https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23059/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401111-0003.1.jpg 5de0312901132cfd4fcc0435da24edaf https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23059/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401111-0004.1.jpg a1287d5bb84b7e8823e13e822538ef3f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23059/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401111-0001.1.jpg 641d5b07841b37b85dc11c1ad5301a2c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23059/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401111-0002.1.jpg a96e5a667be3dccb082e269a0126c57c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hudson, Douglas James Douglas Hudson J D Hudson Description An account of the resource 529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hudson, JD Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Prisoners of War Post. Kriegsgefangener Post [postmark] 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp De Sejour Suirfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes LE KEF Tunisie Nord Afrique. [page break] From Mrs Hudson 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 Lancs. England. [postmark] [inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted] [page break] 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 Monday 11th Nov/40. My dear Douglas. It is now eight oclock [sic] on Monday evening & Dad & I sitting by the fireside, - real Darby & Joan. & I recall those other Monday nights, which seem far away now, when you & I sat by the fireside, & enjoyed puzzle corner from the radio. Happy memories, this Mother wasn’t very successful at identifying the music. And all the time now I am thinking of you & wondering what you are doing. We’ve had such a lot of rain during the past month – not just showers, but deluges, hour after hour, which can become very depressing. This morning was bright & fresh but this afternoon has been very stormy. Yesterday I turned up the pages of the calendar to count six weeks to Christmas – surely the strangest Christmas ever. We are sad to think that we cannot get a message over to you before then, but you will know that we are thinking of you always & always looking forward to the time when “happy days are here again.” That they will come there is no doubt. We must keep on looking ahead [page break] all the time. I wrote to Miss Morton yesterday & today I’ve written to Miss Law. She has sent us beautiful letters since you went away & no doubt she will be writing to you when she gets your address. Did I tell you that Mr Hole has retired from business owing to ill-health? He has been at home since May & Ted’s last letter to us told that he had retired, tho’ [inserted] he is [/inserted] a lot better again now. The gold injections have given benefit to Mrs Hole & she is better now than she has been for years. Arnold became engaged last August, the lady’s name was not announced in Ted’s letter. Isn’t it funny to think of the naughty little boy that was now attained to man’s estate. I learn from the newspaper that my football hero has now retired from the game. Do you remember that he was very badly injured in a motor accident last year & he appears to have only made a very slow recovery. At the moment City are top of the Northern League. Now love Goodnight once again All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp De Sejours Suirfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes LE KEF TUNISIE NORD AFRIQUE. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes of their activities and is wondering what he is doing. Comments on weather. Notes Christmas in six weeks and sad they cannot get message to him before that. Mentions letters they have send and received from others. Catches up with news of friends and family and reminisces on past events. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P Hudson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-11-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter and envelope Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401111 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-11-11 1941-01-06 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall prisoner of war