1 25 30 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23838/EHudsonPHudsonJD410530-0001.1.jpg e3e935db25e2d1ab7bc1adf7a0b17028 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23838/EHudsonPHudsonJD410530-0002.1.jpg 204bd34a3411d8368214c055c8832e19 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [telegram] [date stamp] [indecipherable] [list] ORIGINE Nelson NUMÉRO 3191 NOMBRE DE MOTS 21/20 DATE 30 HEURE DE DÉPOT 1110 MENTIONS DE SERVICE Cable received may 22nd both well chins up all our love letters on way Phyllis Hudson [page break] A DÉCHIRER 30-5-41 RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE TÉLÉGRAMME POSTES, TELEGRAPHES ET TÉLÉPHONES Hudson Hotel d’orient Medéa 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 Telegram to Douglas Hudson from his mother Description An account of the resource Notes cables received letters om the way. 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 1941-05-30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten telegram form 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 EHudsonPHudsonJD410530 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-30 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 Robin Christian prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23837/EHudsonPHudsonJD410520-0001.2.jpg 75fade25981682056f2113a47f6be695 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23837/EHudsonPHudsonJD410520-0002.2.jpg f6f5fd7460d4eec3a173c252041f351b 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [telegram] [date stamp] [indecipherable] [list] ORIGINE Burnley NUMÉRO 618 NOMBRE DE MOTS 40/39 DATE 19/5 HEURE DE DÉPOT 1415 MENTIONS DE SERVICE All loving wishes for may 21st. anxiously awaiting news house at Kensal sold Saturday renting smaller house 191 halifax RD Nelson lancs 30 NR weekly pleasant situation kindly people both well all love = Phyllis Hudson [page break] A DÉCHIRER Médéa 20-5-41 RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE TÉLÉGRAMME POSTES, TELEGRAPHES ET TÉLÉPHONES Via RS 755052 Hudson Hotel d’orient 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 Telegram to Douglas Hudson from his mother Description An account of the resource Best wishes for 21 May. Anxiously awaiting news. Tells of move from Kensal (house sold) to Nelson. 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 1941-05-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten telegram form 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 EHudsonPHudsonJD410520 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-20 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 Robin Christian prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23836/EHudsonPHudsonJD410516-0001.2.jpg 8353663d01407389cd8636111f7f760e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23836/EHudsonPHudsonJD410516-0002.2.jpg 087e9e5aa1c8f006fa18cbdafdbc6251 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [telegram] [post mark] MEDEA Nelson Ranci 27-70 22 15 13.21 Treasures safely housed again at 191 Halifax road nelson both well send all love = Phyllis Hudson [page break] 16-5-41 [indecipherable] 755052 Hudson Hotel d’Orient Medea 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 Telegram to Douglas Hudson from his mother Description An account of the resource Announces move to Nelson complete. 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 1941-05-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten telegram form 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 EHudsonPHudsonJD410516 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-16 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 Alan Pinchbeck prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23835/EHudsonPHudsonJD410510-0001.2.jpg e0aba154362cbdff1d9d69c7e853567e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23835/EHudsonPHudsonJD410510-0002.2.jpg f28676be56e2afc0c7936226e1ee5bff 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [telegram] [post mark] MEDEA 16-5-41 ALGER (Nelson) 415 35 9.5 1027 Received cable Thursday await further new removing furniture from Kestal to new home at 191 Halifax RD Nelson Lancs friday May 9th both well send all lovage = Phyllis Hudson. [page break] 10-5-41 Transradio 755052 Hudson Hotel d’orient 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 Telegram to Douglas Hudson from his mother Description An account of the resource Notifies receipt of cable awaiting further. Mentions moving and supplies new address. 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 1941-05-10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten telegram form 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 EHudsonPHudsonJD410510 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-10 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 Alan Pinchbeck prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23649/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420507-0001.1.jpg e7c260d891b8970bc007266fc44d0611 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23649/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420507-0002.1.jpg 08c4e91310a622d254b1fd9bf0f281cb 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [inserted] 141 [/inserted] [underlined] 41 [/underlined] [inserted] 4-6-42 [/inserted] Wednesday May 7th 1942 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England. My dear Douglas. I have just been reading a letter from you written at Medea on May 7th 1941. You say it has been raining all day long & I am wondering if you will be able to say the same tomorrow May 7th 1942. I seem to be thinking of you all the time & I do wish we could have more regular news from you. I am still awaiting the reply to my cable of last Wednesday & there are no letters since the one dated January 9th. As I was going along to my grocer today Mr Exley stopped his car & got out to chat. Almost first thing he asked about you & sends very kindest regards. He told me that Mrs Exley is a most enthusiastic “digger for victory” & has an allotment in the field opposite our old home at Tugfield. Little Barbara is now 4 1/2 years old & will soon be going to school That presents rather a problem as there does not appear to be a suitable school in the vicinity of Vale Manson. This has been a most beautiful day & now the sun is going down behind Pendle Hill in a blaze of glory. From our dining room window “the world looks very beautiful” & we are very sad that war should mar & distress, so stupidly. Two years ago at the beginning of May you had just made the long journey from “the edge o’beyond” to more civilized surroundings. No need to say “Do you remember?” I noticed in yesterday’s Guardian [page break] the announcement of the wedding of Peter Garnett Forrester of Cheadle Cheshire to a young lady of Cheadle Staffs. I should have written Peter Garrett Forrester [indecipherable word] I wonder what he is doing now. I have not heard from Mrs Clayton for several weeks & have no news of John. I told you that he is now at an Octu school. I also told you that Miss Hettie is, or was, living with Mrs Clayton & also a young Dutch man was a guest there, so Mrs Clayton will be kept busy. It seems a pity she has to be bothered with these people, but I’m afraid I’m not very sympathetic about her staying in that big house. Her brother said he would help to keep her if she would go into a small house. In rather more than two weeks will be your birthday & you may be sure where our thoughts will be on that day & we shall hope & pray that it may be the last one, as a prisoner. Now it is almost bed-time so I will leave my little space until morning. I’m always hoping there may be letters from you. Goodnight love. [inserted] Morning [/inserted] Still no news neither letter nor cable so I just keep on hoping. I wonder if you still stamp your letters. It does seem such a waste of your precious allowance. They surely would not take any longer to get here posted unstamped & as you know by now so few of them do arrive. All our love & thoughts & prayers Mother & Dad. 755052 Hudson Camp Militaire Laghouat. Algerie. 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 reading a letter from him dated a year ago from Médéa mentioning rain and wondering whether it was raining at Laghouat on same day this year. Still awaiting reply to latest cable. Continues with news of talking to locals about him, of their allotments and catching up with other gossip. Continues with news of friends and family. Concludes that there was still no letters from him. 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 1942-05-07 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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-HEHudsonJD420507 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. Algeria Algeria--Laghouat (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa England--Nelson Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-05-07 1942-06-04 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 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23245/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410608-0001.1.jpg 877d6c49cc846f12d54badb3348c79c3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23245/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410608-0002.1.jpg f42e32eb82960e9b5bdeb861289d164e 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [inserted] 44 [/inserted] [inserted] 23-6-41. [/inserted] 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England Sunday June 8th/41 My dear Douglas. Yesterday we had a letter from you sent by Air Mail dated 7/3/41. making 4 letters & 5 p.cs in a week. There’s no need to tell you what a joy these missives bring to us even tho’ the news is some-what wrong way round. We were interested to know from your letter yesterday something of how your time is spent – in games, discussions, etc. but you must be a strangely altered Douglas if you have become a cynic. No, my dear,! No son of mine can ever become a cynic. I know that deep down in your heart is enough of all the things that mean most in life – faith hope & love - & possessing these great gifts will surely save you from a cynicism which circumstances might engender. We all look forward with faith & hope to the happy days of reunion. & I often wonder if we shall be very surprised with the changes that war-time conditions have wrought – the lines which care & anxiety have created on our faces. & the grey hair which not very long ago was mid-brown. Dad & I have [page break] already spent very many happy hours in our pretty little garden. We have strawberries & raspberries in flower. & shall be thrilled when we are able to gather the fruit in a few weeks time. I sent an Air Mail letter to Le Kef giving you a detailed account of our new home & wonder if the letters will be sent on to you in Medea. Dad thought I had described the new home too vividly for it to pass the censor so it is no use repeating the description. Outside the house is grand – a most extensive view & not surrounded by houses. & we get lovely sky effects. I hope the censor won’t mind me telling you that we now have 2 hours of summer time which means that at 6 a.m. I have the great joy of seeing the summer sun rise. It really is a lovely picture. & when the sun goes down in an opal – tinted west it brings you very near to me for I imagine that you too will be able to the pageant of beauty thus provided. Now love my letter must come to an end with all loving thoughts & prayers for you, faith, hope & love remain with [inserted] you [/inserted] always. This [inserted] is [/inserted] Sunday afternoon & memories crowd thick & fast. Sunday afternoons in June. How we love to remember the almond blossoms & may blossoms & the lovely new green of tree & field & fervently I re-echo your “thank God for memories.” All love from Mother & Dad 755052 Sgt. Chef. Hudson Hotel D’Oriente Medea Algerie. 