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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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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.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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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.
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P Hudson
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1940-12-29
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-12-29
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[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.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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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.
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P Hudson
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1940-12-25
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401225
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-12-25
1941-02-05
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
Red Cross
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[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.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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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
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-12-16
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Identifier
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401216
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1940-12-16
1941-01-28
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
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[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
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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.
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P Hudson
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1940-12-12
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401212
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-12-12
1941-01-28
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prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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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
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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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.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-12-09
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401209
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1940-12-09
1941-01-13
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 11 [/inserted]
[inserted] 13-1-41 [/inserted]
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Thurs. Dec. 5th. 1940.
My dear Douglas.
Yesterday I had a letter from Eileen who said “I wrote to Douglas last week & do hope he will get it in time for Christmas.” So do I, but am afraid it will be a vain hope, if letters take as long to go to El Kef as they take to come from there. A letter from the Red X in London gave your address as El Kef. so I called in at Central Library & asked at the reference library for books about Tunisia & read that El Kef was very beautifully situated etc etc, but as I had to be at Mrs Clayton’s at 3.30 I hadn’t very much time. So now I’ve come to the conclusion that Le Kef is the French way of spelling the name of your present domicile. The Red X have been most kind in trying to help us to get in touch with you & at present are investigating your rights to receive newspapers etc. According to the G.P.O. leaflet, prisoners of war in neutral countries may have papers sent, but prisoners of war in enemy country may not so we
[page break]
are trying to get to know how you stand. We have made several enquiries including at the Head Office of the G.P.O. & replies to date are very vague & uncertain.
Well love no doubt by this time (I mean by the time you receive this letter) you will have heard from John & his very surprising news of Dorothy’s imminent marriage. You can imagine just how delighted his Mother was & is, about the turn of events. Mrs Clayton seemed awfully poorly on Tuesday with that dreadful cough she has each winter. I thought the shops in Manchester were very beautiful – many of them had a very festive appearance. Today is very cold again & it is many weeks since I started the order of the bed bottles. It’s strange to think of you sweltering in the heat. It is a great joy to us to know that you are all right & are being so kindly treated. We are indeed thankful. The idea of you growing a beard is funny. Why do it? Dad thinks it will be because the heat makes your skin very tender. Now I must write a line to John. I promised to let him know when we had another letter from you. All love from Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejours Surfeille
S/courert Commandant D’arme
El Kef.
Tunisie Nord Afrique
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Writes about others who have written to him. Mentions letter from Red Cross with his correct address. Looked up El Kef in library. Red Cross had been very kind to help them keep in touch. Investigating whether he can receive newspapers which the post office seems to believe those interned in neutral countries can. Catches up with family/friends news. Writes current weather and festive appearance of shops in Manchester. Comments on his intention to grow a beard.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-12-05
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Manchester
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1940-12-05
1941-01-13
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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Text
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401205-0001
EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401205-0002
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
Red Cross
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 10 [/inserted]
[inserted] 13-1-41 [/inserted]
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Sunday Dec. 1st. [inserted] 40 [/inserted]
My dear Douglas.
It was a very great joy to have your second letter dated Sept. 6th. yesterday Nov. 30th. 3 weeks & 3 days after the one dated Sept. 1st. I thought you would be interested to know exactly how long the letters were on the way. Dad & I are so thankful to have such cheering news & to learn that you have very agreeable company & also such kind treatment. This past week has been real winter, with very keen frosts at night. Today has been milder so no doubt we shall soon have the rain, which is supposed to follow 3 days of frost. Dad mowed the lawn last week & we have now got the garden tidy for the winter. The process was carried out much later than usual & we wondered whether it was wise to mow the lawn in late November. However it looks very green & fresh today – no obvious ill-effects of the frost so far. Soon I shall be feeling around for the little green noses
[page break]
of the Spring flowers. By the time you get this letter the snow-drops should be in bud & I shall have got all my lovely birthday presents & probably be getting all set for a Spring cleaning. It’s strange how we get used to things but we still feel very strange with summer time in winter. Today was a very light afternoon & we didn’t light up until 5-20 & it is only 3 weeks & 3 days to Christmas. Mr Morrison the Post-Master General broadcast an appeal today for us to begin posting now for Christmas. It isn’t a bad idea really. The Christmas cards would bring brightness & cheer to our houses. Not even war-time can dim the brightness of Christmas-tide’s glad message of hope. During the past week I found courage to unpack your case. Most of the things I’ve put back again to await your return but I am thinking of giving your socks & oversocks to men of the R.A.F. in the hope that they will mean a little comfort. We were pleased to see John last Tuesday. He looked very fit & well & said he would write to you at once.
All love from Mother & Dad
Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson.
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’arme
LE KEF
TUNISIE NORD AFRIQUE
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Glad to receive his second letter, three weeks after the first. Thankful that he has agreeable company and kind treatment. Mentions current weather. Continues to describe activities. Postmaster general broadcast appeal to post early for Christmas. Writes about opening his case that was sent to them after he went missing and what was done with contents. Catches up with news.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-12-01
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401201
Coverage
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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.
1940-12-01
1941-01-13
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 9 [/inserted]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
Monday 25/11/40.
My dear Douglas.
This is a bright November day, just such a day as we used to ride out on, for a couple of hours before the sun-set. And do you remember those beautiful clouds, the like of which we had not seen before or since tho’ you probably learnt all about them in your very intensive training. I should be so pleased if I could know how you pass the time these days – if you have certain duties to perform or are you able to do as you please. I try to picture you but the pictures are very vague & very probably out of all proportion, tho’ I do hope not. Our visitors did not arrive yesterday, nor have we had any news of them. As you once said, tho’ under very different circumstances, “it’s all very casual.” I wouldn’t say that courtesy was, or is, a war-time attribute. Well love I’ve absolutely no news. I just keep on writing my little notes, just for remembrance & tho’ I don’t suppose you will receive
[page break]
all of them I hope they do get through to you fairly regularly. Dad had a letter from Mr Brazendale this morning. He seems to be having a very busy time, but that is not surprising. Auntie Sara & Marjorie & Co. have not moved yet. And that reminds me, your last little note from England, written on a telegraph form, with enclosures, arrived safely & I duly sent on the tandem spoils to 4 Oak Rd. & had a very kind letter from Mrs Bowens. Have I told you before that Mary & John are thinking of getting married if John has to go away? I don’t know what Auntie Gladys will have to say about it, tho’ it won’t matter a great deal. Mary will please herself, as usual, no doubt. We had a nice letter from [indecipherable name] who is now happily settled at the Bank. He is a very busy young man, with music lessons, Sunday School work, etc. & seems a great deal better in health again. Now love it is goodnight once more. With all our love. Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejours Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
TUNISIE
NORD AFRIQUE.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Mentions what sort of day it is and wonders what he how he is passing his time. Catches upon news of visitors but says little other news. Continues with gossip on correspondence and news of family friends.
