
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15. Gunner Alex Heaton, 14874801, Royal Artillery, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Heaton, New Moston, Manchester, Lancashire and his auntie and uncle Mr and Mrs Whitehead, Moston, Manchester, Lancashire and his friends Mr and Mrs Grantham, New Moston, Manchester, Lancashire and his auntie Mrs E Pickles, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mrs Simpson, New Moston, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Miss Doris Howell, Middleton, near Manchester, Lancashire.
