2 25 83 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/11001/SHudsonJD755052v10016.2.jpg 9664ece99044434399f251ba2c8d6fb4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/11001/SHudsonJD755052v10017.2.jpg afd3ba5806d321cd4deb6875c0a903e9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/11001/SHudsonJD755052v10015.2.jpg 05fdb416d708fe8305004417059dc81e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/11001/SHudsonJD755052v10018.2.jpg 487c0acde045cf202c43fa7592c10a32 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 Tunis le 18 Jeune 1941 Au xx I am late to reply to you letter, in [indecipherable word] not to change. I am lucky to know that you are satisfied. the last news, which you received from england have surely bought to you all the satisfaction you were waiting. I hope for you that you will receive much news very often. You must learn to be patient and to wait. You okay at le Kef is not so desagreable. You told me that you have passed good evenings there. The tempertature must be cold enough there but you must have the habit of it. You have surely seen the snow, here we [page break] never have seen it. the temperature is a little bit better here now happily for me, as I don’t like the winter. Do you take walks? You will have soon the pleasure to appreciate our nice sun. I thank you for the compliments you give me. But I know surely english much less that you know french, you can be sure. I regret that you have no photos to send me. You will think to me, when you will be back to england and I hope it will be in short time. I keep allways my dear button in the meanetime, waiting your wings of the Raf. It is a little difficult to speak of me. I fear allways the control there in Tunis, there are no distractions since the war. but I hope that better days will not be sorry to come also for you. You are of my opinion, indeed.? [page break] I hope that you will think to me, if in other conditions you can come back later in Tunisia. Je u’ ai ? ma lettre le francais. Je u’ ai d’allez guerre de ? a nous dire. J’espere a vous tres bientot de vos nourelles. Eu a ? je vous ennui toutes les ? T—T—ue. xxxxx xxxxx [page break] [postage stamp] [postmark] G.T. chef (J. Douglas) Hudson. Camp de séjour surveillé: [underlined] Le Kef Tunisie [underlined] [page break] [postmark] 10-1-41 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 in Le Kef Description An account of the resource Letter from French girl to Douglas Hudson while he was interned in Le Kef. Pleased that he has received news from England. Writes about weather and her ability with English language. Hopes he will be home soon and will keep gift he gave her. Writes of restrictions and effects and that he will continue to think of her. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-06-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter and envelope Language A language of the resource eng fra Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SHudsonJD755052v10015, SHudsonJD755052v10016, SHudsonJD755052v10017, SHudsonJD755052v10018 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--Tunis Tunisia--El Kef North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-06 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Jennings prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10999/SHudsonJD755052v10013.2.jpg ff629cbc81455cf04a60dc7c4de615c3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10999/SHudsonJD755052v10012.2.jpg ea90e75016c7b92ac3359ff612d366e4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10999/SHudsonJD755052v10014.2.jpg af344adffc04e60f787d00d6dedf5c18 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 Tunis the 1st March 1941 The young girl, to whom you have written some letters, asked me to write you, in order to ask you not to write her any more. She has had some trouble in account of such correspondence at home, and she can not reply in the future to your letters. Please do not write her any more, and excuse her of such demand. A friend of her [indecipherable] [page break] [postage stamp] [postmark] [postmark] Sgt. Chef Hudson (J. Douglas) Camp de séjour surveillé [underlined] Le Kef [/underlined] (Tunisie) [pagebreak] [postmark] 4-3-41 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 in Le Kef Description An account of the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson asking that he no longer writes to a French girl because she is in trouble over the amount of correspondence she is receiving. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-03-01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One 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 SHudsonJD755052v10012, SHudsonJD755052v10013, SHudsonJD755052v10014 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-03-01 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 Emily Jennings prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22438/E[Author]GHudsonJD401117-0003.jpg 383e70556f5f71a195e05bcad185dd4c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22438/E[Author]GHudsonJD401117-0004.jpg 3a258a8bed927a86d49e3bfb67b2d5f2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22438/E[Author]GHudsonJD401117-0001.jpg 86903201c44d561a51ad626799bd0335 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22438/E[Author]GHudsonJD401117-0002.jpg c34f9f631f8cd3d00a711556a7622565 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 [envelope] J. D. HUDSON, SGT… CHEF, (CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE), S/COUVERT COMMANDANT D’ARMES, LE KEF, FUNISIE, NORD AFRIQUE. [/envelope] [page break] [envelope reverse] [underlined] 24-12-40 [/underlined] 106, THORNHILL STREET, CALVERLEY, NR. LEEDS. FROM: AUNTY GLADYS & COUSIN EILEEN OPENED BY CENSOR [/envelope reverse] [page break] Nov 17th My Dear Douglas We are all very happy. [censored] few words [/censored] from Mother that you are safe & well & we are now looking forward to still more news of you. This is Sunday evening we have just had tea. Mary is knitting. Bernard is reading the paper & Kenneth has gone to Chapel. He is in the choir now so feels quite important am pleased to say that Kenneth got his School Certificate with 3 distinctions & 5 credits. He started work on the 11th Nov at Lloyds Bank in Leeds & brought his first wage home on Friday. They have given him 1£ [sic] weekly to commence with so we think it not too bad. [page break] I wonder if you know that John is in the Air Force. He joined up in August & has been at [censored] one/two words [/censored] ever since. He has been home about three times He looks well & has put on weight. Well Douglas I dont[sic] seem to have much news. I hope this letter complies with regulations & that you will receive it safely. We all join in sending our very best love to you & will write again soon. So cheerio for now Yours affect[sic] Auntie Gladys 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 in El Kef Description An account of the resource From auntie Gladys and cousin Eileen. Happy that he is safe and well. Writes of families daily activities and news including recent educational success and remarks that that John is in the air force. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-11-17 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 E[Author]GHudsonJD401117 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. Great Britain England--Yorkshire England--Leeds Tunisia--El Kef Tunisia North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-11 1940-12 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/886/23851/EMortonJBHudsonJD401229-0003.1.jpg e05a3fd641b763e17178944fcd86ea56 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23851/EMortonJBHudsonJD401229-0004.1.jpg f007719e8e0b1f56287191f38a5147fe https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23851/EMortonJBHudsonJD401229-0005.1.jpg 3cf0ccfcdfc5d1a69269d719b19742d3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23851/EMortonJBHudsonJD401229-0001.1.jpg cad52ea987b523a9ca0aaf85a9c44dfb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23851/EMortonJBHudsonJD401229-0002.1.jpg 9daf20bfe254a93a325fc8ee0e3a7d73 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] Prisoner of War Post [two indecipherable words] Post 755052 J.D. Hudson (Sgt Chef) Camp De Sejour Suirveille S Couvert Commandent D’armes LE KEF Tunisie Nord Afrique [page break] [post mark] From: JB Morton Prestwick 5-3-41 [page break] Beamar 15 Montgomerie Rd Prestwick Ayrshire. 29-12-40 Dear Douglas, Here I am at last hope you got Xmas card alright. Well my Dear I was awfully pleased to get your mothers letter after having the one that you were missing. In fact I had written you and my letter was returned saying you were missing so I just wrote at once to your mother asking about you it was then we were all so anxious about you. I am very delighted to know you are alive and safe meantime. From your mother’s letter you seem to be very [page break] Well in health and otherwise I was very sorry for your mother and father but they are both in better spirits now. I hope you will excuse me being so long in writing to you. I thought maybe I would get a letter from you first. Beamar is just the same billets for the R.A.F. boys there is a course finished just now they left here Saturday for some where. So I have no one meantime. Mr Danks left 10 months ago I miss him very much but he had to go his business had a call on him. So I have no one in his place. The Greens are still here they have a little baby Girl now. I suppose you will never have had any word of Robert at all. I had one of the lads visiting me one who was before you he is well in the midst of things he was on 7 days leave. You will be missing all the cold weather snow and ice and frost and rain. It will be quite summer where you are. I suppose it will be Christmas and New Year with you all the same. I would have sent you some little thing but wont know what to send or do but when you write you might please let me know if I can send you anything I will be only too pleased to do it. [page break] You remember Janie. She was awfully sorry to know you were reported missing, but quite pleased now to know your safe. Well Douglas I dont think I can say much more I know you wont have much time for writing but whenever you can I will be so pleased to have a note from you. Trusting you are in good health and spirits wishing you all the best of the season. Love and all good wishes from [underlined] J.B. Morton [/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 to Douglas Hudson from J B Morton Description An account of the resource Mentions letter from Douglas's mother informing writer that Douglas was missing and now delighted to know he was alive and safe. Catches up with news of acquanitances. Hopes he got Christms card. Asks Douglas to let them know if there is anything they can send. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J B Morton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-12-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three 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 EMortonJBHudsonJD401229 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 Scotland--Ayrshire Scotland--Prestwick North Africa Scotland Great Britain Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-29 1941-03-05 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/886/23209/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/886/23154/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410401-0003.1.jpg 66b2aebb0b2255aff0c6a6cc87a0fce4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23154/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410401-0004.1.jpg 6de0f89d5848c4d078ea206ffc524bf4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23154/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410401-0001.1.jpg 13a053e4af86ceca45b04dd403af09f4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23154/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410401-0002.1.jpg 7acc007c9b17beb90b14fdbb1906d823 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 [envelope front] Postmark EXAMINER 4168 2/[indecipherable word] of War Post 32 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surreille[?] S/courent[?] Commandant D’asmes[?] Le Kef Tunisie Afrique du Nord [/envelope front] [envelope reverse] From Mr[?] S Hudson 6 Walverden[?] Nelson Lan [inserted] 28-5-41 [/inserted] P.C. 90 OPENED BY Examiner 4168[?] [/envelope reverse] [page break] 32. 6 Walverden Crescent Nelson Lancs Tues. April 1st 1941. My dear Douglas. It is a long time since I wrote to you, about 3 weeks, but I’ve had the worst cold I’ve ever had & it has made me very will & depressed. But now I am feeling much more like myself so I am having a little talk to you. It was a great joy & relief to get the letter from the Air Ministry on March 26th with the message sent by the American Consul to the effect that you got our cable on Feb 5th & that you were well, writing fortnightly, & sent love. Our last letter from you was dated Nov. 29th but we’ve had 2 p.c.s [postcards] dated 20/12/40 & 28/12/40. The last one told that you had got my letter of Nov. 6th & we were so pleased. It made a very good journey didn’t it? Very many letters have been sent to you since then & I do hope you have received many of them. So many people have written to you & Lena[?] promised to write every week. [page break] At least her letters are amusing & cheery. Have you heard from John lately? He is still at Harrogate. “Ulula”[?] arrived last week & I do wish I could send it to you. It is always interesting. Freddy Garnett died within a few months of his retirement at Southport & H. Lob. Was a victim of the Dec. raid. These are 4 names in the list of prisoners of war. I don’t know them. Shall I send your name in, with the already overdue subscription? I intended to go to Kensal[?] this morning but the weather was very bad when I should have left home so have put it off until tomorrow. Mrs Kay’s “char” is doing a bit of cleaning & I shall try to let the house furnished. The winter has been a terror[?] this time & there was heavy snow when Dad left this morning. It is April fool’s day & brings many memories of the “fools” you usually managed to make. Did I tell you what a nice neighbour I had at No. 10 – a Jewish evacuee from London. She is really very sweet. The husband is very[?] delicate: he is in the clothing business & in reserved occupation. You will be surprised to learn that Das [indecipherable word] have gone out of business. The boys are all away now & Enoch[?] – the ex-captior[?] is in very poor health with heart trouble. Miss Balderstone has now retired from A.R.P. work & is acting as [deleted one word] [one/two indecipherable words] to a Director of [one/two indecipherable words]. She seems very happy in her new work. Did I tell you that [one indecipherable word] wanted to come back to their house, but she has decided to keep it for the 3 years. Well love I think that is all for now. With all our love & constant thought. Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surveille Le Kef Tunisie 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 Three weeks since last letter and has had a bad cold. Got letter from air ministry with message sent by American consul Tunis that he had got their cable and that he was well and writing to them regularly. Details recent letter from him and comments on content. Catches up with news and gossip of family and friends. 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 1941-04-01 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-HEHudsonJD410401 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 Tunisia--Tunis Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-04-01 1941-05-28 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/886/23152/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410302-0001.2.jpg 05cf3506a33a990bc52d48b86d83d599 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23152/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410302-0002.2.jpg 2a5781f6a8074bc156cf9f9f7859ce56 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 Cranford Scotland Rd. Nelson Lancs. England Sunday 2/3/41 [inserted] 31 7-5-41 [/inserted] My dear Douglas. I was saying to Dad yesterday that we have been longer without news of you than ever since you went away. Your last letter was dated November 29th so it is well over 3 months since it was written. During that time we have passed through a very severe winter. I have often thought & said it was much worse than last year but could not get any one to agree. This a.m. however one of the guests read out aloud that this has been the most severe winter since 1917 so I feel that I do know something about weather conditions now. Heavy rains have cleared most of the snow away, but this morning is wet & showery again – a real March day. We have wondered all the long time how you have fared. Miss Morton wrote that she’d read of snow in Tunisia which must have come as a great surprise to you all. I told you in a previous letter that we sold the B.S.A. The day [inserted] before [/inserted] we came away, then a few days ago a letter from Mrs Clayton said that John [page break] wanted to buy it. Did I tell you that the man from King’s said what improvements will be made in the machines after the war. He says the boys will scarcely recognize them as motor cycles – there will be so many refinements. Tomorrow I am intending to return to Kersal for a few days. We are so unsettled & I must try & do something to get a quieter mind, especially as the home is still just as we left it & the demand for houses is quite good I intend to sleep at Mrs Clayton’s & do hope it will be mild warm weather. Have I told you that we had enquires about our house from the Jewish lady at No 8. Her father-in-law would take it either furnished or unfurnished. Our worst trouble is getting a house here – the demand is very great & I don’t want to settle here entirely. Our living all the time for when “We’ll meet again some sunny day.” Now love that is all for today. Always when I’ve sealed my letter I remember something else to tell you. Until the next one. “Keep a stout heart”. as you said in your last letter to us & all our love is with you. Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J.D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surveille C/convert Commandant D’armes Le Kef Tunisia 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 No recent letters from him and been without news for a long time. Writes of how severe winter was. Catches up with family news. Mentions going back to previous location for a few days and outline progress with move. 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 1941-03-02 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-HEHudsonJD410302 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-03-02 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/886/23151/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410227-0003.2.jpg c16937a1fee7bd201a203f968479ca20 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23151/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410227-0004.2.jpg 9ba005c7778b0c49e5546e58c01d37d4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23151/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410227-0001.2.jpg 6638ed1e58c4994317c5163bcaafdebe https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23151/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410227-0002.2.jpg 2b17cc3c84629308c368a98415e55bb2 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] Prisoners of War Post 755052 Sgt. Chef. J.D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surveille, S/couvert Commandant D’armes [deleted] Le Kef Tunisie [/deleted] [inserted] [underlined] Midea [/underlined] (Alger) [/inserted] Afrique du Nord. [page break] From Mrs Hudson c/o “Cranford” Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. England 4-5-41 OPENED BY EXAMINER 416 [page break] Cranford Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. England Thurs. 