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P Hudson
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1940-11-25
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401125
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Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-11-25
1941-01-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 8 [/inserted]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Sat. am. 23/11/40.
My dear Douglas.
Here I am again with my little note of remembrance. Tho’ I’ve not much news it’s just to let you know we are jogging along. I have no news from you since the letter dated Sept 1st which arrived here on Nov. 6th. What a precious letter it is too! Yesterday I looked back at a few of your letters written from your last English station. – Such eager, hopeful letters they were – they always give me pleasure & comfort & as I have every one written since Armistice day 1939 they are a most interesting diary. This morning I’ve got a letter from Auntie Una enclosing “10/- for Douglas, either to send a parcel or use it in any way you think he would like.” So if it is permissible, I intend to try to get the Daily Mail sent to you for 1 year, but of course must make full enquiries before I take any action. Did I tell you that Vera wants to send you books but I have been waiting for a second letter
[page break]
from you, with a permanent address, not forgetting that these are unusual day, & nothing tangible can truly be called permanent at present.
You know love I cannot remember what I write to you from one letter to the next so if there’s a bit of repitition [sic] please forgive me. Mrs Clayton came yesterday (Friday.) John arrived on Wednesday for one week. In the evening he went (on [indecipherable word]) to see Louis Murray who is now “fixed” as you remember he expected to be, so I don’t suppose he & John could “fraternize” out of doors. Thursday John went to a wedding at Lancaster & his mother has not the slightest idea when he will be back tho’ she has arranged, provisionally, for them both to come here for tea tomorrow, Sunday. This morning is very bright & pleasant, a bit on the dull side but we expect that on Nov. 23rd don’t we.? I am always wondering how you are getting along & if the lovely blue skies which bring so much pleasure to me, become a source of trial & annoyance to you. I do hope not. Now love Goodbye once again. All love from Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
TUNISIE NORD AFRIQUE.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Just letting him know they are jogging along and still only one letter from him. Looks back over letters he wrote when stationed in England since 1939. Catches up with news of family and is still investigating sending him a newspaper. Someone wants to send books but is waiting for a permanent address. Continues with more gossip and apologises for repetition.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-11-23
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401123
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-11-23
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Prisoner of War Post.
Kriegsgefangener Post
[postmark]
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
Tunisie
Nord Afrique.
[page break]
From Mrs Hudson
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
England
[postmark]
[VA27 stamp]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
[page break]
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Wed. 20/11/40.
My dear Douglas.
I am wondering if you get my letters regularly as I have got back to the four letters a week routine. Not that there is much news, but it just assures you of our constant thoughts & wishes for you & your two companions. I have only got one letter from you to date, but just keep on hoping all the time, & always looking forward to happy days of peace & reunion. I had a very happy letter from Auntie Mand yesterday. She seems to be thoroughly enjoying her visit to Edinburgh & she & Mollie had had a real “beano” doing the shopping for prospective Newbould Junior. Auntie says she should return home on Friday but Mollie wants her to stay over the week-end & she has written home for permission (as if that was necessary) Pool Eileen will be having a busy time with the house keeping added to her regular duties. She has a long day, 8 am to 8 pm but the duties are not strenuous under normal conditions & she seems to enjoy the work. Well love I never seem to
[page break]
have much to tell you. As you know we are very subdued, quiet folk, & just go jogging along. I wonder If you will remember that it is eighteen years tomorrow, Nov. 21st. since you started your school career. Little did we dream of what the future held. Perhaps it is better so. Many of us would lack the courage to face it, if the prospect were fully revealed. Dad & I wondered if we could arrange for the “Daily Mail” to be sent to you. They advertise a scheme for delivery of a weekly copy to any address in the world, & when we hear from you again, that you have a permanent address, we will make enquiries & see if it can be sent to you, as you are an internee. Now the day is over once again so I will make a cup of cheer & say Goodnight to you. Do hope you are still able to enjoy your cups of tea. God bless you & keep you safe. Many times a day, when I look at your lovely photo, my earnest prayer goes forth to you. May you have a great faith & great courage to meet what ever life may have in store for you. All our love. Mother & Dad.
755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp de Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
Le Kef.
Tunisie Nord Afrique.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Wonders if he is getting her letters and notes they have only had one from him so far. Catches up with news of family and activities. Reminisces about him starting school 18 years ago and not knowing what the future held. Wonders whether they would be able to send him Daily Mail newspaper as they advertise that they can deliver a weekly copy to any address in the world. Hopes he can still enjoy his cups of tea.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-11-20
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Two page hndwritten letter and envvelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401120
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1940-11
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prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 3-1-41 [/inserted]
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Monday 18/11/40
My dear Douglas.