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 Notes arrival of 4 letters and 5 postcards in a week. Comments on contents concerning his activities and whether he is becoming a cynic. Writes of happy hours spent in garden. Provides description of new house. Mentions double summer time and sunrise and sunset. 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 1941-06-08 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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-HEHudsonJD410608 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. Fighter Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-06-08 1941-06-23 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 Steve Christian home front prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23244/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410601-0001.1.jpg 1f2421f3598252a5ee123dbc0ab991c4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23244/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410601-0002.1.jpg f201d2b1e150cd6cd5d5043ed1333a57 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England. Sunday June 1st /41 23-6-41 My Dear Douglas It was a great joy to us to have your letter dated 4/4/41. yesterday. Also one p.c. of the same date & one p.c. 28/3/41. It seems that several letters have failed to arrive as our last letter from you was dated Feb 12th. The April 4th letter mentions your pay of 2/- a week & after that the paper is cut clean away. but overleaf on top of the half sheet of paper you have acknowledged receipt of 4 letters & one of which told you of the revised allotment. Also enclosed in your letter to us was a small printed form with the words “The British examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter.” Still we are thankful indeed to have good news of your health and well-being. & understand so well the intense boredom of idleness. I am pleased that E.H.J. has sent a regular correspondence. He sent a telegram to us on your birthday which touched us deeply. Of course I wrote immediately & told him I would let him know when we had further news from you. I fear he would not receive the p.c. as you [page break] say you sent one to us at the same time which has not arrived. but I will tell him about it when I write. [symbol] Today is Whitsunday & I know you will be thinking of us & of many happy holidays you have spent at Whitsuntide. It has been a lovely day & Dad has spent almost the whole day in the garden. We love living here. it is so quiet & pleasant & today the visibility has been marvellous & we could see the mountains 40 miles away. Now this evening Haze has blotted out our view & Dad thinks we may have rain. The old gentleman who lived here must have loved his garden. With very little trouble we have made it beautiful & you will easily imagine what joy we both get from it. Picture the garden at Kersal but instead of the houses opposite we have a pretty little [indecipherable word] [symbol] & a beautiful rockery straight in front of the back door. We do hope we can settle here for a time. Now love it is time to say Goodnight & God bless you. My prayers are for you always. I am eagerly awaiting a letter from your new abode & do hope you are alright there, as you were at Le Kef. All our love from Mother & Dad 755052 Sgt. Chef Hudson Hotel D’Oriente Medea Algerie. 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 Acknowledges arrival of letter and postcard and notes that some letters have gone missing. Comments on some of the content of letters concerning censor and his allotment. Glad to get good news of his health and well being and understands the intense boredom of his life. Writes of other correspondence. Continues with news of activities, the weather, the garden and how much they like living in their new home. 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 1941-06-01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handswritten letter 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-HEHudsonJD410601 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-06-01 1941-06-23 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 Peter Bradbury prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23210/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410529-0003.1.jpg 1b7e73845b688a20e9d86f40373dc772 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23210/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410529-0004.1.jpg 6d28405ef9fa62b7b99dcd887f4aea1d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23210/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410529-0001.1.jpg 63170b2a8d3b656ac0df3d3756871922 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23210/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410529-0002.1.jpg 6b41e1d684cea430702c77755d824a33 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Prisoner of War Post [postmark] [air mail label] [examiner label] 755052 Sgt. J. W. Hudson Hotel D’Oriénté [deleted] Medae [/deleted] Aumole, Algerie. [page break] From Mrs Hudson 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs England 19-6-41 [postmark] [Opened By label] 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs England. Thursday/ 29th May. My dear Douglas. Today I have sent a short cable assuring you that we are well. & that we received your very welcome message on May 22nd. We are very eagerly awaiting letters from you. It is many weeks since we had one. & the last p.c. we had was dated Jan. 17th [symbol] Dad & I had a very nice letter from Ted Hole who is stationed not very far from our old home. He called at No 10 & finding what we were away got out address from some one in the vicinity. He didn’t say who gave him the information but no doubt it would be Mrs Kay. He tells that they sold the Austin when both boys were mobilized but he intends that some of them will come to see us here “if ever we have to walk all the way” – about 13 miles. No doubt in the old days Mr Hole would have thought nothing about it, but poor health will now have curtailed his activities. Yesterday was a remarkable day & our outlook [page break] most beautiful with visibility for many miles. The light & shade effects gave me a great deal of pleasure & our garden is a joy. Masses of bright blue forget me nots white Anabis & yellow Leopand Baue – you know those big yellow daisies that grew so well at Ponsley – made a very pleasing picture. & we both simply love living here. The rooms inside the house are very small & much of the furniture is just pushed in. but everyone agrees that we have been fortunate to be able to rent a house in Nelson in such a pleasant situation. We area 2d bus ride from the town. but it is not a very great distance. Bus fares are much dearer here than in the large towns. Well love we are wondering all the time how things are with you. I have searched in vain for Medea on our (or your) small map of Algeria. (School atlas you know.) I like to try to picture the place where you abide. & it is very likely that my imagination runs away with me. & I get the perspective all wrong. Your last letter was sent to Calverley for all to read. Uncle Jim was so delighted with it that he made copies to send to Marjorie & to Dorothy Cowling. Dorothy Calvert wrote by Air Mail to Le Kef. the day we had the cable with your new address. Wonder if any of the letters will reach you. Do hope you will get some of them. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. J.D. Hudson Hotel D’Oriénté Medea Algerie 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 cables sent and received and still awaiting next letter. Mentions correspondence from others and passes on news contained. Comments on good weather, state of garden and how much they like living in new home. Mentions trying to find Médéa in small atlas and says they likes the pictures of where he is. