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Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area and surrounding areas, specially recorded for morale purposes. Canteen scenes. Film shown at the Regal Cinema Manchester, 9 December 1944.
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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. Company Quartermaster Sergeant H Senior, 3706955, 9th Border Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Blanche Senior, Radcliffe, Manchester.
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2. Leading Aircraftman R G Child, 1520214, 312 Maintenance Unit RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs B G Child and (relationship not stated) Ann Child, Davyhulme, Urmston, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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3. Leading Aircraftman E Blatherwick, 1546464, 312 Maintenance Unit RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs L Blatherwick, Sale Moor, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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4. Sergeant T Meaney, 1989651, Vizag Military Port IE, sending a message to his wife Mrs E A Meaney, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire.
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5. Private D Maloney, 3393053, No 1 Commando, sending a message to his wife Mrs D Maloney, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire.
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6. Private Pawson, 3973636, No 1 Commando, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Pawson, Manchester, Lancashire.
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7. Driver S Walsh, 1766981, A. 157 Medium Battery Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Millie Walsh, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire, his mother Mrs Walsh, Albert Inn, Pendlebury, Manchester, Lancashire.
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8. Private G W Severn, 1635447, Royal Army Medical Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs G Severn, Whalley Range, Manchester, Lancashire.
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9. Private H Ingle, 3606932, Border Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs Ingle, Sale, Cheshire.
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10. Sergeant H Davies, 187438, Royal Armoured Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs Davis, South Reddish, Stockport, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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11. Private G Ikin, 10585767, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Ikin and family, Beswick, Manchester, Lancashire
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12. Signalman S Holbrook, 2388064, 20 Army Air Support Control India Command, sending a message to his wife Mrs Holbrook, Wilmslow, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs Holbrook, Wilmslow, Manchester, Lancashire.
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13. Leading Aircraftman L A Malia, 1750641, BAO (Base Accounting Office) RAF, sending a message to his wife Mrs Beatrice Malia, Timperley, Cheshire.
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14. Corporal J Kelly, 7602311, REME, sending a message to his wife Mrs Lilian Kelly, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire.
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15. Sapper J Day, 14381279, Royal Engineers, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs John Day, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire.
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16. Sapper W Hanvey, 7674837, Royal Engineers, sending a message to his father Mr J Hanvey and family, Manchester, Lancashire.
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17. Corporal F Roberts, 1491639, Base HQ RAF, sending a message to his mother Mrs A Roberts, Cadishead, Manchester, Lancashire.
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18. Corporal J Drummond, 1068964, 27 Advanced Flying Boat Base RAF (Bombay), sending a message to his wife Mrs J Drummond, Manchester, Lancashire.
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19. Lance Sergeant C Atkinson, 2006347, 12th Field Company Royal Engineers, sending a message to his wife Mrs Olive Atkinson, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire.
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20. Private W R Wilton, 3602582, 4th Border Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs W R Wilton, Cale Green, Stockport, Cheshire.
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21. Company Quartermaster Sergeant J Smith, 3593650, The Border Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs J A Smith, Sharston, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire.
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22. Lance Corporal E Jones, 3853403, Corps of Military Police (India), sending a message to his wife Mrs Jones, Boothstown, near Manchester.