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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Your letter of Jan 1st.
Is numbered I
Royal Air Force 755052. Sgt J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
8-2-42 Afrique du Nord
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote to you last I was pleased to receive two letters from you on Feb. 6th dated December 30th & January 1st. I was also glad to learn from your cable received exactly a week ago that eight of my letters reached you. Th latest dated November 21st. So by now you will know a little of the conditions prevailing at Laghouat. The pipes that dangle in the rack at home are Dad’s own & I did persevere with them at one time or another. The Briars I bought I gave away. I have started making a pipe here and am managing successfully. It is a very nice pipe but unfortunately there is not much tobacco to go with it. Cigarettes are practically non-existent, & we feel this because previously we have had an excellent supply. At the present rate of rationing it will be a problem getting anything at all before long, except perhaps fruit and vegetables which grow here. This afternoon each [indecipherable word] twenty four English cigarettes which have just arrived from the Red Cross, also a half slab of chocolate. There are two Christmas Puddings to be divided as well which will result in an eighth of a pudding per man. I believe there is more stuff in larger bulk en route. It is raining today for the second time this year, after a spell of two or three weeks fine weather. The last few days have been warmer and enable us to form an idea of what to expect in July and August. Your letter of Dec. 30th gives a list of the various people I knew who have been married this year. This list confirms the names mentioned previously in other letters. The
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biggest surprise to me was learning that Geoffrey Holmes had made such a “big mistake”. That one can go to Calverly if you wish. Strange world, but nothing has tempted me during the past eighteen months until last Saturday when the boys have presented another “show”. It was a success throughout and the fair chorus girls were life-like enough in their war paint. One especially – a young officer of nineteen was a better “girl” than we could find in half the choruses in Britain. We have some real theatrical talent in our [indecipherable word] and the very best was made of the few props available. An old borrowed piano is all we have in the way of musical instruments. I mentioned before that Tony & I publish a weekly paper called the “Camp Echo”. He is the editor & I do the typing. We have been producing 28 pages each week containing stories, cartoons etc. in future we intend to publish a bigger & better paper but to issue it fortnightly instead. This will give the staff and contributors more time. The photo taken of the staff was a washout so we will have to try again. Sorry to hear that Mildred got pushed out of house and firm, but I was relieved to hear that no one got hurt. I have received two letters from her since I came to this country, but have not heard from Anne. It is a long time since any of the other girls wrote. A letter arrived from Aunty Dorothy two days ago posted on December 18th in answer to mine written some three months before. I thank you for your wishes for New Year and I hope you will get the letter with my wishes. I hope besides, as you say, that the next New Year we shall be able to see in together. I am tired of this place believe me. Well I will say good-bye until next letter and, as always, I send you every best wish and all my love. My thoughts are ever with you both.
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail and glad to hear that eight of his letters have arrived which would let them know a little of conditions at Laghouat. Mentions he is now smoking a pipe but there is a lack of tobacco. Writes of difficult supply situation and only being able to get locally grown vegetables and fruit. Writes of receiving 24 English cigarettes each from Red Cross as well as chocolate and Christmas puddings. Mentions it is raining and weather in general. Mentions recent show and describes some aspects as well as production of weekly newspaper. Concludes with catching up with family news and gossip.