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-29 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-29 1941-06-19 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P Hudson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter with 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-HEHudsonJD410529 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa 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 Peter Bradbury prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23209/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410524-0003.1.jpg 5d2dc5f8e0bcdbb07e7a1e2270e02062 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23209/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410524-0004.1.jpg 675de4058ae5b4f9e893ce5a1499f2cd https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23209/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410524-0001.1.jpg c2820331d3301d31467d8a6554f7e604 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23209/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410524-0002.1.jpg a6f5361f2b5a871634bc0ea2c1a0714a 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [front of envelope] CONTROLÉ Prisoners of War Post [stamp] BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION [postmark] BURNLEY and NELSON LANCS 6.45PM 24 MAY 1941 [postmark] [postage stamp] 755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson Hotel D’Orient [deleted] Medea [/deleted] [inserted] one indecipherable word [/inserted] Algerie [page break] [rear of envelope] From Mrs Hudson 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs England [postmark] 15-6-41 P.C.90 OPENED BY CONTROLE [page break] 191 Halifax Road Nelson. Lancs. England. May 24th 1941. My dear Douglas It is many days since I wrote to you. There has been very much to do with having three houses to settle about & I’ve had a lot of travelling to & fro. not to mention the actual removing & no Mrs Lord to help. Still we are beginning to feel more like home here, with a few carpets down & the garden, which is really pleasant, tidied up a lot. Well, love, I seem to be with you all the day through, wondering, always wondering about you. Your cable arrived Thursday morning May 22nd & brought much relief & joy. I wonder what will happen to the many letters sent to the address at Le Kef. I had been sending 3 letters a week by Air Mail & now I’m wondering how much (or how little) news you have received. From the dates, given in the last letter, of letters received it looks as tho’ only about a 4th part of the letters are reaching [page break] you. Of course they were only newsy letters with no really [one indecipherable word] news. We shall always try to reach you by [deleted] I [/deleted] cable for any really important messages. We were wondering who paid for the two cables from Medea. Are you allowed to send them or are they sent & paid for by the authorities & would it help you in any way if I send my messages with a pre paid reply? It was funny about your birthday cable, sent from Burnley. I wrote the full address Medea Algerie but the girl crossed off Algerie & the charge for the cable was 9/9. Yesterday morning when he brought the letters the post-man knocked at the door to collect 3d which was due for the inclusion of the word Algerie. I intend to send you another cable next week - just to keep in touch until you begin to receive letters again. Auntie Maud Calvert spent the day here on Thursday. Of course it rained, but we had a grand time. Auntie bought me lovely tulips & anemones. Dad & I went to Colne to see her off by bus. Did you get my letter telling about your B.S.A.? Now I must away to do my shopping a new experience & we are a long way from shops. 2d bus from town - very high on the hill. Pleasant situation. All our love. Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. J.D. Hudson. Hotel D’Orient Medea Algerie 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 Has not written for three weeks as busy sorting out three houses before moving in to new one. Notes arrival of his cable on 22 May and wonders what would happen to all her letters sent to previous camp at Le Kef. Mentions that he has reported only a few of their letters had arrived. Discusses using cables and questions who paid for ones he sent. Offers to pre-pay for his replies to their cables. Concludes with gossip. 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 1941-05-24 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-HEHudsonJD410524 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-24 1941-06-15 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 Alan pinchbeck prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23208/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410520-0001.1.jpg 5d42ce0b65aa45392100a94aea7e020b https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23208/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410520-0002.1.jpg ecc71ad2cbcbea90bd59c336edf6faa3 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [telegram] [post mark] MEDEA 20-6-41 ALGER Best Birthday wishes from Calverley Hudson [page break] 20-5-41 755052 Sgt J. D Hudson Hôtel L’orient Medea 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 Telegram to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Best wishes for his birthday. 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 1941-05-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printed telegram form 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-HEHudsonJD410520 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-20 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 Alan Pinchbeck prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23158/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410417-0003.1.jpg be408af265bcfb96c3d14fe0ab29cc59 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23158/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410417-0004.1.jpg d304d6a099a5b4db05fba2af5010307e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23158/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410417-0001.1.jpg 049782b65f75682bca99883e9cf3776d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23158/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410417-0002.1.jpg dfc6c7e56ea9015b8b3ef5ba33a94d56 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [post mark] [postage stamp] [air mail stamp] Prisoners of War Post 36 755052 Sgt. Chef. J.D. Hudson R.A.F. British Prisoner of War [deleted] C/o The American Consul Tunisia [/deleted] [inserted] Grand Hotel d’Orient Rue Gambetta [/inserted] Afrique du Nord. [inserted] Alger MEDEA [/inserted] [page break] From Mrs Hudson 6 Walverden Nelson Lancs England 16-5-41 [OPENED BY EXAMINER 4168] [page break] 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson Lancs Thursday April 17 th 41. My dear Douglas. Just a few lines before bed-time, after a rather run-about day, house hunting. Houses in this part of England are not exactly two-a-penny in fact there is a very acute shortage, & we were thankful to take this tiny place furnished for 3 months, until something more suitable was forth coming. Today, my neighbour, who is very gentle & kind, has been looking round with me, & [underlined] I [/underlined] have walked a lot. We are living about a mile out of the town & this morning I walked into town in search of new shoes. You know what a problem that is for me & I came home without, as I had arranged to out with my neighbour at 2 p.m. & I hadn’t a lot of time. After we had traipsed up hill & down for about 2 hours we took a bus into town, where my further efforts to get shoes were rewarded & I was able to walk home in them. Now since dinner tonight Dad & I have been doing more scouting & got back just before dark. On the way in we had a few words with a neighbour, busy in his garden. He told that with his family he walked from Elslack to Gargrave on Good Friday & they had a grand outing. Talking of Gargrave [page break] reminded me of a letter I had from Ted Hole some months ago. He asked for your address & said he wished you to be included in the circle of old Skipton Grammar School friends. Just at the time when the letter came we were passing through a period of great anxiety & I neglected to answer it. We are not very far from Skipton now you know. The milkman says about 13 miles, & I hope to go along one day & call on some of the friends there. Did I tell you in a previous letter that Mr Hole had retired owing to ill-health? I am wondering if it is in order for me to send your letters by Air Mail C/o. The American Consul at Tunis. I have posted 3 letters to you thus addressed & I hope you will be able to let me know what happens – if you get them all right. On Tuesday morning came a letter from Auntie Maud at Hill Cote asking us to go for the weekend & you could imagine how I am looking forward to my outing. I always love to go see them. Eileen is going to Edinburgh for a long weekend to see Andrew Kenneth Ian. then in a few weeks time she is intending to come to stay with us for a little while. She was on full time duty at Easter & is a most conscientious worker as you know. Now love my tale is ended once again. We think of you constantly, hoping that you are well & in good heart. Always we all look forward to peace & joyous reunions. All Loving wishes if this letter arrives near your birthday & all our love, from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. J.D. Hudson R.A.F. P.O.W. C/o The American Consul Tunis Afrique du Nord. 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 house hunting and taking temporary home until something more suitable available. Mentions activities, walking round town looking for shoes. Continues with description other activities. Writes of old Skipton grammar school friends. Mentions sending letters by airmail and concludes with other news. 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 1941-04-17 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-HEHudsonJD410417 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-17 1941-05-16 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 Jan Waller prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23157/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410414-0003.2.jpg 88fc8a137c699428eb51b46604d3753b https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23157/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410414-0004.2.jpg bcc6b3f26e571184e7a4e5f49e97dce2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23157/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410414-0001.2.jpg 720faeab29a14a178bb37e6b023473f6 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23157/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410414-0002.2.jpg 583afd5330e0c329caaa6e2ed492654a 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [postmark] [postage stamp] [air mail stamp] Prisoners of War Post. 35 755052 Sgt. Chef. J.D. Hudson R.A.F. British Prisoner of War [deleted] C/o The American Consul Tunis [/deleted] [inserted] Grand Hotel d’Orient R. Gampetta [/inserted] Afrique du Nord. [inserted] [underlined] MEDEA [/underlined] Alger [/inserted] [page break] From Mrs Hudson 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson Lancs. England. 7-5-41 [page break] 35 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson. Lancs. Easter Monday. 