27/2/41. My dear Douglas. Here’s another letter written to you before the promised cable. Our plans are still so unsettled that I thought it best to have something definite, (if possible) before sending a cable. It was a great pleasure to find a p.c. from you waiting when I came in from a visit to the local cinema on Tuesday aft. The film was “The Blue Bird,” starring Shirley Temple, in technicolour, very fantastic & very pretty. But I’m not really a picture fan, especially in bitter wintry weather. Today we have a real change in the weather, a little milder, & pouring with rain, & we can see green grass again. It is a very welcome change. I am hoping to go home to No 10, for a few days, on Monday. Mrs Clayton writes to say there is a warm bed waiting for me anytime but I sincerely hope [inserted] that [/inserted] the weather will be much milder before then. I have no news from Calverley since I left, & am wondering if they are snow bound. Neither have I any news from Edinburgh but Auntie Maud will be home today I think. She has been away [page break] for six weeks so she will surely receive a warm welcome to Hill Cote. Have I told you in a previous letter that we are a very mixed gathering here. – A young Londoner in the Shipping business – Dad’s chief – another gentleman about our [deleted] old [/deleted] own age from Ashton, a gentleman nearly seventy from Wigan. [indecipherable word] family here consists of Mr & Mrs Fletcher & Mary age 20. but a most striking contrast to “own” Mary & Dorothy. She is a very hefty lass. Yesterday I walked for miles, looking for a suitable place to live but there are none available. On Monday I walked to Burnley which is a 5d. bus ride from here. Ill be walking to Todmorden next. Mr Exley called in to see me yesterday. He looks very well & prosperous &O was just his usual cheerful self. Little Barbara is 3 years old now. Do you remember her, with the choc. biscuit. Wasn’t she funny? Well love I will say Goodbye again. Your p.c. [indecipherable word] Tangiers took 4 weeks longer that the letter via the International Red Cross. With all love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J.D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surveille Le Kef Tunisie 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 Plans still unsettled. Was great pleasure to get his postcard. Writes of their activities and plans. Catches up with gossip and news of family and friends. 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 1941-02-27 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-HEHudsonJD410227 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-27 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/886/23150/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410223-0001.1.jpg 64df0bd0abb56e2b369ae6e7387e6c9a https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23150/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410223-0002.1.jpg 843fe5a10e4e524a3dbaf944544b9d7a 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] 29 7-5-41 [/inserted] Cranford Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. Sunday. Feb. 23rd 1941 My dear Douglas. We have just finished lunch & now Dad & I are sitting beside a lovely fire with another young gentleman guest from London, listening to the wireless. And writing this just reminds me of your suggestion that we try to send a message to you by Sandy Macpherson. We had not heard of him until Peggy came to stay with us. She had the wireless on all day long & that was how we heard the programmes to the forces & the messages sent to the boys by their relations. We did think of asking for a message to be sent to you but thought you might [inserted] not [/inserted] like the publicity. So probably by the time you get this you may have heard that Dad & I are all right & thinking of you all the time “a brown bird[?] singing”, is still my favourite record & its message to you would be only too obvious – all through the night my lonely heart is waiting - & as you said in your very last letter to reach us the waiting will probably make the reunion even more joyful. I hope by the time you get [page break] this we shall have definite news of a house of our own which we hope to let you have by cable [deleted one word] [inserted] not the house but the cable [/inserted] You know I’m trying to write to you & listen to a funny man on the wireless. He is one of the silly ones who laugh at their own jokes. I wonder if you are allowed to hear any of the programmes to the Forces. We always think of you as we are listening. We have had a very severe winter & the ground is covered with snow still, & we have still more showers. But we also have an occasional gleam of lovely Spring sunshine which brings great joy to me. I have just written to Auntie Una & Uncle. Last Sunday we spent a very happy afternoon with them. Mrs Fenwick is still a lovely[?] old lady at 78. Did I tell you in a previous letter that Mary has broken off her engagement to John. She is spending a lot of time with Roland, & apparently is having a high old time. Naturally Auntie is very anxious. It is a rather unusual household. Now love I’ve to go to [indecipherable word] for a day or two this week, so may be able to send you news of John from there. So now goodbye once again. With all our love Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson, Camp de Sejour Surveille[?] [indecipherable word] Commandant Darmes[?] Le Kef. Tunisie 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 their activities and mentions suggestion that they try and sent a message to him via radio forces messages. Hopes to have their own house soon. Says they are listening to the radio. Catches up with more news and 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 1941-02-23 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-HEHudsonJD410223 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-23 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 Sue Smith prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23149/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410220-0003.2.jpg 1626bf42a95fcb8b75e1bff8654cd308 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23149/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410220-0004.2.jpg 42d8fb3f82f198a46906728b1132ad73 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23149/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410220-0001.2.jpg 6b2c167a36368eade1511558b088189e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23149/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410220-0002.2.jpg da181ccf2b3e81ed287ec60cd31e0d42 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 [inserted] 28 [/inserted] [postmark] [crest BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION] 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. Douglas Hudson R.A.F. British Prisoner of War C/o. The American Consul Tunis Nord Afrique [page break] From Mrs Hudson C/O Cranford Scotland Road Nelson Lancs England. [inserted] 16-3-41 [/inserted] [page break] [inserted] 28 [/inserted] Cranford Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. Thurs. 20/2/41. My dear Douglas. I have just received your letter dated November 15th & two weeks ago I had a letter dated November 29th. So that will give you some idea of the uncertainty of war-time deliveries. Yesterday I wrote to you telling that Dad is now in business – the old harassing one – after being at home for 4 months – at Nelson. It was all arranged in 2 days through the kind offices of Harry Exley. C. D. Co. Dad came to this house for a few days & was so comfortable that he sent for me to stay with him until we can find a house & at the moment the one at 10 Moorside Rd. is just as we lived in it & we have made no decision about removing. You may be sure I shall keep you informed of our movements, as accurately as possible, under war-time conditions. It is strange that in your letter this a.m. you mention your B.S.A. as I told you in yesterday’s letter that King’s bought it, the day before we left Kensal, for £20 which we hope will gain interest for you until you return. (Investment in the usual way). [page break] When I awakened this morning it was to a very wintry world – thick snow everywhere - & it looks very beautiful. It was strange to read of you sunbathing & I am glad to learn that things are so well with you. Sunbathing, or the mention of it, brings such lovely memories of the marvellous days of sunshine & great happiness on our last holiday together. I had a splendid letter from Mrs Baggaley at Christmas. I told you in a previous letter that I had such grand Christmas letters which gave me so much pleasure. I wish you could see the little kitten here. It is a dear tiny thing – smaller even than our first “Hallo”. Mrs Fletcher, my hostess, thought it was a black one, but it is growing into a very dark tortoise colour, & a wide yellow streak down it’s face gives it such a funny look. There is a mongrel dog next door & the two are great pals. Perhaps I may be able to get a snap-shot of them before we leave here. Snaps [underlined] are [/underlined] allowed in letters to prisoners of war. My host took a letter to the post-office yesterday to send by Air Mail but was told that it was not advantage as it would travel via Australia. He is definitely sending this by Air Mail so will you let me know if & when it arrives All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes Le Kef Tunisie 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 Reports letter received of November 15th and November 29th show how long they take. Catches up with father's activities and possible move to Nelson. Catches up gossip and weather. Mentions letters from people and passes on news. Discusses sending photographs if allowed for prisoners of war. 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 1941-02-20 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-HEHudsonJD410220 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-20 1941-03-16 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 Tricia Marshall prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0003.1.jpg d566bfed5f9bde0770bad459b316311d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0004.1.jpg 3de81b4420504cd3af4a0ee4d8fdc89c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0001.1.jpg 6c0484187b5abc24d69cf1784932d8a3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0002.1.jpg b44ff23a8dcc9c63468d5ed398c086af 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. [inserted] 27 [/inserted] [inserted] 18.02.41 [/inserted] [postmark] 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Afrique du Nord [page break] From Mrs Hudson Cranford Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. [inserted] 9-4-41 [/inserted] [postmark] [page break] [inserted] 27 [/inserted] Cranford CRANFORD Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. Tuesday. 