Monday night again & memories crowd around & I’m wondering what you are doing just at this moment. The winter days are rapidly shortening here altho’ we have not yet reverted to the usual winter time. Officially we are still enjoying summer-time & the mornings are very dark but the evenings are lighter. It is strange to think that when you get this letter the days will be lengthening again. I am so very sorry that I cannot get in touch with you more quickly. I know just how anxiously you will be wondering about us here. The one letter we have had from you so far has been a great comfort. I just keep on reading it & I do hope that you are still all right & all together. I’m glad you can make some English meals & that you can get tea. I never told you about the crab apples. We had very rough weather, with terrific winds, in September, & they every one blew off the tree. Dad kept bringing handfuls into the house & we put them in the fruit basket. But all that month of September we were very
[page break]
troubled & anxious & the regular routine of daily life was much disturbed. So the apples were put away & forgotten & they all went bad. They must have been bruised by falling off the tree so we must hope for better luck next year. Dad had a letter form Uncle Jim this morning – an acknowledgement of Dad’s birthday letter. They seem all right again at No 75. Uncle said he had a letter from Auntie Sara & one from David so it looks as if Marjorie is kept busy with her maternal duties. Young Diana Marion is about six months old now. The time passes very quickly & I do hope it is the same for you. Everyone seems to think you will suffer from boredom. I do hope not as we all feel so powerless to help in any way. The fact that it is 2 weeks since we got your letter implies that your writing activities are restricted & I do miss my four letters weekly. Tomorrow I am going to have a cup of tea with Mrs Clayton. Miss Howarth is staying with her at present &, as I’ve previously told you, John is coming home for a week on Wednesday next. Goodnight love & God bless you & keep you safe. All our love. Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeilles
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
TUNISIE
Nord Afrique
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Wonders what he is doing and comments on days getting shorter. Is sorry that mail is not quicker and notes they have only had one letter from him so far. Glad he can make some English meals and get tea. Writes of home news, events and family and friends. Hopes he will not suffer from boredom. Concludes with more gossip on her plans.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-11-18
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401118
Coverage
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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
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1940-11-18
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 5 [/inserted]
Prisoners of War Post
Kriegsgefangener Post
[two postmarks]
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejours Suirfeille
Scourert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
Tunisie
Nord Afrique
[page break]
[inserted] 3-1-41 [/inserted]
From
Mrs Hudson
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
England
[two postmarks]
[VA27 stamp]
[page break]
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Sat. Nov. 16th. 1940.
My dear Douglas.
Just a few more lines to let you know that we are thinking of you constantly & looking forward all the time to having another letter from you. One day this week I received some communications for the Red X. including a special label with which to send you a personal parcel. We are not allowed to send anything for you to eat (but slab chocolate, which is very difficult to get) so I shall wait a little longer to see if you [sic] next letter has any requests. The time it takes for us to communicate with each other rather adds to our difficulties & I am hoping with all my heart that you have enough food etc. & that you are all right. I had such a funny letter from Vera. She says she is going to write to you each week & no doubt you will have got her first letter before this one. She told that she had written ten pages to you then learnt from the P.Office pamphlet (the h is a misfit there I think, isn’t it?) that she was only allowed to use both sides of one sheet of paper
[page break]
No doubt also she has mentioned the “[indecipherable word]” which has been told off for duty on your account. Mrs Clayton came yesterday. John is still at Harrogate & was home for a week-end about a fortnight ago with a new girl friend tho’ Mrs Clayton doesn’t think that the old one is yet disposed of. She describes here as a real sticker. Well love there is nothing new to tell you except that we’ve had a right pleasant day again with a very beautiful sunset. Always my thoughts are with you as I watch the ever changing colour & I wonder if you too can still enjoy the beauty or do you get too much of a good thing? Mrs [indecipherable name] came to see me yesterday, to tell me they are coming back to live at the house again until Ken has to go away. Then they will remove altogether & have got Miss Davies’s permission to let the house again, unfurnished. There doesn’t seem to be any further changes at Moorside Rd. since you went away. Auntie Dorothy’s letter today tells that G.’dad is not very well again. A letter from Miss Davies some time ago asked me to give “her dear love” to Douglas when I wrote. now Goodnight love once again. All love from Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejours Suirfeille
S/courer Commandant D’armes
Le Kef.
Tunisie
Nord Afrique.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Thinking of him and looking forward to another letter from him. Writes of communication from Red Cross with label for a personal parcel for him and discusses what they are allowed to send. Will wait to hear if he needs anything and is concerned of time mail takes. Hopes he has enough food and mentions other writing to him. catches up with news and gossip. Comments on weather and other activities.
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P Hudson
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1940-11-16
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401116
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-11-16
1941-01-03
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Red Cross
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 4 [/inserted]
Prisoners of War Post
Kriegsgefangener Post
[two postmarks]
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejours Suirfeille
Scourert Commandant D’armes
Le Kef
Tunisie
Nord Afrique
[page break]
[two postmarks]
From
Mrs Hudson
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
Lancs.
England
[VA27 stamp]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
[page break]
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Wed. Nov. 13th/40.
My dear Douglas.
It is just a week today since your first letter, dated Sept. 1st. arrived from Africa. I was hoping you might be able to write each week & was looking forward to having another letter today but no luck. So I must just go on looking forward to hearing from you very soon. This afternoon I had a letter from Hildred. She said she was going to write [inserted] to [/inserted] you & also she was coming to see me when we got some decent weather. I suppose she will mean at the weekend. It has been very pleasant here today – sunny & bright – but rather on the cold side. Of course we must expect it in November. Tomorrow will be Uncle Jim’s birthday. It will be a long time since he did not have a birthday letter from you. I think he will be 65 years old & seems to be very much better in health again. A letter from Auntie U and Calvert yesterday told that she was going
[page break]
to Edinburgh to stay with Mollie & Kenneth until Friday week. There is a lot of fuss about Newbould Juniors, expected about Jan 19th. I had a very kind letter from Auntie Lizzie of Dewsbury. She says she is thinking so much about you & asks me to send love to you from both.
I seem to be rather at a loss for something to tell you. I’m so afraid of saying the wrong thing & do want you to get the letters. They do just assure you that we are all right here. Did I tell you that we enquired about sending letters to you by Air Mail but the man in Enquiries Office at the G.P.O. said it really wasn’t worth the cost as the Air Mail only went to Lisbon & would save very little time. I was surprised today that I could get fruit for Xmas puddings etc. & felt that my luck was in for once when the grocer arrived. It will be a very strange Christmas this time with all our thoughts in far away Africa. If we can just have news that you are well it will be a great comfort. Now it is Goodnight once again with always the loving prayer God bless you & keep you safe. All love from Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson. Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF. TUNISIE.