14/4/41. My dear Douglas. This little holiday is almost over & I’ve been thinking of you so much & hoping you were able to be happy. I imagine that you will now be leaving real summer weather & I know how you will recall the different kinds of Easter weather we have enjoyed, or grumbled at, together. Do you remember our first journey, over the beloved pass, in the Riley? The wonder & the surprise of it! Surely the memory will always remain. Then 3 years ago you remember how you got the stone to make the rockery & the happy time Dad & I had in making it & you & John so happy at Church House Inn. The lovely weather, too, that helped so much. This must have been a stay-at-home Easter for most people, not only on account of war-time conditions, but the weather has been truly wretched. Rain! Rain! & more rain! Tho’ fortunately it is warmer now, & green buds are peeping here & there. I wonder if you have Springtime, like ours in England. I imagine your more luxurious vegetation may lack the daintiness & delicacy of our Springtime glory. [page break] Well love I’m wondering if I’ve said anything to you before about the chocolate you asked for. We are not able to get it in any quantity, but I wrote to the Red Cross last week asking if they could help me to get some for you & will let you know the result as soon as possible. No doubt you know that there are very very many things which we are not allowed to send, including tobacco, cigarettes, & food of any kind except slab chocolate. That is why we have not sent a parcel. We should be really puzzled what to send. But you know that you have only to express a wish & we will try to fulfil it. In about 5 weeks time it will be your birthday & so as to be sure of being in time with our wishes Dad & I send all the love, & all the kindest thoughts of you & for you. Many much happier returns of a birthday, happy as possible under the circumstances. It means so much to us to be able to be in touch with you & give you greetings. Dad has had a real rest during the weekend. We’ve sat reading for hours & tho’ times are not normal we are not by any means starving & tonight, for dinner, we’ve had your favourite pudding just as a special treat. Are you able to make it for yourself, I wonder. You used to say you spent some time cooking but you’ve not mentioned it lately. Your last letter was dated January 10th. All love to you from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J.D. Hudson R.A.F. British Prisoner of War C/o The American Consul Tunis Afrique du Nord. 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 Compares English weather with what he is likely to be having. Reminisces on past events. Writes of their activities over Easter holiday. Mentions the chocolate he asked for and they were not able to get it. Wrote to Red Cross to help. Notes they are not allowed to send tobacco, cigarettes or food. They would try and send he said he needed. Sends greetings for his birthday in 5 weeks. 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 1941-04-14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letters 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-HEHudsonJD410414 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-14 1941-05-07 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 Jan Waller prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23156/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410411-0003.2.jpg 7e7b8bd29afec4dda7561b4be2a312fc https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23156/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410411-0004.2.jpg 15ea12967e1a1c701f8d35d5e2e407ce https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23156/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410411-0001.2.jpg dad0c258e6c31f53bcca24788445fae6 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23156/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410411-0002.2.jpg ae962904e14667b86e76a559d8a3305c 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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. 34 [postmark] [postage stamp] 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson [deleted] c/o The American Consul [/deleted] [inserted] Grand Hotel d’Orient [/inserted] [deleted] Tunis [/deleted] [inserted] R. Gambetta [/inserted] Afrique du Nord - MEDEA – Alger. [EXAMINER 4168] [page break] From Mrs Hudson 6 Walverden Cresc [partially obscured word] Nelson Lancs. England. [inserted] 7-5-41 [/inserted] [OPENED BY] [page break] 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson Lancs. Good Friday April 11th/41. Mr dear Douglas. Another holiday season is here & as usual my thoughts are with you all the time. You, no doubt will be recalling last Easter, which brought us such a happy surprise, by your unexpected visit. It was Easter, was it not, when you arrived at 2-30a.m. & how we just loved every moment of those brief holidays! Today Dad & I have been wondering around in search of a house. We have been told of one at Colne & are going to look at it, if all’s well, in the morning. The shortage of house here is very acute & when I enquired at the Corporation Housing Office yesterday was told that there was a waiting list of 1,100. At present we are paying 35/- a week for this tiny house. It is really absurd, but we just cannot do anything better for the moment. Dad went to Salford a fortnight ago & arranged to collect your allotment at Nelson & has done so today & things are in order. In your last letter, Jan 10th., you said you had asked the American Consul to try to arrange for an increased allotment. The Air Ministry notified Dad that the increased amount would [page break] be paid from Jan. 23rd. & the [inserted] full [/inserted] amount is [inserted] now [/inserted] 35/- weekly. That is as you wish it to be, I suppose. We are very grateful indeed for the great kindness of the American Consul. His kindly offices have bought great happiness to us here. We were delighted to have the message from him that you had got the cable on Feb. 5th. These messages seem to take about 6 weeks to reach us. & we do appreciate them very much. Now a story about your B.S.A., which King’s collected the night before we came here. A few days later John came home on short visit & said he was going to buy Doug’s bike. His mother told him that King’s had bought it so he went straight away to try to buy it from them & was told it was already sold. Do we believe the yarn? Do we? This day has been anything but good so far as the weather is concerned – very cold & wet & we’ve thought of you so much & hoped you were able to enjoy the very pleasant weather mentioned in your last letter. I suppose you will be having very hot weather very soon now. This spring in the [indecipherable word] has been one of the worst for many years with a great amount of rain & very cold. Even now the buds are only just peeping on very many trees & shrubs. Well love I am going to try sending this letter Air Mail again, the one posted on Wed. only cost 4d. but the one posted by Mrs Fletcher whilst I was ill at Cranford cost 1/3. We are rather puzzled but hope you will get the letters all right. Good night & all love to you from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson c/o The American Consul Tunis Afrique du Nord. 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 Reminisces over previous Easter. Writes of activities including looking for a house. Mentions shortage of houses and long waiting lists. Discusses finance and his allotment to them and that he had tried to change it. Delighted to hear that he had gotten their cable. Catches up with other news and gossip. Comments on weather. 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 1941-04-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letyter 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-HEHudsonJD410411 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. Fighter Command License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. CC BY-NC 4.0 International license Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-11 1941-05-07 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steve Christian 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. prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23155/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410406-0003.1.jpg 93cef77b82b0508426eae83dbada07db https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23155/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410406-0004.1.jpg c9e34ff246eb7a5554b134441714e767 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23155/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410406-0001.1.jpg 5b12ae48bf7307835d51a8fbd2d68730 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23155/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410406-0002.1.jpg 93c99cb4412e05511017e40f0a4f75f1 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [postmark] [postage stamp] [EXAMINER 5723] 755052 Sgt. Chef.. J. D. Hudson R.A.F. British Prisoner of War [deleted] c/o The American Consul [/deleted] [deleted] Tunis [/deleted] [inserted] Grand Hôtel d’Orient Rue Gambetta [/inserted] Afrique du Nord. [inserted] [underlined] Médéa. [/underlined] [/inserted] [page break] From Mrs Hudson 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson Lancs. England [postmark] [inserted] 1-5-41 [/inserted] [OPENED BY] [page break] 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson Lancs. Wed. 6th/4/41. My dear Douglas. We were very delighted to have two letters & 3 post-cards from you last week, after being without news from you for some time, & to learn that you are well. The letter, Dec. 28th, told that you had a nice Christmas & received gifts from [indecipherable word]. The oranges sound good. – we have nearly forgotten what they look like. The Jan. 10th. letter told that you were at last receiving letters & I’m so glad about this, altho’ they do bring news which is almost ancient history. Your letters to [deleted] you [/deleted] [inserted] us [/inserted] appear to take much longer to travel than do [deleted] yours [/deleted] [inserted] ours [/inserted] to you. The Dec. letter from you took about 14 weeks. Last Thursday I sent a cable to you from Nelson but am wondering much about it. The rate of charge was 3d a word. I stressed the fact that I wanted the message to travel by the quickest way possible & told the attendant that the charge from Manchester was 4 1/2d a word. She was quite emphatic about the thing being in order so will you please note the date when you received the message It was sent from here on April 3rd. I shall [page break] be interested to know how long the Air Mail letter, written while I was at Cranford, took to reach you. Well love I hope you’ve been able to make sense of all the different messages I sent. We’ve had such difficulties & anxieties during the last nine months – I sometimes wonder if this really is me – my life is so changed. Of course it is war-time & everybody’s life is changed, but the old folks cannot stand up to it like the younger ones. One night in eight Dad is out & I am getting quite brave in staying alone. Did I tell you in a previous letter that we have taken this very small furnished house for 3 months. I keep going over to look at No 10. which is just as we left it & the garden looked really nice yesterday with the new grass & Spring flowers coming up all around. I didn’t go down to the crab tree but thought I could see tiny green buds on it. I have a very nice neighbour here – a widow - & her father, who is 79, keeps his small garden very nice indeed. Grandad, who is 79 gets more & more crotchety & Auntie, who is not quite that age is almost as bad. I have not heard anything of John for a long time. Last time I heard from Mrs Clapton she was expecting Miss Howarth going to live with her. It’s a good thing Spring-time is on the way – or she would freeze like I did when I stayed there. Am only just beginning to feel anything like myself. I don’t wonder Mrs Clayton has so many colds. The house is too cold. So glad you are having good weather. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 J.D. Hudson Sgt. Chef.) R.A.F. British Prisoner of War. c/o The American Consul Tunis Afrique du Nord. 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 Received two letters and three post cards from him. Comments on contents of his letters. Mentions that they had not seen oranges in England. Mentions time letters take to travel and that they have sent cables. Talks of their life in general. Catches up on news, activities, the garden and friends and family. 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 1941-04-06 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two pag ehandwritten letter and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410406 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-06 1941-05-01 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 Steve Christian prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22520/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-020001.1.jpg 0a6e7c5f31253ef3e6717af355d9d7b0 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22520/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-020002.1.jpg 13cbbc0f32728a2e2c17307625527cc5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22520/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-020003.1.jpg 5b7e334e46bd440157d5727fbe2aa5c0 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 755052 Sgt Chef J. D. Hudson. Camp de Sejour Surveillѐ. Le Kef Tunisie. Afrique du Nord. 17-4-41. Mr dear Mother & Dad Since I wrote my last pc. to you a week ago, I have not received any further news from you. on the 7th I received your cable of the 3rd, giving your present address, & on the 9th I received your letter dated Feb 18th written from “Cranford.” In order that letters arrive by Air Mail they must be so marked on the envelope & the blue air mail stamp affixed, otherwise, like this letter they will come by ordinary post. Air Mail generally takes about 3 weeks. For some time now I have been sending you letters fortnightly addressed via air mail & I do they will have got through quicker than the others, although I do praise the work of the Red Cross who appear to have been very splendid. Well, I do most sincerely hope that you are both keeping safe & well, & that you have [page break] [underlined] 2. [/underlined] settled down in your new environment; & as I have said in my other letters, I wish you all the luck in the world. Yesterday I received a letter from E.W.7. dated March 6th. I have only been able to send him one pc, all my other communications have been to you. Perhaps if you write to him, you will mention how much I appreciate his letters, & send my love. Tell him I’d give a lot for a Tetleys half pint, instead of the “Vin Rouge” we drink out here. It is about all that is left besides Black Coffee, & to think I tried to sell tea all the time. here is a bit of surprising news. On Wed. next: the 23rd. we are leaving here for a place called MEDEA in Algiers. It is about 450 miles west of here & about 40 miles South of Algiers town. All I can suggest at present is that in future you write to me at CAMP DE LIBERTЀ SURVEILLЀ; MЀDЀA; ALGЀRIE; AFRIQUE DU NORD: if you cable maybe better c/o The American Consul, Algiers, [page break] [underlined] 3. [/underlined] but I hope that in the meantime the Consul is Tunis may have wired you my change of address. At any rate letter will be forwarded from here. We are supposed to by going to improved conditions and to be reclassed as internees so here’s hoping. A change will be more than welcome. I wonder if I shall be able to write more often from there. April has been cold, almost parallel to the English April & decidedly cooler than many January days here. No sunbathing since I returned from my visit to the dentist in Tunis. I believe England has had a very rough winter. You ask about the appendix ‘Chef’ it does not mean cook but is a sort of super Sgt. ie, in our case a Sgt member of an air crew. Well I’d better not write much more in case the censor gets “cheesed” However, what is left unsaid all goes down to thoughts & memories & am looking forward to the day when I see you all again. So until that time may you be safe & well & of good spirit. I am always thinking about you. All my love Douglas PS: Am sending a PC today as well. 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 from Douglas Hudson to his parents Description An account of the resource Catches up with mail received and reminds them that to arrive by airmail it must be so marked on the envelope and have correct stamps. Mentions airmail is much quicker. states that he has sent them letters fortnightly and hopes they have arrived. Praises the work of the Red Cross. Hopes they are well and settled into new environment. Comments on other mail received and asks them to send thanks as his limited mail does not allow him to do so. Writes that they are leaving on 23rd to Médéa in Algeria. Gives new address and notes that they should get better conditions and be classified as internees. Comments on the month's weather and explains use of chef (Sergeant Chef) in his rank, not a cook. Looking forward to the day when he sees them all again. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-04-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter 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 EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-02 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 Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-18 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson 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 Karl Williams prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22519/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-010001.1.jpg 148dc5d236e7fdfddd0b42b7d49254eb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22519/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-010002.1.jpg c26b0a79986236f386b8d4db46009880 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 755052. SGT. CHEF J. D. HUDSON CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE LE KEF TUNISIE AFRIQUE DU NORD. 18-1-41 My Dear Mother & Dad, I have written a letter to you today, & confirm having received on April 7th your cable of the 3rd, & on Apl.[sic] 9th your letter from “Cranford” dated Feb. 18th. I do hope that you are both keeping safe & well, as I am. On Wed. next I am moving to Algiers. Send letters to me c/o CAMP DE LIBERTE SURVEILLE; MEDEA; ALGERIE; AFRIQUE DU NORD. These are supposed to be better conditions. Heres[sic] hoping! April so far has been about as cold as in England, but the green pease are large[?] & the beans etc. Everything is looking very green, as viewed from our “resting place”. I cannot[?] [page break] POSTE PRISONNIER DE GURRRE [postmark] [boxed] F.M. [/boxed] MR & MRS. H. E. HUDSON [deleted] 6 WALVERDEN CRESCENT [/deleted] [inserted] 191 Halifax Rd. [/inserted] NELSON, LANCASHIRE, ANGLETERRE. [stamped “PASSED”] stamp. I am still keeping well. The weather has been almost as cold as April in England, it varies terrifically & was much warmer on several days in January. I do hope you will like your new home; let me know what happens. Your last letter made my fiftieth (half century) from England, not including your two cables & Red X. pcs.[sic] Will say goodbye sending all my love & best wishes. Douglas. 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 Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his parents Description An account of the resource Acknowledges the arrival of a number of letters. Writes he is moving to Algeria and gives address of new camp in Médéa. Hopes conditions will be better there. Comments on the current weather and that everything is looking green. Hopes they will like new home. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-04-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two sided handwritten postcard 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 EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-01 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 Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-18 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson 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 Sue Smith prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22455/EGrundyMHHudsonJD410223-0001.1.jpg 48bdc954b7758108e1e18b2bfe3ea23b https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22455/EGrundyMHHudsonJD410223-0002.1.jpg 2cd592afc5a3bc57e993068d9e88b707 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22455/EGrundyMHHudsonJD410223-0003.1.jpg a8901f5e3e8165d5801920ce1bf4e213 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22455/EGrundyMHHudsonJD410223-0004.1.jpg 98d6911c46d543f40a153594980a6261 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22455/EGrundyMHHudsonJD410223-0005.1.jpg 240cfb165c37b72ec26089f29ac58a90 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 [front of envelope] PRISONER OF WAR POST. 755052 SGT J. D. HUDSON (CHEF) BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR, CAMP DE SEJOUR SUIRVEILLE, S/COUVERT COMMANDANT D’ ARMES, LE KEF, TUNISIE, NORD AFRIQUE [inserted] Medea [/inserted] [postmark] CONTROLÉ [page break] [rear of envelope] M. H. GRUNDY, “HIGHFIELD”, HARDMANS ROAD, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, [underlined] ENGLAND [/underlined] [postmark] P.C. 90 OPENED BY CONTROLÉ 15-5-41 [page break] Highfield, Hardmans Road, Whitefield. 23. 2. 