18/2/41. My dear Douglas. I hope by this you have had my cables & you must be wondering what it [inserted] or they [/inserted] all means. Dad finished at Buckley’s on Oct 17th & after four months similar to the days of the Riley has at last got fixed up at Nelson. Last Wed he started here & I went on to stay with Auntie Gladys. But Dad got very good rooms here & sent for me to join him in this beautiful house with a very pleasant garden & grand views. Whether Nelson will eventually become our permanent home or not I cannot say – that is in the lap of the Gods - & I shall keep you posted up about what happens. You must not worry about us. We are all right & whatever vicissitudes arise we know that it is war-time & there are changed conditions everywhere. – except at Calverley. They just go on in the same old way only perhaps more so. Dad & I spent a few happy hours with Uncle & Auntie Una on Sunday. They, at any rate, are not changed & spoke so kindly of you. You remember how we used to say “The way to a Mother’s heart is through the child”. I wonder very often if you’ve got most of the letters [page break] which have been sent to you. I was very distressed that you should have been kept in such suspense about us here but we were always told that we could not cable or get in touch with you any way, but through the ordinary postal services, aided by the good offices of the Red Cross. I am sending this letter by Air Mail (tho’ the G.P.O. say it won’t make more than 2 or 3 days difference) & do hope you will receive it safely. We were puzzled indeed to learn that some of you boys had got letters by Nov. 29th. I wrote to you immediately on receiving your first letter on Nov 6th & of course since then have resumed my regular writing of 2, 3 & sometimes 4, letters a week. As I write to you [inserted] today [/inserted] snow is falling & it is bitterly cold. I am always thinking of you & do hope you [inserted] are [/inserted] happy as possible under the extraordinary conditions of war time. It is two years today since Marjorie was married. Little did we dream of the events that now make up our life & aren’t we just glad for all the happy memories. King’s bought the B.S.A. for £20 the day before we came away. Another letter very soon. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejours Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes Le Kef Tunisie Afrique de 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 Catches up with family news and activities. Possible that Nelson will become permanent home. Wonders if he is getting any of their letters. Sending this letter by airmail. Had heard that some internees had got letters already. They sent their first as soon as they got his first to them. 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 1941-02-18 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-HEHudsonJD410218 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-18 1941-04-09 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/886/23147/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410206-0001.2.jpg e216a79ee5d9c89ecd5316e2f665ade7 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23147/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410206-0002.2.jpg 5056d98e3474d285ace321c3415890e9 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] 26 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kersal Salford England. Thurs. Feb. 6th. 1941. [inserted] 5-4-41. [/inserted] My dear Douglas. Just a few lines, before going to bed, after a busy day. My days are always very full. I have certainly never been one of those people who have time to kill. Every hour seems to bring some thing to do & especially now that I’ve been knitting helmets. It is nice work & I knit into them so many grateful thoughts for the men who will wear them & am glad if I can give them some small comfort. The winter still continues & we have much snow about. It was quite a heavy fall during the night, but we’ve had thaw all day & the dreary sound of melting snow running down roofs and drains. Surely after this I can go into the garden & expect to see my beloved spring flowers. [inserted] plants [/inserted] Peggy brought some lovely daffodils for me on January 13th & they are still in the hall too well past their first beauty. Mrs Ellwood said she went into a shop in town to buy some yesterday. The price was 3/9 a bunch of daffodils so [inserted] she [/inserted] came out of the shop without buying them. [page break] I have been wondering ever since Monday if you got my cable all right on Tuesday. It was sent away from the G.P.O. about 11.30 Monday & I was hoping all the time you would receive it in a few hours. The man at the P.O. said he would not say how long it would take to reach you - it may take two or three days - so I was hoping that he would be mistaken. — Mrs Clayton came on Tuesday. John arrived home unexpectedly on Sat. night & went back after an early mid-day meal on Sunday. The Elizabeth - who came with him on his last leave has now become engaged to someone else - so Mrs Clayton says. I said “How d’you do” to my new neighbour this morning. She was very cheery & pleasant & feels sure they will like living here when they get the house in order. I told you they came from London & Mrs Lazarus says they feel it very cold here in Manchester. The winter has been severe & seems very long, with the dark mornings. Now love it is time to say Goodnight & God bless. With all our love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. JD. Hudson, Camp de Sejour Surveillé S/convent Commandant Dánues Le Kef Tunisie Nord du Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes about how busy she had been and describes some activities. mentions weather and snow. catches up with news of family, friends and activities. Hopes cable she sent would arrive with him in a few hours but might take a few days according to post office. Continues 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 1941-02-06 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-HEHudsonJD410206 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. Training Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-06 1941-04-05 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/886/23145/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410203-0001.2.jpg f636ac2956ab07cebc3691ac264e40ef https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23145/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410203-0002.2.jpg 9d43f994fea515a829698eb91f875d2e 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] 25 [/inserted] [inserted] 5-4-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England Monday. Feb 3rd. 1941. My dear Douglas. This morning we had a letter from the Red Cross in London enclosing a message from the International Red Cross in Geneva that you wished me to cable to you C/O The American Consul Tunis. So I went straight away to town & sent away a cable assuring you that we are well & sent all our love. I cannot tell you what joy it gave me to send a message that I know you would receive in a few hour’s time. I know just how terribly anxious you will have been, waiting for news of, or from, us, all these long months. I have told you in previous letters that [deleted] all [/deleted] I made every possible enquiry about getting a cable thro’ to you but was told that cables were not allowed to prisoners of war & when last week I asked from the Red Cross in Mcr if it would be possible to get in touch with you through the American Consul I was told that was not allowed except on very urgent matters & then it must be sent through International Red Cross. Now tonight I am feeling very happy indeed at the thought of you having news from us so soon. [page break] The wintry weather here, continues, & I had to make the journey to Manchester shod in the old Wellingtons, of most joyous memories but I did manage to keep upright for which I was truly thankful. Ryder & Dutton’s communication arrived this morning, with many deductions. I went in to see them & said many things to relieve my mind, but the only satisfaction I got was that an adjustment would be made next quarter. Mr Dutton asked very kindly about you. I [underlined] was [/underlined] surprised, as I did [inserted] not [/inserted] know that he knew I had a son. Probably young Ryder has told him. By the way I’ve not seen him for many months so conclude that he is “away”, too. I took two helmets back to the R. X. today I finished mine yesterday & my young guest has also made one & we are again at work on two more. Now it must be Good night love as it is getting late. With all love as always from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson, Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes of message from Red Cross which asks them to cable American consul in Tunis with which they comply saying they are well. Previously enquired if cables possible but told cables were not allowed for prisoners of war. Comments on winter weather and catches up with news and 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 1941-02-03 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-HEHudsonJD410203 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-03 1941-04-05 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 Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23104/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410131-0003.1.jpg 957c1b0f1cc1f081b563d40d9ed7bffa https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23104/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410131-0004.1.jpg 2efcd11cc5263ff9bf146252ad56f117 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23104/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410131-0001.1.jpg 4023c456257522ec1b4360fb43bcced5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23104/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410131-0002.1.jpg d58b6ba88ee76c7abd13742a6b081a03 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] 24 [/inserted] Prisoners of War Post [postmark] 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes Le Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. [page break] From Mrs Hudson 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England. [inserted] [underlined] 19-3-41 [/underlined] [/inserted] [page break] [inserted] 24 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England. Friday. 