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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. Private Donald Saxon, 4806027, 21st Suffolk Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs Saxon, Slattocks, Middleton, Manchester, England and his friend Miss Ruth Atkinson, Samford, Rochdale, Lancashire and his friends Mr and Mrs B Dawson, Fayton, near Oldham, Lancashire and his friend Miss A Leech, Rochdale, Lancashire and his aunt Mrs Henthorn, Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire.
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2. Gunner J Tomlinson, 11421110, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Tomlinson and daughter Barbara Tomlinson, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother Mrs Tomlinson, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother-in-law Mrs Kellett and sister-in-law Alice Kellett, Flixton, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Miss Maud Tomlinson, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire.
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3. Fusilier G K Knight, 14791040, Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs G Knight, Dukinfield, near Manchester and his uncle Mr E Baker, Ashton-under-Lyne, near Manchester and his auntie Mrs Richard, Dukinfield, near Manchester and his aunt Mrs G Newton, Dukinfield, near Manchester.
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4. Lance Corporal Deakin, 14804161, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs S Deakin, Bradford, Manchester, Lancashire and his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Tom Deakin, Manchester, Lancashire.
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5. Lance Corporal Gordon Maskrey, 14657746, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs Maskrey, brother Jack Maskrey, sister Dorothy Maskrey and brother Albert Maskrey, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire and his grandmother Mrs E J Maskrey, Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire.
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6. Leading Aircraftman G Collier, 1501900, Base Postal Unit RAF Southeast Asian Air Force, sending a message to his parents Mr and Mrs G Collier and sister Miss Margaret Collier, Stoneclough, near Manchester, Lancashire and his auntie Miss Mary Seddon, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and his cousin Miss Mary V Royle, Kearsley, near Manchester, Lancashire and his cousin Miss Jean Seddon, Stoneclough, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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7. Sergeant C Haywood, 3522836, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs Haywood, Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Mr and Mrs Haywood, East Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire and (relationship unknown) Mrs Hinds, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire.
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8. Gunner R Faichney, 1082491, 23 Parachute Regiment Royal Artillery, sending a message to his wife Mrs E Faichney, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire.
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9. Private Partington, 5833331, 2nd Suffolk Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Partington and son Allan Partington, Bolton and his parents Mr and Mrs Partington, Bolton.
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10. Signalman E Crimes, 2344967, 44th Indian Airborne Division, sending a message to his wife Mrs Olive Crimes, son Bernard Crimes, mother-in-law Mrs Smith and sister-in-law Audrey Smith, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire and his parents Ernest and Annie Crimes, Fallow Field, Manchester, Lancashire.
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11. Bombardier A Sutherland, 834509, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs A Sutherland, Farnworth, Manchester, Lancashire and his mother-in-law Mrs Openshaw, Farnworth, Manchester, Lancashire.
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12. Sergeant J Pugh, 1704052, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his father Mr J Pugh, Wilmslow, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister Mrs G Clayton, Alderley Edge, near Manchester, Lancashire.
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13. Gunner B Cohen, 1828266, Resmob Anti-Aircraft Regiment, sending a message to his wife Mrs Edith Cohen, Hightown, Manchester, Lancashire and parents Mr and Mrs Cohen, Hightown, Manchester, Lancashire.
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14. Corporal Herbert Worsley, 2374143, 14 Indian Division Signals, sending a message to his wife Mrs H Worsley and parents Mr and Mrs T Worsley, Pendlebury, Manchester, Lancashire.
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15. Sergeant L Ravlen, 948013, (AC) AATC, sending a message to his mother Mrs M Ravlen, sister Miss M Ravlen, sister Miss H Ravlen and his brother Mr R Ravlen, Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire and his friends Misses M ad M E Oliver, Hyde, Cheshire.
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16. Fusilier Baldwin, 14782163, Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his father Mr H Baldwin, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire.
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17. Private Owen Thomas, 14987359, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment, sending a message to his mother Mrs L Owen, sister Miss Bessie Owen, sister Mrs R Smith and brother-in-law Mr J M Smith, Brooks’s Bar, Manchester, Lancashire and his sister-in-law Mrs H Owen, Brooks’s Bar, Manchester, Lancashire and his friend Mrs E Dawson, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire.
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18. Fusilier Barker, 14995039, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, sending a message to his mother Mrs E Barker, his father Mr A Barker, sister Miss W Barker and grandmother Mrs M A Crellin, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire and his fiancée Miss Nora Kennedy, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire.
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19. Private Parsons, 7662855, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his wife Mrs T C Parsons, Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire and his father Mr W Parsons, Derby.
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20. Private H Purves, 14322094, Royal Army Pay Corps, sending a message to his parents Mrs and Mr J H Purves, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire and his brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs R Purves, Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire and his aunt Miss H Warner, Salford, Lancashire.
![Keystone Photo Shows: Gable talks, from behind a machine-gun, to Sgt. Gunner Phil Hulse, of Springfield, Mo., Right, and Sgt. Gunner Kenneth Huls, from Perkin, Oklahoma.’ On reverse: US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamp]. Print No: 268131.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_mobile_2x/public/2018-06/1_132.jpg?itok=x2dtLEgi)