41 My Dear Douglas, It is five or six weeks since I last saw your people, though I did call today but they were out, and they were looking very well and cheery. They told me that they had received several letters from you and (I hope this won’t embarrass you) allowed me to read them. I always feel an awful fool if I know that [page break] [underlined] 2 [/underlined] any letter that I might have written have been read by any one other than the person they are intended for - hence the little bit in brackets. Well Doug, lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you. (I wonder if you got my letter written a few moons ago?) I suppose you will know from your wireless that Manchester was “Blitzed” just before Christmas - it was terrible - but everyone has got over it more or less, though of course nobody wants it to happen again. Yesterday I plucked up enough courage to go to [page break] [underlined] 3 [/underlined] Manchester to see a film at the Oxford St. cinema. This is the first evening show that I have been to in Manchester since the Blitz and I must say that I was very thankful to get home again. None of the theatres are open at night (the shows are given in the morning and afternoon) as there is very little chance for we businers (?!!) people to see a show these days. There’s a lot of talk, however, about the theatres being open on Sunday and I really think that shortly they will be. I don’t think this will affect me very much as I prefer to go out into the [page break] [underlined] 4 [/underlined] fresh air after being cooped up in the office all week. And how are you getting on Doug? Alright I hope. If I remember rightly I think you mentioned that you were learning to cook so here’s hoping that when you come home again you will be able to show us some new dishes. Before closing there is just one more thing - did you know that Dorothy Pell had got engaged? I don’t know the fellow but he is a soldier stationed in Bury, so it looks as though poor old John has had his nose pushed out doesn’t it? Best wishes from mother, Dad and self. yours, Hildred. 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 Description An account of the resource From M H Grundy mentions that he had seen Douglas's family and told them that he had received mail from Douglas and allowed them to read them. Continues with news of blitz on Manchester and his going to cinema as first visit since the bombing. Asks how he is getting on and passes on news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource M H Grundy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-02-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four 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 EGrundyMHHudsonJD410223 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Manchester North Africa England--Lancashire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-23 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 Alan Pinchbeck bombing home front prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22446/E[Author]THudsonJD410521-0001.jpg 217d227088ba89cf4c66ffcdee3c711c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22446/E[Author]THudsonJD410521-0002.jpg 5e03416472dc66f023a68687331d7055 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 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 Telegram to Douglas Hudson Description An account of the resource Offering birthday greetings from Walter, Una and Lilley Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten telegram form 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 E[Author]THudsonJD410521 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) Great Britain England--Yorkshire England--Leeds North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-21 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. prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22444/E[Author]RHudsonJD410530-0001.jpg d8e9a4123f131ce1fe8eeb579b80c691 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22444/E[Author]RHudsonJD410530-0002.jpg 3310e7ce5a68c2d71feffb4e40cc2429 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22444/E[Author]RHudsonJD410530-0003.jpg e0099818c2bc9297aea8763fbd45b4f4 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Damiette Bad Friday or Friday before the departure Dear Douglas, We never got an opportunity of speaking to you by yourself; Tony is very nice but at times he talks merely for the sake of talking, which is inclined to be an[sic] hindrance into the process of conversation, if you see what I mean. Now beware, O Douglas, of ye serious-minded people that always know everything off pat. All you have to do is to keep your mind open and look with seeing eyes & hear with listening [deleted letter] ears whatever is about you. We are only ordinary kind of people with faith in life. I believe in life so much that I am prepared to accept all – even the dourest – and if you have to live in close contact with people of opposite caracteristics[sic] to yourself – study them, analyse them and ponder upon them. In studying them you will see what is false & what is real; you will come to know within yourself what is false & what is real. It is two o’clock – you may be up any moment now – so I[?] hurry – write badly & mispell[sic]. But we wanted to speak to you by yourself but the opportunity hasn’t [deleted] written[?] [/deleted] [inserted] arrived [/inserted] – it had to be so. Be yourself – that’s all that matters – live [page break] With all the intesity[sic] you can; flee consentions[sic] that bind & finally stifle the mind. Whats more keep a sense of humour; especially when you get letters from people younger than yourself all full of tripe & seemingly conceited. If you take things on their surface value you cannot understand them. We could never have talked here. What you wanted to know was not what the others wanted to know & you couldn’t come here alone. Don’t you see this was merely an introduction and now you’ve got to make any final decisions yourself – remember East Africa; but only take the opportunity when the time is ripe. Don’t go & do rash things. When you get to Prumale[?] write to us but always remember your letters may be censored. Talk as much as possible with Ferguson, Riddick, (Thornton), & Bill the poacher; I think you may find Tony going in with the Barney Steve lot. Write down your thoughts when you want to sort them out & send us poems – but remember the censor. All that matters is to live as fully as possible – eyes & ears open to all things. And so Aurevoir, [sic] because, if you have faith, you’ll see us again. With love (Damn consentialities)[sic] from Roger. P.S. You had better burn this [page break] [inserted] From pages 62 & 63 [/inserted] Destined to Fly Again – [italics] A Navigator’s Story [/italics] Occasionally, Tony Randall, John Riddick and I visited an English lady and her two sons about our ages, at Dormiette, just outside the town on isolated hilly countryside. They were obviously conscientious objectors and led a frugal existence living in tents. I do not know how they became accepted and allowed to live under such conditions, nor from whence they came, or how they arrived at Medea. We were encouraged to visit and were rewarded by regular drinks of tea, which tasted of smoke from water boiled on an outdoor smouldering wood fire. Goodness knows where they got the tea. As far as I recollect it was unobtainable locally. Were it not for the International Red Cross, it would have been a luxury we had not enjoyed since leaving England. These people repeatedly preached pacifism and urged the importance of our not returning to hostile flying that would result in killing Germans. How they would continue to survive in winter, under what would become uncomfortably chill conditions, I don’t know. We never did know. We were moved on, as you will soon discover and never met them again after leaving Medea. [inserted] Extract from ‘Destined to Fly Again’ by Douglas Hudson, relates to this letter. Roger’s letter written probably on 30th May 1941 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 Description An account of the resource Philosophical letter from Roger about his pacifist views on life and offering advice. Includes and extract from Douglas Hudson's book 'Destined to fly again' explaining that he used to visit an English lady and her two conscientious objector sons near Médéa in Algeria. and that relates to this letter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter and one page printed document 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 E[Author]RHudsonJD410530 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 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 Sue Smith prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/11003/SHudsonJD755052v10023.1.jpg 6f9720a94b48ee1963f96c92bdcbd501 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/11003/SHudsonJD755052v10024.1.jpg fe35aef56898da33e407b109a2229cc4 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Ma chère Marcelle Ce soir vous m'avez demandé comment j'ai trouvé ton nom. C’était un petit oiseau qui me la donné. D'abord je désire de vous expliquer combien il m'a plus d'avoir l'occasion de faire les promenades avec vous et votre amie Andreé. Ici à Médéa, nous ne connaissons qu'un peu des habitants, et toujours nous sommes très heureux de parler avec vous deux. Bien sûr, c'est dommage, que je ne sais pas très bien parler le français, mais peut-être ça viendra. Si vous voulez continuer de faire les promenades et de causer avec moi, je perfectionnerai. De ma part je serai content de vous apprendre un peu l'anglais. Je comprends assez bien,comment c'est difficile pour vous d'arranger de nous rencontrer surtout quand tout[character deleted] le monde est si curieux, [deleted] et toujours [/deleted] mais je vous assure, que toujours je serai bien soigneux dans tous de mes mouvements. La rose, que vous m'avez donné je garderai toujours. La prochaine fois je serais très content si vous [word deleted] me donnerez une photographie de vous-même comme souvenir. Mon ami Ted, il regrette beaucoup de ne savoir parler votre langage, mais il espère que cela ne fasse pas aucune difficulté [six words deleted including one insertion]. Il espère que Andreé continuera de faire les promenades. [Two words deleted] [inserted] Vraiment [/inserted] il desire beaucoup de recevoir une lettre d' [deleted] e Andrée [/deleted] elle, [deleted] et si elle lui écrirais, [word deleted] [/deleted] il lui rendra heureux.[/deleted] Moi, aussi, j'attends ardemment votre réponse. [scribbles] [page break] [deleted] Permettez moi [/deleted] Nous deux desirons de vous remercier infiniment pour [deleted] votre [/deleted] l'amitié que vous nous avez montreé. Et maintenant – jusquà la prochaine fois, Je vous envoie toutes mes amitiés, Douglas Medea. 