31/1/41. My dear Douglas. Just a few lines to you before going to bed altho’ I’m afraid I have little news for you. The cold wintry weather continues & it is several days since we saw any real sunshine. We are all glad that the winter season is slowly, but surely, passing away. It is strange to think that by the time you get this letter it will be almost summer time & we must say that it will be about 6 months before we can receive replies to each others letters. It is a comfort to me, now, to think that you will be getting my letters fairly regularly. To date we have had 5 from you, dated Sept. 1st, Sept. 6th, Oct. 3rd, Oct 18th, Nov. 1st, & we are so glad that the letters have arrived safely & are most thankful to the International Red Cross for their work which has made the delivery possible. This morning we had a letter from Auntie Maud telling that Mollie’s little son arrived safely on Tuesday Jan. 28th. & all is well there. Andrew, Kenneth (after Eileen’s Kenneth) Ian, are the names of the infant Akin. For luck, so they think & we all [page break] hope there [underlined] will [/underlined] be luck & lots of it. Our new neighbours arrived yesterday & are very quiet indeed. Just a lady & gentleman (whose business is now in Mcr) from London. The Vicar called again yesterday. He has been very kind since you went away. I told you Acy was going to be married on Feb. 15th didn’t I. I must write & ask her to come to see us when she returns to Warrington. It will be easier for her to travel when we get the longer daylight. My Khaki helmet is progressing & will certainly be a warm article of clothing (can a helmet be called a garment)? for somebody. Dad is trying to smoke a pipe again. He doesn’t say so, but I don’t think he is really thrilled. Well, love, I will say Goodnight to you now & hope to write again at the weekend. With all love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Sejoiur Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes Le Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Has little news for him but comments on winter weather. Mentions six months before they can receive a reply to a letter. Lists letters they have had from him. Thankful to Red Cross for their work to make delivery possible. Mentions other mail they have had. Catches up on local news and activities. 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 1941-01-31 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-HEHudsonJD410131 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-31 1941-03-19 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 Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23103/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410127-0001.1.jpg 751c5e23703a91ec75ac7584743a7064 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23103/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410127-0002.1.jpg 9603d3ab25a3441d24e36cb4096186cd 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] 23 [/inserted] [inserted] 5-4-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. Monday. Jan. 27th. 1941. My dear Douglas. It was a great joy to us to have your letter dated, Nov. 1st. today, & to learn that you were well & all right at that time & also that you were enjoying such beautiful weather. You are right about our weather. It has been, & still is, very severe & snow was falling again tonight when we drew the curtains at 6 p.m. We are interested to learn that you have had various gifts of clothing & imagine that the leather jacket would be more suitable for use in this country than in Tunisia but perhaps as the winter advances you may have need of its protection. I went to Manchester this morning to try once again to get in touch with you by cable but no luck. Cables are only allowed to prisoners of war, on very urgent matters, & one to be sent via the Red Cross at Geneva so I was told when I went to see the Red Cross people this morning. They have all been most kind in trying to help us get in touch with you & we do so much appreciate what they have done. I took 2 pairs of socks which I had knitted & a lot of silver paper. The lady in charge of the stores asked if I would do more knitting if they supplied the wool so [page break] tonight I have begun to make a Khaki helmet, quite a new effort for me. The Red Cross in Mcr have had 1600 lbs of wool given to them but it must all be used for one special pattern of helmet & I am very interested in my new task. We thought it a very strange coincidence that your letter this morning told that you were trying to increase your allotment & by the same post we had the letter from the Air Ministry telling that the supplementary allotment of 21/- would be paid from 23/1/41 & that the new order book had been lodged at the Head Office at Salford. The allotment now to be paid is 35/- weekly. I suppose that is what you wish. I am so glad you have many little treasures with you that are links with home. How did you manage to get a new strap for your watch? Are you allowed to go shopping & where do you get money from. Are you paid by the R.A.F. as you were in England, or does the “country of your adoption” supply necessary funds? Am glad you have removed the beard. The ‘tache was always a bit of a joke wasn’t it? but the beard!!! Well love it is getting near bed-time now & there is no need to tell you how you are always in our thoughts last thing at night & first thing in the morning & always we are looking forward to the day of joyous reunion. All our love to you from Mother & Dad. What does Chef mean? Must we accept the literal translation? 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes Le Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Received letter from him dated November 1st. mentions his weather and gifts of clothing he had received. Tried to get in touch by cable, no luck as only allowed for urgent matters and must be sent through red cross. Red Cross had been kind in helping them to get in touch. Comments on activities including use of wool donated to Red Cross. Discusses contact with air ministry about their allotment. Asked how he got new strap for watch and about what he can do in El Kef. 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 1941-01-27 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-HEHudsonJD410127 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-27 1941-04-05 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 Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23102/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410126-0001.1.jpg c8b243bbbd51d55eb232715b530b3e39 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23102/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410126-0002.1.jpg 1b78ff644692cf46763984f274852132 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] 22 [/inserted] [inserted] 5-4-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England. Sun. Jan. 26th. 1941 My dear Douglas. The days are passing one after another & I am so eagerly looking for my next letter from you. It does seem a very long time since the last letter came on Dec. 18th & the letters from the Air Ministry of Jan 6th & 20th were most reassuring. Just after Christmas I had a letter from Miss Morton. She had seen in the paper an account of snow in Tunisia – the first for 40 years. “So“ she said “Douglas has not quite missed the winter after all.” But I don’t think it will have been so severely cold with you in Le Kef as it has been with us. It has been bitter here ever since Christmas & again tonight snow is falling lightly & the skies were very leaden & heavy, before darkness fell. I am trying to write to you at the same time as I listen to Leslie Mitchell interviewing celebrities. I am wondering if you are listening too. I was so pleased when you wrote that you were able to [page break] listen to the radio. We don’t listen very much as you know but some how I always feel that it is a link between us – that we are both listening to the same sounds. On Friday I took my troublesome feet to Mrs Hazel & called to have a cup of tea with Mrs Clayton at 1-30 & was I cold? Dear! how I did think of you & the many cold visits which you endured. John is still at Harrogate & seems all right tho’ I don’t think he sends much news home. Mrs Clayton does not know anything about Dorothy but she does not think she is married yet. Well love there is not much news, as usual. Mr & Mrs Ellwood came to tea, as usual on Sunday, bringing Rip with them. I did wish you could see him sitting by my side begging, as I cut bread & butter. He is very sweet. Mrs Clayton’s “Whuffles” came & settled on my lap while I had my cup of tea, much to her surprise! She said it was not often so demonstrative. True to type! Eh! Now here’s Peggy chuckling away at Vic Oliver. He is a fool isn’t he & very versatile. Dad appears slightly bored & is concentrating on his book. Now goodnight & God bless. All love from Mother & Dad. Mrs Sentian came to say Goodbye yesterday. They leave tomorrow & are now going to live at Southport. We have more Jews coming as neighbours. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie. Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource No letters from him since December 18th. Mentions letter from friend mentioning first snow in Tunisia for 40 years. Writes about current cold weather. Mentions listening to radio and catches up with news, gossip and activities. 