NORD AFRIQUE.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Notes it was a week since his first letter and had hoped for another. Catches up with news of friends and family and comments on weather. Passes on love from others. Explored sending letters by airmail but post office said it was not worth the cost. Mentions Christmas preparations and that their thought would be with him in North Africa. It would be a comfort if they knew he was well.
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P Hudson
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1940-11-13
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401113
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
North Africa
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
England--Lancashire
Temporal Coverage
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1940-11-13
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Prisoners of War Post.
Kriegsgefangener Post
[postmark]
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
Tunisie
Nord Afrique.
[page break]
From
Mrs Hudson
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
Lancs.
England.
[postmark]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
[page break]
10 Moorside Road
Kensal
Salford 7
Monday 11th Nov/40.
My dear Douglas.
It is now eight oclock [sic] on Monday evening & Dad & I sitting by the fireside, - real Darby & Joan. & I recall those other Monday nights, which seem far away now, when you & I sat by the fireside, & enjoyed puzzle corner from the radio. Happy memories, this Mother wasn’t very successful at identifying the music. And all the time now I am thinking of you & wondering what you are doing. We’ve had such a lot of rain during the past month – not just showers, but deluges, hour after hour, which can become very depressing. This morning was bright & fresh but this afternoon has been very stormy. Yesterday I turned up the pages of the calendar to count six weeks to Christmas – surely the strangest Christmas ever. We are sad to think that we cannot get a message over to you before then, but you will know that we are thinking of you always & always looking forward to the time when “happy days are here again.” That they will come there is no doubt. We must keep on looking ahead
[page break]
all the time. I wrote to Miss Morton yesterday & today I’ve written to Miss Law. She has sent us beautiful letters since you went away & no doubt she will be writing to you when she gets your address. Did I tell you that Mr Hole has retired from business owing to ill-health? He has been at home since May & Ted’s last letter to us told that he had retired, tho’ [inserted] he is [/inserted] a lot better again now. The gold injections have given benefit to Mrs Hole & she is better now than she has been for years. Arnold became engaged last August, the lady’s name was not announced in Ted’s letter. Isn’t it funny to think of the naughty little boy that was now attained to man’s estate. I learn from the newspaper that my football hero has now retired from the game. Do you remember that he was very badly injured in a motor accident last year & he appears to have only made a very slow recovery. At the moment City are top of the Northern League. Now love Goodnight once again All love from Mother & Dad.
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejours Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
TUNISIE NORD AFRIQUE.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Writes of their activities and is wondering what he is doing. Comments on weather. Notes Christmas in six weeks and sad they cannot get message to him before that. Mentions letters they have send and received from others. Catches up with news of friends and family and reminisces on past events.
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-11-11
Format
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401111
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1940-11-11
1941-01-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
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Prisoners of War Post.
[inserted] 2A [/inserted]
[postmark]
[postmark]
755052 J. D. Hudson. (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/courert Commandant D’arme
LE KEF
TUNISIE
NORD AFRIQUE
[page break]
From
Mrs Phyllis Hudson
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
Lancs
England
[two postmarks]
[VA 27 stamp]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 2A [/inserted]
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Sunday. 10/11/40.
My dear Douglas.
Here I am again with a few more lines to tell you we are well & looking forward to having another letter from you. All the time I am thinking of you & hoping that you are all right. It seems a very long time since your letter was written on Sept. 1st. & I do feel so sorry that we cannot get in touch with you more quickly. It will be almost my birthday when you get this letter if it takes about the same time as yours took to come here. But at least we shall be looking forward to Springtime here – we must look forward all the time now. - & we are wondering how the seasons are with you – If your seasons are like ours, or just the other way round, as in Australia. We have had a lot of rain during this autumn. The last letter I sent was written during a beautiful sunny day & we’ve not had one since. Do you remember that it is just a year ago today that you first saw Miss Morton. I’ve had such kind letters from her lately.
[page break]
She seems to regard you as part of her family, yet. Kenneth begins his business career at Lloyds Bank tomorrow. When Auntie rang up Mr Hamer to enquire about things she was told that the Bank would be only too pleased to help a grandson of Mr Pilley. He certainly was much appreciated there. This is Sunday noon & we have just have a letter put through the letter box asking for a subscription for the Church at the top of Moorside Rd. The vicar has called 3 times since Aug. 31st. He has written a personal letter as well as the posted appeal & this is what he says, “I know that you are not attached to St. Paul’s church but it [underlined] is [/underlined] your parish church & therein, seven times a week, prayers are being offered on behalf of your dear boy & for yourselves in your time of anxiety. After all, the church does stand for something – it stands [indecipherable word], overshadowing your home, as a witness to the faith for which we contend in this stricken world, & for which your son offered himself in willing service.” It seems to be a very comforting sort of message & I do hope the censor will allow it to pass on to you unalterred. [sic] I hope it will give you courage too when you feel, as I know you often will feel – very helpless & alone. I pray for you always that God will give you wisdom & courage & patience & that He will keep you from all harm. Here’s Dad having his usual 40 winks & now I must away & make myself “beautiful.” With all our love, & Kindest thoughts for the other Douglas & Ken Riddick. Your loving Mother & Dad.
To. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeile
S/Courert Commandant D’arme
LE KEF
TUNISIE
Nord Afrique.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
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Writes they are well and looking forward to another letter from him. States that mail took a long time and sorry they could not get in touch quickly. Wonders how seasons are with him and comments on weather. Catches up with news of friends, family and their activities. Mentions prayers being offered.
Creator
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P Hudson
Date
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1940-11-10
Format
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401110
Coverage
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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
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1940-11-10
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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.
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Tricia Marshall
faith
prisoner of war
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[underlined] Prisoners of War Post [/underlined]
Kriegsgefangener Post
[postmark]
755052 J. D. HUDSON (Sgt. Chef.)
British Prisoner of War
Camp de Sejour Suirfeille
S/Courent. Commandant- D’armes
LE KEF
Tunisie
Nord Afrique.