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 from Douglas Hudson to Marcelle Description An account of the resource Letter to Morcelle wishing to meet again for walks, to teach each other French and English, and to have a photograph taken together. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two Page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource fra Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SHudsonJD755052v10023, SHudsonJD755052v10024 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas Hudson Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy love and romance prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10886/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410529-010001.jpg 541a2daf2aaf3ca803c620a074be1f6d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10886/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410529-010002.jpg 7009b4c0cc6d3699efb5f16f9b7c554d 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Liberté Surveillé. Hotel d’Orient. MÉDÉA Algerie. Afrique du Nord. 29-5-41. My Dear Mother & Dad, Yesterday I received your letter dated April 1st, sent by ordinary mail, in which Mother said she had not written for about 3 weeks, because she had had the worst cold ever. I am very sorry to hear about this, but now I suppose summer will be in England, and as you are now settled in your new home things should be much better. I hope so with all my heart. I wondered why there had been a gap in the letters from home, but now of course I understand. Your air mail letters are by far the quickest to arrive, & I do suggest you continue to send them by this way. I have very little to say to you, I spent Monday & Tuesday in Algiers trying to get some clothes, but it is extremely difficult. I was surprised with Algiers town it is extremely beautiful, clean, with huge white buildings, all built round an extensive bay, and up the hill side. Population, with Arabs, about 300,000 & there are some lovely shops there. All-right before the war. The Mediterranean was the proverbial colour & the weather was pleasant, practically [page break] cloudless, with the temperature only in the 70o region. It has been warmer here during the last few days. I suppose summer is on the way, as yet it has not been at all hot, really. I was sorry to hear that H. Lob had been a victim of the raids. He was one of the most popular masters at school. I should be interested to learn who the 4 P of W are in the “Ulula” list. It is likely I may know them, because they will most certainly be R.A.F. people. Do Chadwick, or Massey figure? You can send my name if you wish. Had a game of football yesterday – a practice between ourselves to get a team to play anyone willing. Don’t suppose there will be anyone willing, however. By the way I bought a “casque” in Algiers – when I say bought I mean it will be deducted from my credits in England (if any) at a later date. A “casque” is the French for Sun Helmet, but it may be useful in the summer. Have started reading my first French novel. It is a story written by an English author, and translated into French. Accordingly it is easier & the literary style is our own. I am reading it straight through without a dictionary. It is very light – there has been one murder & two pearl necklaces stolen in the first 50 pages. Atta boy. Well, must say au revoir now. Hoping you will continue to keep well & safe. As usual, all my best wishes, & all my love. [underlined] Douglas [/underlined] 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 from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents Description An account of the resource Had received letter from them and sorry to hear mother was ill. Concerned over possible gaps in mail. Went to Algiers for two day, tried to get clothes but very difficult. Describes Algiers city and weather. Sorry to hear old school master was victim of an air raid. Catches up with family and friend news. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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 EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410529-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410529-010002 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. Algeria Algeria--Algiers Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-29 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10885/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410525-010001.jpg b0078bef08fe95fd03389d3f2febb10d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10885/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410525-010002.jpg fabde7c88fa6250e4a7c4683b328c849 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Liberté Surveillé Hotel d’Orient. MÉDÉA. Algerie Afrique du Nord. 25-5-41 My Dear Mother & Dad, Since I wrote my last letter on Thursday, no Wed, my birthday, I have received two Air Mail letters from you dated April 25th & 29th. In my last letters I acknowledged receipt of your telegrams also a telegram each from Uncle Jim & Uncle Walter & Auntie Una. I also sent you a short cable which I expect you will have received. Well by now I expect you will be settled in your new home, which according to the description you give in your letter does not sound too bad. Especially when you can see distances of 40 miles on clear days. I hope you will both be happy there, and I think you may find the people pleasanter in that district. You give a list of the letters & post cards you received from me up to January 17th & I gather that practically all my mail reached you. I wrote letters every two weeks except for one miss in December, the reason for which you will hear one of these days. After Jan 17th I missed several post card days, simply for lack of plain post cards, but continued writing letters. Since I have been here, that is since April 24th, I have written about two letters to you each week, & have sent these by Air Mail. I now have to stamp letters myself & accordingly cannot afford to write to other people. I hope you will start receiving a more regular mail from [page break] me now. I notice what you say about chocolate & on that account I ask you not to worry. The remarks the Red X. directed to you concerning the despatch of chocolate are doubtless correct, but their other remarks about our not being regarded as P of Ws. in Tunisia – well – one of these days. Our position here is somewhat different, but I like the truth about the past. Cigarettes are dear in England. Here, on the contrary, they are ridiculously cheap, from 1 franc 60 centimes upwards, ie from about 2d to about 1/-. The dearer ones are rubbish, a sort of attempted Virginia, but the cheap ones are all right. I smoke cigarettes costing about 2 1/2d for 20. We smoke a terrific amount out here easily 20 per day – what will happen back in England – I don’t know. Hope Dad can get interested in the pipe. I hope also he will not get too tired with this night “stunt” The more I think, the more I – well you know. Tomorrow, I expect to go to Algiers for 2 days to get a little clothing. Have got to wear something & am getting low. Havent [sic] bought anything since I landed here, but have relied on the kindliness of sympathisers in Tunis, people I shall always remember. Well I am still keeping well, but growing more impatient as the days go by. Wish I could be where I was 12 months ago. Will say good-bye now until next letter. Hoping that everything will be better in the days to come, & that you will keep safe & well. I am always thinking about you. All my love & best wishes. [underlined] Douglas [/underlined] 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 from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents Description An account of the resource Acknowledges receipt of letters. Hopes they are settling in new house.Talks of chocolate, red cross and their status as prisoners of war in Tunisia. Notes price of cigarettes is much cheaper in Algeria that in England. Says he is expecting to go to Algiers in a couple of days and hope to buy clothes. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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 EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410525-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410525-010002 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. Algeria Algeria--Algiers Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-25 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10884/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410521-010001.jpg 8dee35ccd7ada59fdbab1401ff770019 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10884/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410521-010002.jpg 254e75c7bfa0ea4759f12a75f98dd168 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Royal Air Force. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Liberté Surveillé. Hotel d’Orient. MÉDÉA Algerie Afrique du Nord. 21-5-41 My Dear Mother & Dad, Since I wrote to you last week I have received your Air Mail letters dated April 17th & 22nd, your cables dated May 15th & May 19th, a cable from Uncle Jim dated May 19th, & one from Uncle Walter & Auntie Una dated May 20th also a letter each from Miss Law & Hildred, by ordinary mail written in Feb & early March. First of all let me thank you for your birthday wishes in letters & cables, & perhaps when you write you would thank Uncle Jim & Uncle Walter for their wishes by cable. I cannot afford to write to these people separately, my allowance wont [sic] stand up to the cost of postage, & the bulk of my letters I naturally want you to receive. Yesterday I sent a very brief cable to you, in reply to yours & I expect it will be in your hands by now. The telegram service seems splendid but again, unfortunately I cannot afford to cable as a regular thing, my last two efforts were the result of previous economy, but it was more than worth while. Well as a result of cable & air mail letters etc. I am fully conversant with all your recent removals etc. I will hope that now you will be able to stay put & that the future will be more settled. I also hope that the signs of removing will be over & that everything at the new house will be settled. I was glad to learn from your [page break] cable that the present house is pleasantly situated, & I think it may eventually be better for you, because as you mention you are nearer Skipton & the old acquaintances, & also the country people will probably be very