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1942-02-08
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420208
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-02-08
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force 755052. Sgt J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord
3-2-42
My Dear Mother & Dad
I was delighted to receive your cable of January 31st on Sunday, Feb 1st which read as follows!- “Delighted two cables twentieth [sic] eight letters Saturday Caleot Noveux but 21 parcel rejected [indecipherable word] trying to obtain permit all love” to which I replied the same day:- “ Delighted you received eight letters mail received from you, John, E.W.T. Dorothy, Mary Crumpsall dated end December all love. This cable was returned to me today because the Deuxième Bureau were questioning the E.W.T. accordingly I had to change this to Tatham and the wire went off again with two days delay. I don’t think it is necessary for me to say just how glad I was to know that this second batch of letters had reached you. Nov 21st was not too bad a date and the eight weeks taken in transit shows an improvement on some of the earlier ones. Tony received a cable today saying that some of his December letters had got through so perhaps w can expect letters back in future. I also expect we shall be able to take advantage of the Consular route very shortly. Of late letters have bn going this way and that probably accounts for the delay. I received a letter from John & one from Mary on Sunday, both written at the end of December. Mary seemed pleased with the communal letter which arrived at Calverley, & John also received a letter from [indecipherable word]. A previous letter from E.W.T. acknowledged one form m as well, so it does appear that the mail position is Improved. There is one point
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In John’s letter that is ambiguous and I cannot understand whether it is Bill, or Dorothy’s husband, who is now a Captain. If it is Bill his promotion has been rapid in direct contrast to that of John. I hope you will be able to send the parcel that Nelson rejected. Soap would be very much appreciated because we are very short. This afternoon we are going to make fig jam. We have quite a lot of blue figs and we intend boiling them for about four hours. We haven’t any sugar and hope they will preserve themselves with their own juice. The weather is getting warmer gradually. The wind still persists but the days and nights are cloudless. In the sun it is warm enough by day and this afternoon I intend doing a little something. I hope to send a few photos very soon – I expect by Consular mail - when the films are ready. There is a shortage of cigarettes now and for nearly a month we have almost existed without. I hope that before long this situation will be eased when the next supply waggon arrives. This place is a difficult one to supply, with the existing shortage of fuel and other things. There is not much I can say until I hear further from you. Your latest letter to arrive was dated December 27th so I anticipate further arrivals any day. It must have been a very pleasant surprise when eight of my letters clattered through the box all together and I can imagine your excitement. It is really good to receive your cables telling of the arrival of my mail, because I have written so many times and it is disappointing the think they should go astray. Now I will finish my letter in the usual way by sending you both all my love & best wishes. Keep smiling
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest cable and his reply which was delayed due to address problem with the French. Glad that a lot of his letters to them have finally arrives after 8 weeks in transit. Hopes mail situation will improve now and they will be able to take advantage of the consul route in near future. Discusses other letters send and received and catches up with news from home. Hopes they will sent parcel with soap as he is short of it. Mentions weather and that they are still short of cigarettes and tobacco.
Date
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1942-02-03
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420203
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-02-03
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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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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Title
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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.
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1941-04-04
Format
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Two sided handwritten poscard
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eng
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Text
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410404-01
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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1941-04-04
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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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
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eng
Type
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Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410328
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.
1941-03-28
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
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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Prisoners of War Camp
[airmail stamp]
{postmark]
[postage stamps]
Sgt, J.D. Hudson
755052
Interned British Airman
Camp Militaire
[deleted] Aumale [/deleted] Laghouat
Algerie
Afrique - Du – Nord
[page break]
4-12-41
Mrs Clayton
13 Rectory Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
{page break]
13 Rectory Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
My Dear Douglas
I have been a very long time writing you again, but one reason is that after your change of address, I simply could [underlined] not [/underlined] get it. Every time I saw your mother, I came away having again forgotten to jot it down we are such talkers you know, & the time goes so quickly. Then I asked John, but [underlined] he [/underlined] either forgot or missed somehow. Still my dear letters may be infrequent but it makes no difference to our thoughts of you. We are with you all the time, hoping you are well & getting [underlined] some [/underlined] benefit from your life out there, with some enjoyment too, to help pass the time. No doubt your days are a little mixed but if you have occupation (mostly agreeable I hope) you can then look forward to the happy day when you come home again & [underlined] what [/underlined] a day that will be!!!! You may be sure we are all looking forward, as much as yourself. Are you able to