[page break]
[inserted] 6-1-41 [/inserted]
From
Mrs Phyllis Hudson
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
Lancs.
England
[postmark]
[page break]
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/Courent Commandant D’armes
LE KEF
Tunisie
Nord Afrique.
My dear Douglas.
No words I could write could express the pleasure & happiness your letter of Sept. 1st. has given to us. We have read it again & again & will soon be able to repeat it, without the copy. It is so good to know that I can write to you again after the long weeks of anxious waiting. All day today I’ve been thinking of your new surroundings. You would miss the fresh green grass & the trees & shrubs that are so much a feature of our English countryside but the account of the luscious fruit growing so plentiful sounds good. After four weeks of anxiety we learnt from the Air ministry that you were interred & safe in Tunisia. You will understand just how much the message meant to us. It was certainly a new lease of life for me. Ken [indecipherable word] said I looked 20 years younger. They were just coming in at 10-30 p.m.
[page break]
when our telegram came so Dad went out to share the good news with them. They came back with Dad & stayed here rejoicing with us until 1-30. They were marvellously kind to us during the time that you were “lost” & we miss them very much now they are away. Ken expects to join the “Junior Service” very shortly & Mr S. is going to carry on the business & is at present living with an aunt & Uncle. The house is empty. Your case & parcel arrived safely shortly after you went away but they are still unopened. I just hadn’t the courage to unpack the things until I had your own letter telling that you were all right. Perhaps you will be allowed to tell us how you spend your time. We should like to know. No doubt much of it will be given up to learning the languages of your present domicile. I read somewhere that Arabic is a very valuable language to acquire & I do hope that you will have facilities to learn the pure language & not patois. As you feared [indecipherable word] might pick up in Jaffes. I am glad you can get a French newspaper each day. [censored sentence]
Today here has been a very beautiful day with a lot of precious sunshine & tho’ the trees have lost their leaves & the gardens look sad & “brackenish” Kensal really did look very nice. The sunset was marvellous & I wondered if it were beautiful for you too. Now love Goodbye until Sunday. All love from Mother & Dad.
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal. Salford 7
Lancs. England.
The P.O. advised the unusual style of address in case the envelope got lost when the letter was being censored
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Is very happy to have a letter from him after long weeks of waiting to hear any news. Tries to picture him in his surroundings and wonders how much he would miss the green of England. Mentions being informed by the air ministry that he was interned in Tunisia and relates activity on hearing this news. Mentions how kind people had been and hoped he would be able to tell them about how he was spending his time. Hoped he would have opportunity to learn Arabic. [Three lines blacked out]. Comments on weather.
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P Hudson
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1940-11-07
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401107
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-11-07
1941-01-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Prisoners of War Post.
[postmark]
[VA7 stamp]
[postmark]
755052 J. D. Hudson Sgt Chef
British Prisoner of War
Camp De Sejour Suirfeille
S/Courent. Commandant- D’armes
LE KEF.
Tunisia
Nord Afrique
[page break]
[inserted] Received or answered [underlined] 21-12-40 [/underlined] [/inserted]
[postmark]
From
Mrs Phyllis Hudson
10 Moorside Road
Kersal
Salford
Lancashire
England
[postmark]
[page break]
[deleted] J. D. HUDSON [two indecipherable words] [/deleted]
[inserted] The post office advised me to put your address on the letter like this. So sorry about untidiness. A stupid pen. [/inserted]
J. D. HUDSON (SGT. CHEF)
CAMP. DE. SEJOUR SUIRFEILLE
S/COURERT COMMANDANT D’ARMES
LE KEF. TUNISIE.
NORD AFRIQUE.
Wed. Nov. 8th.
My dear Douglas.
It was with the greatest joy that we received your letter (dated Sept. 1st.) this morning. It was in perfect order with no deletions, & I’m ever so thankful to learn that you are well & that you are all together. We have made many enquiries how to let you have news as quickly as possible but there does not appear to be any quick route for letters to “prisoners of war” & I’m afraid you will not get this before the New Year is here. But all the long time that we have all waited so anxiously & eagerly for news, we have [indecipherable word] of loving thoughts & wishes to & from each other. Always now we are looking forward to peace & reunion. Happy memories, too, brought comfort
[inserted] From 10 Moorside Rd.
Kersal
Salford. Lancs England [/inserted]
[page break]
during those days of great sorrow & anxiety & the people around here were most kind & sympathetic. We had such lovely letters from friends & Vera has promised to write to you “funny” letters as soon as she has an address. When Hildred knew you were safe she came to see us on the Sunday morning & promised to write to you when an address was available. So when 1941 is here you should get letters from several people who can send great news to you. Today I’ve been to town & called to see Mr Statham. Strangely enough he has been up to see me (his card was waiting for my return) so I must send him a line to tell him you are safe & well. Ted Hole wrote a few weeks ago that he was coming into this district & could he come to see us. Of course I assured him of a warm welcome but now a [deleted] letter [/deleted] [inserted] later [/inserted] letter says he is not being moved after all. He wants your address so you will have his news before long. Well love I am so happy to know you are all right & to be able to tell you that things are going on practically normally here. Today is very Novemberish but the lawns are a lovely green colour & we have still got a few flowers in bloom. Do you remember the chrysanthemums from Mrs Hopwood. One of them has grown to be a bush & is now covered with yellow bloom.
I understand from the P. Office at Manchester that I can send as many letters as I like so you may expect them regularly after this. If this letter takes as long as yours to reach it’s destination it will be well into the New Year & all our love & wishes come [inserted] to you & our wishes to your companions too. Now love goodbye for the present. All love from Mother & Dad [/inserted]
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his mother
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Delighted to receive his letter of 1st September and noted that it was in order with no deletions. Her investigations showed there was no quick way to get news to prisoners of war and suspected he would not get this letter until after the new year. Reminisces and mentions how kind people were and that there were many letters from friends. Catches up with news of family and friends. Comments on weather and flowers. Many people want his address so they can write. Is very happy to know he is alright.