kind. I hope you will make plenty of friends. This is a time when people really should mix as much as possible. I was glad to hear that you had managed to sell the house at Kersal. In a way of course I was sorry, If you understand what I mean, but events being such as they are, it was more than advisable. I expect you will have received my previous letters explaining my move here, to what are freer & better conditions, by comparison infinitely better than recent months, but the locality might have been chosen in England. I have had enough of Africa for the time being. It may be all right after the war when there are no restrictions. I dream regularly, at least three nights per week, that I am back at home. Have dreams any real significance? I am glad you enjoyed your stay at Hill Cote which reminds me Dorothy has never written to me. I know it seems one sided, this writing business, but as you will realise I cannot possibly write myself, although I have plenty of time. Tony has plenty of ideas & together we have probably discussed all the problems we can think of, so I imagine we shall not suffer from any mental stagnation. I visualise an extremely full future, & we both consider we are only temporarily becalmed. It will be interesting to wait & see. Well to-day is my birthday & I am still keeping fit & well. I hope you are also, & as usual I [deleted] say [/deleted] will say goodbye with my best wishes to you both. All my love, [underlined] Douglas [/underlined] 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 from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents Description An account of the resource Writes of letters received from them and other relations. Discusses mail situation. Discusses their new house and talks a little of life in his new situation. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-21 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410521-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410521-010002 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. Algeria Algeria--Algiers Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10883/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410515-010001.jpg de7c897a4c8b33a04568577f1e76c094 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10883/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410515-010002.jpg 273387ca106e52cb6c48a78b63bfb828 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 R.A.F. 755052. Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Liberté Surveillé. Hotel d’Orient. Médéa. Algerie. Afrique du Nord. 15-5-41 My Dear Mother & Dad, I have not received any more letters from you since I last wrote three or four days ago. I then acknowledged receipt of four which arrived together dated Feb 23rd Mar. 2nd, April 11th & 14th, the last two came via Air Mail, which just shows the amount of time gained. I was also very pleased to receive your cable, in reply to mine, giving your change of address as well. I do hope that you will be settled now in your new home & that things will finally turn out to be much better. Writing to you now will make the fourth different address to which I have sent letters since March. The cable service is a very valuable link between England, I only wish I was able to afford to cable you regularly, but this is definitely a case of cutting the suit etc. I believe the Air Mail service from England to Alger [sic] is very good, people have already received letters in reply to their cable sent upon arrival here, namely in 2 weeks. I wish we had a speedier service to England, but I am hoping that these letters will be much quicker to you than those sent in the past from Kef. There is very little I can tell you, by necessity my style is cramped in all these letters, but I can continue to say that I hope you are keeping safe & well. I expect that summer will be [page break] on its way in England. It has been remarkably slow here, & not until yesterday did I get back into shorts. In the evenings it gets very cold, but yesterday was very pleasant not too warm & fortunately at this time of the year no flies. The last two or three days I have done a little walking & have been amazed to see so much on the mountain lanes resembling the English countryside. Hawthorn in bloom, blackberry bushes, wild roses, daisies buttercups etc, not to mention a host of other wild flowers very brightly coloured not to be found in England. Then of course there are the vines, figs, cherries etc. Have not seen any oranges or lemons here, but there were plenty en route from Tunis. This place is much richer agriculturally than Tunisia & we can get fresh milk here, because the cattle are well fed. Broad beans are figuring in the Arab market at ridiculous prices, about 1d a lb. & yet we never get them here. Probably too much trouble to shell. It is stupid. I wonder all this time how you are going on in England. You are not very far from Skipton & perhaps you will visit there occasionally, & renew some old acquaintances. There is no need for me to keep saying what I would give to be back in England. You cannot realise how tired we all are of this “isolation” & what we feel inside is indescribable. Who am I to talk of broad beans normally? Anyway, I suppose we cannot all be as lucky as Hess. What my outlook will be like when I get back - God knows. How but, I must say “au revoir” now. With all my best wishes for your future, & until the day when the Mediterranean is on the other side of me (an awkword [sic] strip of water that). All my love [underlined] Douglas [/underlined] 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 from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents Description An account of the resource Writes of mail received and that he is happy they are now settled as constant moving made addressing letters to them difficult. Writes that he has been walking in local countryside and about the weather which is still quite cool as he has only just got back into shorts. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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 EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410515-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410515-010002 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-15 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10882/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410511-010001.jpg 8b6ce280b6587337ded28216d38634be https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10882/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410511-010002.jpg fa87478cd499b538e6fd7ad14e96ba2e 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 R.A.F. 755052. Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Liberté Surveillé. Hotel d’Orient. Médéa. Algerie. Afrique du Nord. 11-5-41 My Dear Mother & Dad, I was very pleased indeed to receive your cable of the 9th May, yesterday morning, in reply to my cable of the 7th May. This is the quickest bit of news to and from yet, & it is strange that each cable should contain a change of address. By now I expect that you will have everything moved to 191, Halifax Rd: I do hope you will find the place all right and that you will be able to settle comfortably. I have written a few letters to you from this place, all by air mail. Two via the American Consul in Algiers, & three or four independently by Air Mail. I have since learned that it is unlikely that the independent letters will get through so in future I shall send all mail by Air Mail through the Consul. Just in case my earlier letters have gone astray I will repeat that I have been here 2 1/2 weeks, & am allowed a lot more liberty. Can walk about the place, & stay in the above Hotel. It is quite an ordinary place, three of us share a bedroom, the same three as were together in Kef. Tony sent a cable a week ago & got a quick reply from England & accordingly I was prompted to do the same thing to you with equal success. Unfortunately, I cannot afford it as a regular practice, my budget is not [page break] at all elastic, so in future I shall have to rely on letters. However, I propose to write to you twice a week by Air Mail through the Consul & hope that letters will not take long this way. Three days ago I received four letters from you dated Feb 23rd, March 2nd, April 11th & 14th. The last two came via Air Mail & went to Kef first so you will see what a great saving the Air Mail service from England is. I strongly advise it for all future occasions. We have to stamp our own letters from here. The weather has been cold for about 2 weeks up here. We are very high, over 3000 ft, & as a result I imagine at present it is as cold, if not colder than in England, especially during the night. I am going about in a roll neck pullover, & at Kef on January 4th I was sunbathing. Amazing weather. Have played in 2 football matches since I came here, on two successive days. Must be heavier than I used to be because I dont [sic] go down quite so easily now. I cannot say very much to you in these letters, it reminds me of the old rule of “chatty conversation”. There are good opportunities here for walks. As I explained in earlier letters which you might have received, the country is hilly & wooded, rather like North Wales only much more vast. In fact an ideal place for a holiday in normal times, with plenty of money, time, & a car & one’s own folk. And in that strain I must say good-bye until next letter. As always I send you every good wish for a more successful & happier future. May you remain safe & well. All my love, Douglas. P.S. Thank you very much for the birthday wishes which arrived in very good time. 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 from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents Description An account of the resource Writes of successful quick exchange of cables. Has sent them many letters by various means. They now have more liberty and can walk around. They are staying in normal hotel with shared bedrooms. Weather is cold because of height at present. Cannot say much in these letters. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-05-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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 EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410511-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410511-010002 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. Algeria Algeria--Médéa (Province) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-05-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson prisoner of war