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 1941-01-26 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 Technical aid Text. Correspondence Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410126 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-26 1941-04-05 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/886/23101/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410122-0001.1.jpg 8631aeecf3c823c45391649308ebd1ad https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23101/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410122-0002.1.jpg e2dc2fcc1441c041fc9d6c6450286e4e 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] 21 [/inserted] [inserted] 12-3-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. Wed. 22nd Jan. 1941. My dear Douglas. Altho’ I have little news for you since writing on Sunday I must just send a short note for remembrance. The severe wintry spell has passed away & today has been a very lovely afternoon. I begun to say the day had been lovely forgetting that the morning opened in typical Manchester fashion, with rain which washed away the remains of the snow but this afternoon was a really pleasant bit of Spring & the air warmed by a glowing sun felt quite balmy. And you know how I just love the Spring. I’ve had many letters for my birthday & they all tell of very heavy snow in Yorkshire. A letter from “Little Dorothy” this morning tells of very unpleasant conditions with snow drifts level with the walls & for the moment at any rate the child was wishing she was an A.R.P. worker like Eileen so she would not have to wait about for buses to take her to & from the bank. Auntie Maud is now in Edinburgh but [page break] there is no news of any happenings there yet. And I was hoping to be able to share my birthday with Newbould Junior! Seeing that you have now become very domesticated you may be interested to know that for some months there has been areal shortage of onions & we have had to do some very makeshift cookery. Imagine my surprise when my greengrocer announced yesterday “I’ve brought you an onion.” It was “news” & very welcome too. It is strange how we used to take everything as a matter of course. It is true that we never realize the value of a thing until we lose it. Still we have many- very many, good things tho’ my butter ration is not now the 3 lbs a week of pre-war days. I have become quite clever at soup making, proof that there is much truth in the old adage “necessity is the mother of invention”. Well love you’ll think I’ve gone very domestic all at once so I will say Goodnight to you & enjoy my cup of tea. Am so glad you are able to get the cup that cheers too! All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson. Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes of weather, mentions she got many letter for her birthday and comments on bad weather noted in some and other news. Mentions shortage of onions and continues with other gossip. Comments on butter ration and that she has become a clever soup maker. 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 1941-01-22 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-HEHudsonJD410122 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. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-22 1941-02-12 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 home front prisoner of war https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23100/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410119-0001.2.jpg 33077dcb96b45e70cb5b125a4c9d3267 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23100/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410119-0002.2.jpg b504b40258ccd9f09d3fb71b96460f8f 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] 20 [/inserted] [inserted] 12-3-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England Sunday January 19th 1941 My dear Douglas. I cannot let my birthday pass without a little letter to you. I know you will have been thinking about me so much. We always loved & enjoyed these anniversaries together didn’t we? It was a real pleasure to me to have a letter, with birthday greetings, from E.W.F. Fancy him remembering the date! You will readily understand that he has been unusually busy lately & has not been up to see us for some weeks. My birthday mail also included a letter from Auntie Gladys & a photo of Kenneth. He is becoming a fine young man. He is very tall, & broadening considerably. My young guest thinks his photo is like Tyrone Power. Auntie Dorothy’s letter contained 30/- for Douglas. 5/- from her, & 25/- from Grandad to do what I think best with it. So it will go away with Jaffes, Auntie Una’s, & Auntie Lizzie’s. Suppose that is quite in order. Yesterday Peggy & I went to have a cup of tea with Miss Balderstone. We both enjoyed it so much. Have I told you in a previous letter that [page break] Ferhers are wanting to come back to No 12. He has entered a reserved occupation by taking a 3 months training course in engineering & is now at [indecipherable word]. You will remember their garage. Wonderful how these people wangle it isn’t it? Well, love, each letter I write is left unsealed until morning, always hoping that the postman will bring the most precious of all letters & I just keep on hoping. We’ve had a little birthday party today. Mr & Mrs Ellwood came as usual & brought Rip. He is a grand little wire-haired terrier, very well behaved, & Peggy loves to have him. You would like him too, I know. Now it must be Goodnight once again. With all our love, Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writing on her birthday, mentions letters she had received from family and friends and passes on news. Catches up with news of activities and other gossip. Mentions that she had a little birthday party. 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 1941-01-19 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-HEHudsonJD410119 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-19 1941-03-12 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/886/23098/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410106-0001.2.jpg 99da99b90c0a21f560584d6f928648f7 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23098/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410106-0002.2.jpg 34dc920b56680dc94936a6d27688898f 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] 18 [/inserted] [inserted] 12-3-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. Monday 6/1/41 My dear Douglas. Each day now I am hoping you have got my first letter & I do hope it will find you well & happy as circumstances will allow. We just keep on thinking of you & looking forward to the days of peace & reunion again. I have just written a little note of thanks to the Red Cross in W.C.2. They have been getting information for me about sending papers, etc. but it seems I am not allowed to send them to you so I will put the money that Auntie Una sent away with the rest. Dad is now unable to buy razor blades, so it looks as tho’ you are not the only member of the family to grow a beard. How is it going on now, or isn’t it? Yesterday we had a very nice surprise when Hildred came to see us. She looked very sweet & pretty as usual. We had quite a busy time, as Mr & Mrs Ellwood paid their usual visit to see Peggy. Mr Ellwood is a very big man & Mrs is about the build of your old friend Mrs Lancombe so our not very [page break] large dining room looked well occupied especially as it was a bitterly cold day & we all wanted to sit as close to the grand fire as possible. I was thinking of you so much as I knew you would [inserted] have [/inserted] so much enjoyed the cheery company. It is almost 3 weeks since your last letter arrived & I am looking eagerly forward to the next one. Well, love, we don’t seem able to put very much into these letters of ours & there is so much we would like to say if there were no censor. Did I tell you I had a long letter from Marjorie with a pretty photo of Diana Marion who is now about 7 months old? Also did I tell you that we offered her a home with us in September when Jerry became too attentive in her part of the world? What a good thing she didn’t come to Manchester! She is very much better where she is. David is being kept very busy with foot & mouth disease & is often away from home for 2 or 3 weeks at a time. Auntie Maud goes back to Mollie again about the 16th. It does seem rather a “fuss”, to us, but Auntie, as you know, always likes to be in a “fuss” Now Goodnight again & all our love to you from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Hoping that their first letter has arrived with him. Wrote thanking Red Cross for their help but noted that they had said that it was not allowed to send newspapers. Comments that razor blades are no longer available. Tells of visitor and catches up on family/friends news and gossip. Looking forward to his next letter. Apologises for lack of content of letters, concerned about the censor. Continues with other news of friends/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 1941-01-06 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-HEHudsonJD410106 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-06 1941-03-12 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 Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23097/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410101-0001.1.jpg c6350511dd4ecdad691673832414e665 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23097/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410101-0002.1.jpg 67c7d45bbd308633549914ba0c298955 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] 17 [/inserted] [inserted] 5-3-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. New Year’s Day 1941. My dear Douglas. Two weeks ago today we received your letter dated Oct. 10th. & now I am looking eagerly forward to my next letter. It looks as tho’ one of your letters has not got through to me, as I have only had four to date, & I think you have sent five. This has been a bright frosty winter’s day & I am wondering if you are still enjoying nice warm weather. Well, love, I never seem to have much of