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P Hudson
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1940-11-06
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401106
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1940-11-06
1940-12-21
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Trisha Marshall
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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755052 Sgt Chef J. D. Hudson.
Camp de Sejour Surveillѐ.
Le Kef Tunisie.
Afrique du Nord.
17-4-41.
Mr dear Mother & Dad
Since I wrote my last pc. to you a week ago, I have not received any further news from you. on the 7th I received your cable of the 3rd, giving your present address, & on the 9th I received your letter dated Feb 18th written from “Cranford.” In order that letters arrive by Air Mail they must be so marked on the envelope & the blue air mail stamp affixed, otherwise, like this letter they will come by ordinary post. Air Mail generally takes about 3 weeks. For some time now I have been sending you letters fortnightly addressed via air mail & I do they will have got through quicker than the others, although I do praise the work of the Red Cross who appear to have been very splendid.
Well, I do most sincerely hope that you are both keeping safe & well, & that you have
[page break]
[underlined] 2. [/underlined]
settled down in your new environment; & as I have said in my other letters, I wish you all the luck in the world. Yesterday I received a letter from E.W.7. dated March 6th. I have only been able to send him one pc, all my other communications have been to you. Perhaps if you write to him, you will mention how much I appreciate his letters, & send my love. Tell him I’d give a lot for a Tetleys half pint, instead of the “Vin Rouge” we drink out here. It is about all that is left besides Black Coffee, & to think I tried to sell tea all the time.
here is a bit of surprising news. On Wed. next: the 23rd. we are leaving here for a place called MEDEA in Algiers. It is about 450 miles west of here & about 40 miles South of Algiers town. All I can suggest at present is that in future you write to me at CAMP DE LIBERTЀ SURVEILLЀ; MЀDЀA; ALGЀRIE; AFRIQUE DU NORD: if you cable maybe better c/o The American Consul, Algiers,
[page break]
[underlined] 3. [/underlined]
but I hope that in the meantime the Consul is Tunis may have wired you my change of address. At any rate letter will be forwarded from here. We are supposed to by going to improved conditions and to be reclassed as internees so here’s hoping. A change will be more than welcome. I wonder if I shall be able to write more often from there. April has been cold, almost parallel to the English April & decidedly cooler than many January days here. No sunbathing since I returned from my visit to the dentist in Tunis. I believe England has had a very rough winter. You ask about the appendix ‘Chef’ it does not mean cook but is a sort of super Sgt. ie, in our case a Sgt member of an air crew. Well I’d better not write much more in case the censor gets “cheesed” However, what is left unsaid all goes down to thoughts & memories & am looking forward to the day when I see you all again. So until that time may you be safe & well & of good spirit. I am always thinking about you. All my love
Douglas
PS: Am sending a PC today as well.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail received and reminds them that to arrive by airmail it must be so marked on the envelope and have correct stamps. Mentions airmail is much quicker. states that he has sent them letters fortnightly and hopes they have arrived. Praises the work of the Red Cross. Hopes they are well and settled into new environment. Comments on other mail received and asks them to send thanks as his limited mail does not allow him to do so. Writes that they are leaving on 23rd to Médéa in Algeria. Gives new address and notes that they should get better conditions and be classified as internees. Comments on the month's weather and explains use of chef (Sergeant Chef) in his rank, not a cook. Looking forward to the day when he sees them all again.
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1941-04-18
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Three page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-02
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Algeria
Algeria--Médéa (Province)
North Africa
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1941-04-18
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Karl Williams
prisoner of war
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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755052. SGT. CHEF J. D. HUDSON
CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE
LE KEF
TUNISIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
18-1-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I have written a letter to you today, & confirm having received on April 7th your cable of the 3rd, & on Apl.[sic] 9th your letter from “Cranford” dated Feb. 18th. I do hope that you are both keeping safe & well, as I am. On Wed. next I am moving to Algiers. Send letters to me c/o CAMP DE LIBERTE SURVEILLE; MEDEA; ALGERIE; AFRIQUE DU NORD. These are supposed to be better conditions. Heres[sic] hoping! April so far has been about as cold as in England, but the green pease are large[?] & the beans etc. Everything is looking very green, as viewed from our “resting place”. I cannot[?]
[page break]
POSTE PRISONNIER DE GURRRE [postmark]
[boxed] F.M. [/boxed]
MR & MRS. H. E. HUDSON
[deleted] 6 WALVERDEN CRESCENT [/deleted] [inserted] 191 Halifax Rd. [/inserted] NELSON, LANCASHIRE, ANGLETERRE.
[stamped “PASSED”]
stamp. I am still keeping well. The weather has been almost as cold as April in England, it varies terrifically & was much warmer on several days in January.
I do hope you will like your new home; let me know what happens. Your last letter made my fiftieth (half century) from England, not including your two cables & Red X. pcs.[sic] Will say goodbye sending all my love & best wishes.
Douglas.
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Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Acknowledges the arrival of a number of letters. Writes he is moving to Algeria and gives address of new camp in Médéa. Hopes conditions will be better there. Comments on the current weather and that everything is looking green. Hopes they will like new home.
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1941-04-18
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Two sided handwritten postcard
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410418-01
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Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Algeria
Algeria--Médéa (Province)
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
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1941-04-18
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
prisoner of war
-
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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755052. SGT.CHEF. J. D. HUDSON
CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE
LE KEF
TUNISIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
11-4-14
My Dear Mother & Dad
In the post script of my last Friday’s letter I hurriedly acknowledged receipt of your letters dated Jan. 26th & 27th & Feb. 4th & 6th from which I was so glad to learn that you were keeping well & that my [indecipherable word] had come through. I have since received your letter dated Feb. 20th which came by Ordinary Mail, not be air mail because you did not put the Blue A.M. stamp on it also your cable dated April 3rd giving your latest address. I do hope that everything will now go along more smoothly. Air Mail letters save 2 to 3 weeks in time provided you put on the envelope “BY AIR MAIL” & the blue
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Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Mentions that he hurriedly added a postscript to his last letter announcing the arrival of mail from them for him. Writes he is glad that all is well and that his increased allotment to them has come through. Acknowledges the arrival of more mail, complaining that they did not put airmail stamps on one and a cable with their latest address. Final comment that airmail letters save two or three weeks as long as they put "By Air Mail" on the envelope.
Date
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1941-04-11
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One page handwritten postcard
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410411-Part
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-11
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
prisoner of war
-
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[Note]
P.C. 11A.
The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter.
[signed]
[/Note]
[underlined] BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR [/underlined]
SGT. CHEF. J. D. HUDSON
CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE
LE KEF
TUNISIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD
4-4-41
Mr Dear Mother & Dad,
I have not received any news from you for over a fortnight, so there is nothing to comment upon in this letter. I hope that Dad is settling down to his new condition & trust that life will be much kinder to you both in the days to come than it has been during the last year. Although I think about you a lot my mind always pictures the scenes at 10 Moorside Road, for some reason I cannot associate you with Nelson at all. When I think of home & coming back home I always imagine it to be Salford. About the only thing that has happened to me since I wrote my last letter is that I have been to Tunis[?] with Tony to visit the Dentist. It gave us both a break for a few days although we were still confined to the Hospital. Mine was merely a case of filling – my teeth are fairly good – and it was a straight forward job. Africa presented a very different picture to the last time when we came up here[?] from Tunis on our arrival. Then there wasn’t a blade of grass to be seen. This time the fields were green with wheat about two feet high & the vines were just beginning to leaf. The gardens are now at their best in fact equal to about June in England. I expect in another 6 weeks (because the heat is now beginning) everything will be dried up again. Tunis felt close after [indecipherable word]. Thank God we are high up at this place. Am[?] hoping in a few days we shall get our[?] walks back again. I miss them a lot. I cannot
[page break]
wear my uniform now, I cannot button the jacket & the trousers nearly burst when I try. I weigh about 10½ stones [deleted] now [/deleted] but expect I shall lose a lot of this when I get back to a normal life. I do all the exercise lines[?] I reasonably can – as the [indecipherable word] machine & throwing our[?] polo ball about. Am going about in shorts & a sleeveless shirt now. The nights are getting warmer also. It gets dark about 7.30 pm & light again about 6 am. If I don’t alter before I come home you will be surprised with me. I look well because I am sunburned, but believe me I am thoroughly “browned off” & use the R.A.F. slang. Life is so idle. There is no one to speak good French with except may be one or two of our own boys – the Arabs speak terribly – and we just cannot reap the benefits we should if we were free. By the way, I will tell you again now in case my earlier letter did not get through – that I am not receiving my pay. About 2/- (two shillings) per week is what I get. I also tried a long time.
[page break]
Hurray. Just received 4 letters from you dated January 26th, 27th Feb 3rd & 6th. So glad the allotment is through. If it is any help – use it, do. You can cable as often as you wish – there are no regulations. Chef does [underlined] not [/underlined] mean [underlined] cook [/underlined] Sgt. Chef is the French equivalent to our flying rank.
All love Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that he has not had any mail for some time but he hopes that family affair has settled down. Has difficulty associating his mothers new location with home. Writes of his visit to a dentist. Contrasts the countryside to the last time they travelled from Tunis on arriving at camp, it was now green. He comments that he cannot get into his uniform but should get back to normal when back to normal life. Comments on exercise and the climate and that the locals speak bad French. Writes that he is not receiving his pay and two shillings a week is all he gets. Concludes by announcing the arrival of a number of letters. Letter contains enclosure stating that the British examiner was not responsible for the mutilation of this letter.
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1941-04-04
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Three page handwritten letter and one page printed document
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410404-02
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Tunisia--Tunis
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-04-04
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
prisoner of war
-
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Start of transcription
[underlined] BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR [/underlined]
SGT. CHEF J.D. HUDSON
CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLÉ
LE KEF
TUNISIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD
4-4-41
My Dear Mother & Dad
No news from you for nearly three weeks. Have written a letter to you today by Air Mail., hope it gets through quickly. My thoughts are always with you – under your new conditions – I send you my best wishes for a happier and more settles future. Summer is coming now & consequently it is getting hotter again. Please remember me to anyone you write to especially E. W. who has sent me letters regularly. I sent him a p e. 2 weeks ago. I am still
[page break]
[underlined] POSTE PRISONER DE GEURRE [/underlined] F.M
[postmark]
[ink stamp]
Keeping well & growing fat literally. Lack of exercise. Dad ought to be here instead of me if he wants to fill out. Believe me its better to be thin, & be in England, even if you don’t get the blue skies. Well cheerio now, keep up the letter writing, All my love & best wishes
Douglas
MRS. H.E. HUDSON
CRANFORD
SCOTLAND ROAD
NELSON
LANCASHIRE
ANGLETERRE
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Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Writes he has had no news from them for three weeks and mentions he is writing letter as well. Comments on how he hopes they are doing and about the current weather. Asks to be remembered to all especially one correspondent who has sent him many letters, He comments he is growing fat due to lack of exercise but it would be better to be thin and at home.
Date
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1941-04-04
Format
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Two sided handwritten poscard
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eng
Type
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Text
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410404-01
Coverage
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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.
1941-04-04
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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
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Jan Morgan
prisoner of war
-
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
Transcribed document
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Transcription
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SGT. CHEF. J. HUDSON
CAMP DE SÉJOUR. SURVEILLE
LE KEF
TUNISIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD
28-3-41
My Dear Mother & Dad
I have not received any letters from you since I wrote my letter last week, acknowledging your Air Mail letter of Feb. 20th & ordinary letter of Feb 2nd. Air Mail is the thing if you can manage it. I send my letters to you by Air Mail now; hope they get through quicker. I also hope you are settling down at your new home & wish Dad a lot better luck for the days to come. I was very sorry to hear what had happened & realise what it must have been like for you both. it has been wet here recently. We get occasional very warm days and then a number of cold ones, the weather is far
[page break]
[underlined] POSTE PRISONER DE GEURRE [/underlined] F.M
[postmark]
[ink stamp]
more changeable than I thought it would be here. Today, here will probably be as cold as in England & yet we sunbathed on hot air days just after Jan 1st. imagine! I have no news of any intrest [sic]. Still read the newspaper version of what is going on. So goodbye until nest letter. Very best wishes to you both all my love
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
MRS. H.E. HUDSON
CRANFORD
SCOTLAND ROAD
NELSON
LANCASHIRE
ANGLETERRE
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Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his mother
Description
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Writes he has not received any mail since his last letter and reiterates that airmail is best. Hopes she is settling down to new home and commiserates over family issue. Comments on recent weather and says he has no news.