interest to tell you – just that we keep jogging along, always hoping, praying, & longing for the end of the dreadful war. Mrs Clayton arrived yesterday at 1 p.m. Can’t imagine why ever she came at that silly time unless it was to attempt to satisfy her almost insatiable curiosity. She left at 2-30, & as soon as she had gone Mrs Kay came in & we had a good old chatter. She is very good company – tho’ we do not always see eye to eye by any means - & I always love to have a talk to her. I met Mrs Brown from Moor Lane, today & asked about her husband who is now a barrage balloon man & not liking being away from home. Mr Ferher has taken a course of training in engineering & is now engaged in a reserved occupation whilst Mrs [page break] Ferher carries on the business. Which just shows doesn’t it? The tenant of No 12 is a very busy person & I’ve not been able to speak to her for ages. At present she has a very bad cough which somewhat disturbs our slumbers. But we do feel very sorry to hear her hacking away. Her chow has made another way through into our garden & as it is developing a very uncertain temper we are not too pleased about it. No doubt something will have to be done. Very soon now I hope you will get my first letter to you in El Kef written the day we had your first letter on Nov. 6th. We have been so troubled that we were not able to get in touch with you sooner & was very relieved to learn from your last letter that you quite understood what a long time it would take for an exchange of letters. Almost 6 months isn’t it? And we just keep on thinking about you always. I am always very thankful for such lovely memories. Did I tell you I had such a nice letter from Mrs Baggaley at Christmas. It was a very happy surprise & gave me a lot of pleasure. This morning a very kind letter from E.W.F. You probably realize if you are able to listen in to English news that he has had a very busy time lately & we are thankful to know that he is all right. All our love & best wishes for 1941 from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson. Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes of the letters received so far with one possibly missing. Just jogging along hoping for the end of dreadful war. Tells of visit by a Mrs Clayton followed by another acquaintance. Catches up with local news and gossip. Hopes he will soon get her first letter and discusses problems of how long mail takes. Concludes with other gossip and news of other letters received. 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 1041-01-01 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource ita Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410101 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-01 1941-03-05 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/886/23086/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229-0001.1.jpg 1b39e2dc565f053dd006a89c99a8b194 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23086/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229-0002.1.jpg 0cb7840613ffc941ec114349d52a2eaf 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 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. Sunday. Dec. 29th 1940 My dear Douglas. I am counting the days again now for your next letter, as it is nearly 2 weeks since the last one came & it is such a joy to me to have new of you. Christmas festival is over once again & we all look forward to the New Year with hopes & faith. How I do wish I [inserted] could [/inserted] tell you what is in my heart, but you do understand, don’t you, love, just how I am living for the day of joyous reunion & it is with feeling of deepest thankfulness that we [inserted] can & [/inserted] do look forward. I had a lot of lovely letters at Xmas including one from Mrs Bell at Penyffordd & one from Acacia who is now at Warrington. She tells me she is to be married on Feb. 15th to her former chief at Wrexham, so I gather that she has been working, from patriotic motives, instead of at the lovely little place with which we always associate her. I intend to ask her to come out to see us as soon as it can be arranged, but with very unusual conditions it is not just easy [page break] to make plans. I had such a nice letter from Auntie Una yesterday. She says they often think & talk of you & last week she thought she would like to change places with you as it was very cold here & you know she’s not very fond of winter time. I also had a grand letter from Mrs Baggaley at Langford. She was expecting Mr & Mrs Denver for Christmas. Isn’t it grand to hear their names again. They bring such lovely memories to me & I hope they do to you too. I have not yet sent off any parcels to you as I am at a loss what to send. You will probably know that we cannot send you food or cigarettes & only slab chocolate which is almost unobtainable. So I do hope you are not needing anything specially. You know love I’m trying to write to you while the wireless is blazing out Hi Gang! for the benefit of our young guest. Dad is stoical! You can imagine how he feels about it! I have just written to Auntie Maud Calvert. She seems to be looking forward to going to Mollie on Jan. 10. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Still waiting for next letter, two weeks since the last. Longing for time when they are together again. mentions getting a lot of lovely letters at Christmas and describes some passing on news. Writes she has not yet sent off any parcels to him as she is not sure what to send. Not allowed to send food or cigarettes but only chocolate which is impossible to get in England. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P Hudson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-12-29 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 EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-29 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 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23085/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401225-0003.2.jpg f13d8f7e6a4231c8f596dda47ec5cf8a https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23085/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401225-0004.2.jpg d9f7372cd66a950f2e61fc862d4e0024 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23085/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401225-0002.2.jpg 2360a12711b81fbb333f479e825498a5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23085/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401225-0001.2.jpg f1943b7a904db6feac82b1e89aac483d 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] 15 [/inserted] Prisoner of War Post. Kriegsgefangener Post [two postmarks] 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. [page break] From 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England. [two postmarks] [VA27 stamp] [page break] 10 Moorside Rd Kensal Salford 7 England. Christmas Day 1940. My dear Douglas. A very strange Christmas Day too but still the spirit has been with us all the day! And the Star of Bethleham [sic] shines just as brightly & we look to it for guidance & inspiration, as we go forward to meet a future in which we look for peace & good will, to return to our hearts & homes, again. I wish I could tell you all that has been in my heart today – “tho’ surrendered for by faith we meet” - & I know how you have been thinking of me & Dad too. We have our young guest still with us & at the moment she & Dad are having a bit of fun with “Sorry”. We had just our usual Christmas dinner & oh! how we did wish you could share it with us. The weather was not Christmas card, but foggy & mild but we are now thankful for the turn of the year & already have about 10 minutes longer [inserted] daylight [/inserted] (or less blackout). This morning we had a lovely card from Mr & Mrs Green at Old Colwyn & they send very kind wishes for you. We have got such lovely cards. A beauty from Miss Morton [page break] an R.A.F. one & a the [sic] usual dainty calendar from Auntie Maud’s. Eileen sent a pound box of Terry’s chocolates – a very precious gift as there are no “ to be bought now. Sertian’s are away again. They took the little boy back to boarding school yesterday thought it the wisest thing to do & they are again living with Mrs Sertian’s uncle so we are very quiet again. Soon we shall be looking for the [deleted] bulls [/deleted] [inserted] bulbs [/inserted] poking their little green noses into a very cold world. They always give me so much pleasure, as you know. I don’t suppose you have bulbs in El Kef. I imagine it will be too dry & warm. On Saturday Dad got a registered letter from Jaffes enclosing £2 (two pounds) [inserted] which we will take to the P.O. [/inserted] & a little note “please forward to your son with our best wishes for Christmas.” Dad wrote to Mr Allan a note of thanks asking them to accept his note on your behalf as you would not be able to write to them specially. The gift was a very nice gesture we thought. We have not yet heard from the Red X. whether as a prisoner of war in neutral country you will be allowed to receive the weekly “Daily Mail” but will let you know as soon as possible. All love & happiness possible in the coming year from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writing on Christmas day about her thoughts. Mentions their activities during the day. Comments on the weather and cards/gifts received. Catches up on family/friends news. Writes about bulbs coming up soon. Mentions letter received by father containing £2 to which the writer ask to be forwarded to Douglas along with good wishes. Not yet heard from Red Cross whether prisoners of war in neutral countries can receive newspapers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P Hudson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-12-25 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-HEHudsonJD401225 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-25 1941-02-05 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 Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23084/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401216-0001.1.jpg 036daa7bd5bd03ecc4620316f981ca87 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23084/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401216-0002.1.jpg 1936d524f1866f06cfde874499c48f62 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] 14 [/inserted] [inserted] 28-1-41 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. 