Date
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1941-03-28
Format
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Two sides handwritten postcard
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410328
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-03-28
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
prisoner of war
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Title
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[underlined] BRITISH PRISONER of WAR [/underlined]
SGT. CHEF J.D. HUDSON
CAMP DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE
LE KEF
TUNISIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD
21-3-41
[inserted] Sorry I must write in pencil Regulations. [/inserted]
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote my post card to you last week I have received a letter from you by Air Mail dated Feb. 20th and one by ordinary mail dated January 31st. The Air Mail letter came first. The man who said it was necessary for letters to go via Australia was badly informed – Air Mail is the thing for quickness, if not too expensive. I was very sorry indeed to hear about Dad, although I had a feeling that something was wrong because you did not mention him in any of your letters. I realise what a terrible time you will have been through under all the circumstances & my heart really does go out to you both. I [underlined] do [/underlined] wish I could help. You should definitely get my allotment. I also tried to increase it to nearly three times the amount. I suggest you write to Air Ministry & tell them the position, explain I don’t get my pay either – what I do receive is equal to about 2/- (two shillings) per week. Ask them what is happening to my credits. What I do now most sincerely hope is that Dad will be more successful where he is at present & wish you both all the luck in the world. I hope you will find the new place not too bad, there is good country on the outskirts I know. I send my congratulations to Mollie & Kenneth. Better late than never. The baby I mean. I note that you have received up to Feb. 20th seven letters from me, the last one written on November 29th. Have you received any post cards? I have sent my last 4 or 5 letters by air mail & do hope they
[page break]
will have got through quicker. I received this week a letter for E.W.7. he has sent me a number of letters now & keeps asking for news, so I am sending a p.c. to him today. It will be the first I have sent to anybody else other than yourselves, & I am sure you will not mind. You did the right thing to sell my motor bike. I don’t know what the values are these days, but I do remember about 15 months ago John offered £15 to buy it for a friend, so you have secured an improvement. We have had a fortnight of cold weather, colder than I anticipated – no sunbathing, although I believe the hot starts anytime now & will go on until about mid November. I believe Tunis town had the first snow this winter for 40 years. The winter here would be splendid under normal conditions. Certainly no chilblains. All the barracks here are of stone, painted white to deflect the heat of the suns rays. Accordingly the evenings in winter indoors get pretty chilly. One of the chaps here lives in Colne & knows Scotland Road well – he says it is in the centre of Nelson – is that so? Somehow I cannot imagine you being in the centre of a town. Don’t blame Dad for not leaving the pipe. I gave my Christmas pipe up although I smoke a lot of cigarettes – very strong ones. We can buy 10 packets of twenty for 1 1/2d each packet, per month – ration – the rest cost about 4d for 20. I smoke about 20 cigarettes per day, whether my mind suffers I don’t know, I don’t get much chance to test it properly. Did I tell you we have a running machine here? Am afraid I can’t give you much news. I once again send you my very best wishes & hope most sincerely that the future will have better things in store for you both. Come what may I am all right here- though out of my element – at least I’m safe. Worse luck when I think of you at home. Again I send you all my love, I am always thinking about you. Douglas.
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Title
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Writes about mail received and that airmail was best method. Continues with commiseration about situation with his dad, Hopes she will get allotment from his pay which he has tried to increase three times. He suggest she contact the air ministry to explain the situation. Continues to discuss family issues, activities and her recent move. Writes quite a lot on poor weather and a little of his situation. Concludes with general gossip and a little news.
Date
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1941-03-21
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410321
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Nelson
North Africa
England--Lancashire
Temporal Coverage
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1941-03-21
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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
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Jan Waller
prisoner of war
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Title
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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> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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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
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Hudson, JD
Transcribed document
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Transcription
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755052. Sgt. Chef J.D. HUDSON.
CAMP DE SEJOUR SERVEILLE
LE KEF.
TUNISIE.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
14-3-41.
Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote to you last week I am very pleased to say I have received four letters from you dated 6th, 11th, 19th & 22nd January, also one each from E.W.7. Mary & Miss Law & I thank you all very much, am sorry I cannot reply individually. I am not getting my pay, so please write to Air Ministry & tell them, you should get my allotment, I tried here, to get it increased for you to nearly three times as much. I am still keeping well. The weather has been a lot colder & it has rained for nearly two days. Am glad everything is all right at home & hope it continues. I wish I was back, N. Africa can keep as far
[page break]
as I am concerned, at least under the existing circumstances. Please thank Aunt D & Grandad for the money sent to you, for me, on your birthday. I hope you had a good time, I thought about you all day long. I have received the most letters here so far – keep it up, one and all. They count more than anything else these days. Well good bye until next Friday’s letter. I send all my love & best wishes. Still got the memories,
Douglas.
[post mark]
[underlined] PRISONER OF WAR POST
PAR AVION
VIA LISBON [/underlined] F.M.
MR. & MRS. H.E. HUDSON.
[deleted] 10 MOORSIDE ROAD.
KERSAL
SALFORD. 7. [/deleted]
LANCASHIRE.
ANGLETERRE.
[inserted] 191 Halifax Rd
[underlined] NELSON [/underlined] [/inserted]
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Title
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Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Catches up on mail sent and received and sends thanks to all who have written. He continues with pay and that he is trying to increase his allotment to them. Says he is still well and mentions weather. Thanks relative for birthday money sent to parents for him.
Date
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1941-03-14
Format
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Two sided handwritten postcard
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410314
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
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1941-03-14
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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
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Jan Waller
prisoner of war