16/12/40. My dear Douglas I am still eagerly awaiting letter number 3. & all this long time wondering how things are going with you. And I’m just wanting this old year to pass quickly away. I do so want to feel that once again we are “in touch” & I don’t suppose you will have a letter from me until mid-January. I told you that we enquired at the G.P.O. if we could cable to you but were not allowed to do so. I try to picture you in your new surroundings & hope you are well, & content as possible under the circumstances. At least you will miss our not too comfortable English winter with its consequent discomforts of chilblains & chills. Thank goodness, Dad & I are immune so far, touch wood! I had a nice letter from Mollie on Friday – such a long one. She seems very happy anticipating the arrival of Andrew [indecipherable name] Ian Newbould or Susan Caroline Anne Newbould. Fancy a baby named [indecipherable word]. However if it brings the desired good fortune “What’s in a name”? You know love I’ve written yards & yards of [page break] letters during the past week. Fortunately I made a list at the beginning & the names are being X’ed off very nicely. I had a long letter from John on Saturday. He told how he had written to you on a “huge” sheet of paper & I am so glad for you to have news from other people. This morning I had a nice letter from Auntie Lizzie enclosing p.o. for 5/- to get something for Douglas & we are wondering if you have any special needs. The old [three indecipherable letters] has been a bit troublesome for a few days & this a.m. the man from Frank’s came to look at it. There is something wrong with the switch & as it will take some time to get a new one we have to operate by pulling the whole plug in & out. I am expecting Mrs Clayton tomorrow afternoon. As usual she never has a minute for anything & comes in often very late. Habit of course. Goodbye love once again. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes. El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Still waiting for letter number 3. Enquired at post office if they could cable him, not allowed. Hopes he is OK and talks of English winter. Mentions letters she had received and sent to others and passes on 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 1940-12-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401216 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-16 1941-01-28 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/886/23083/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401212-0003.2.jpg 49becd80bd5fdc3ee19bb40f7d62edce https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23083/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401212-0004.2.jpg 057c3b2e07f6e96fdef8825eb470e0d1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23083/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401212-0001.2.jpg 90b20ccef145e4e15f34515863205e24 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23083/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401212-0002.2.jpg 79e26bcd614b786e2a25e793f668b8b1 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 [underlined] Prisoner of War Post. [/underlined] Kriegsgefangenerpost [two postmarks] 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’arme El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. 2872 Q.H. [page break] From Mrs Hudson 10 Moorside Road Kensal Salford 7 England. [two postmarks] [VA 27 stamp] [inserted] 28-1-41 [/inserted] [page break] [inserted] 13 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. Thurs. 12th Dec. My dear Douglas. Today we have a real winter’s day – thick fog this morning & a very severe frost. And I am wondering how you are faring – if the sun is still shining for you & if it is comfortable & easier to bear than our severe winter. We think so much at this time, of all the dear boys who are facing the discomfort of this wintry weather, with courage & high endeavour, & our hearts are full of gratitude to “the few, who have done so much, for so many.” A memorable phrase which has made history! I had a very nice outing yesterday to Hale Barns in Cheshire. I went by bus all the way & passed along the roads that we have travelled so often & so happily together & I was thinking of you all the time. You will be wondering who is at Hale Barns. It is really a rather long story beginning at the time when you were reported missing & I was so physically & mentally ill. Mrs Clayton told a very sad story of a little girl of 19 [page break] (wife of a soldier) who was expecting her first baby & was very worried about a home Our Doctor came in just at the time & I said if only I had known before she had gone away I would have given her a home & cared for her until she was well. (I thought that caring for someone in need would help to relieve the burden of my own sorrow.) Doctor had remembered what I said & came the other day to ask if I would like to help another little girl who was in trouble & I am expecting her to live with me for a few weeks from Dec. 29th. She is very sweet & pretty & was quite excited yesterday about coming to stay with me. It is strange to think that she will probably be away again & starting life anew before you get my letter. Mrs Clayton came on Tuesday, very much better in health again. She had not heard from John, nor had she written to him since he was home. Little John from No 8 is home today for Christmas holidays & I’ve been remembering how we used to count the days to your holidays when you were at Boarding School. Had a cheery letter from Mrs Holmes. She is hoping to have Geoffrey home for 48 hrs at Xmas. Lucky person! Now love Goodnight once again. All love from Mother & Dad (who is having his usual nap) 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Nord Afrique Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes of current winter weather and wonders what it is like where he is. Writes of boys facing discomfort in severe weather and full of gratitude for the few who have done so much for so many. Continues to describe some activities . Writes about coping when people were missing and helping others in same situation. Concludes catching up with news and 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 1940-12-12 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-HEHudsonJD401212 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. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-12 1941-01-28 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/886/23082/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401209-0003.1.jpg e2711462e103d567987b736357a339f9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23082/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401209-0004.1.jpg 81e84bbb722ea42f6bbe35aadcf182f4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23082/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401209-0001.1.jpg 8bdf0337f25e08587f6e5b54e9d84d3f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23082/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401209-0002.1.jpg a494df9f98e8ecfd1f52bd649f113c2b 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. [two postmarks] 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique [page break] [two postmarks] From Mrs Hudson 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. [VA7 stamp] [inserted] 13-1-41 [/inserted] [page break] [inserted] 12 [/inserted] 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 Sunday 8/12/40. My dear Douglas. This has been a very beautiful day & memories have crowded one after another – just the day for a trip to [indecipherable name] etc. What dear memories! I have just been reading that from tomorrow until the 16th the south will have the shortest days – the blackout time is stationary - . The joy to think that so very soon the days begin to lengthen again! Yesterday afternoon Dad & I had a trip to Central Library again, to try to find out more about El Kef, but the book we wanted to see, a 1939 edition, had been sent out for some reason or other, which I didn’t understand, so we didn’t learn a great deal more from the only other book of interest, a 1950 edition. What a beautiful place the Library is! but it does seem to me to have been a very unnecessary extravagance. About 12-30 p.m. Friday E.W.F. arrived & brought me a lovely present. Only one guess needed. I’ll leave you to imagine how much I [page break] shall enjoy it. Two weeks on Wed. will be Christmas Day – a very strange one indeed without any preparations of any kind at present. I wonder what you will be having at Christmas & if the weather will be hot & to you English boys, unseasonable. It is nearly four months since you had any news of us & it does worry me that you cannot know that “all’s well” with us. Dad thinks you will understand that the letters will take a very long time to reach you & on that account will not worry unduly. On Thursday we had the worst gale ever. The wind lifted the lid of the man-hole, on the landing, off & the floor coverings in hall & kitchen just ballooned. It has surely been the wildest autumn I remember. The score board in the Rugby ground was blown down weeks ago & is still lying on the ground. Now I must say Goodbye once again. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Writes thoughts of the past and shortest days of the year. Mentions trip to library to find out more about El Kef. Continues with news of activities and upcoming Christmas. Worried that he has not had any news of them for four months. Comments on recent bad 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 1940-12-09 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-HEHudsonJD401209 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. Tunisia Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-09 1941-01-13 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