[page break]
take up any kind of study. That would help tremendously now & might be an asset in the future. Besides taking it at your leisure, is so different from being obliged to swat for just a certain time on a subject. Well dear my letter seems to getting rather dull. John was home for 48 hours last week. How I wish you could have been here too. He is still at Harrogate as you will know from his last letter, not quite so happy as he was but well & still uncomplaining. We are all making the best of things & thankful to be so well cared for. How grateful all the nation ought to be. giving up things is nothing compared to our gratitude for all you boys. You are very wonderful & I hope the future will repay you for all your present trials. I went to lunch with your Mother & Father yesterday, & [underlined] at last [/underlined] got your address, they are both looking very well & are [underlined] so [/underlined] happy at Nelson. Certainly it is a lovely spot & the view is lovely too. You may be sure the garden is also very beautiful
[page break]
your two people certainly have the gift of making the earth yield what they want, & that of the best. It must be to match their kind natures. I am hoping to have them both here for a weekend, it is too far for a day trip now the days are shortening. I am always so interested to hear of your doings, so far as we are allowed of course, but I [underlined] do [/underlined] try & visualise a bit what your days are like, tho’ of course I shan’t be anywhere near the truth, with knowing your [indecipherable word] on your [indecipherable word]. We have been blessed with a quiet summer, & it has been very beautiful. So sorry if is not always summer, tho’ we should soon grumble at that no doubt. Your mother will tell you that your grandfather had paid them a visit of a fortnight & in spite of misgivings on both sides, had a very happy visit. Am sorry dear, I have so little interesting news
[page break]
for you, but I don’t see many people, & rarely go out. Your mother is beating me at that now. You know how she used to stay in such a lot, not even travels to the trades people. [underlined] now [/underlined] she goes out every day, & walks & walks. I know you will be pleased about that, one reason is a good thing, showing her feet are better, really she takes the hills marvellously & it is hilly I can tell you, so that is a great thing & [underlined] I [/underlined] am glad too. I keep hoping you boys will pick up the threads you had to let down when you joined up, & that life will be as happy for you both as then. In the meantime, patience & all the best wishes & good luck to you all & a great looking forward to seeing you again before very long. Mr Clayton joins me in love and all kind thoughts to you, so for a little while goodbye.
Yours affect. M A Clayton
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Letter to Douglas Hudson
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From W A Clayton apologising for not writing and giving reasons. Hopes he is well and getting some enjoyment from life and that he will be home soon. Catches up with news about someone in the air force and other news of family and acquaintances.
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W A Clayton
Date
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1941-12-04
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Four page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EClaytonWAHudsonJD411204
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Great Britain
England--Manchester
North Africa
England--Lancashire
Temporal Coverage
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1941-12
1941-11
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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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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Prisoners of War Camp
Air Mail
[ink stamp]
[postmark]
[postage stamps]
Sgt. J.D. Hudson
755052
Interned British Airman
Camp Militaire
[deleted] Aumale [/deleted] Laghouat
Algeria
Afrique - Du – Nord
[page break]
From
Mrs M .A Clayton
13 rectory Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
England
30 - 12 – 41
[page break]
[inserted top margin]
Love
M.A.Clayton
They are which is a good thing. It certainly is a lovely spot & beautiful garden, also [underlined] nice people [/underlined]. Much love to you dear, & the best of luck to you
[/inserted]
13 Rectory Road
Crumpsall
Manchester
Nov. 23 /41
My Dear Douglas
You will think I do not write too often, but my dear you are always in our thoughts, every day, & we are wishing you the best that you can get, again, I don’t get about & so never have any news for you & [indecipherable word] also rather afraid of saying something I ought not to. I don’t know how long this letter will take, but will you accept our love & kindest wishes for Christmas & we hope you will have as happy a time as possible under the circumstances. Perhaps you won’t be long before you can come home & what a day that will be!!! It will pay for a good deal that has gone before. John was home last week & we were talking of you. He wants me to ask if you are getting his letters, as he has not heard from you at all. He knows of course, that you are allowed only one letter in so long, but wishes he had a line from you sometime. I suppose you could not enclose all in your mothers’ letter, that we could forward. Please don’t think of writing to me. I quite understand how dear & precious they are, & I get your news from mother. How are you? I do hope very fit – that your time is so occupied that it goes very quickly. They are kind to you there? I trust your time is made up of mixed work & play because that will content you most. John is still a fixture, but not having too happy a time right now. He & another boy have bought an old bike, to help them to get about it & it saves railway [indecipherable word] when he comes home & [underlined] how [/underlined] it makes me think of those happy days when we used to see you off with all your bundles for a holiday. I am always hoping those days will come again soon & that neither of you, will be much altered. I expected your mother & dad to spend the weekend with us last Sat, because John was home, but your mother postponed it. We were so disappointed, & so was John. I had told him they were coming. They seem very well, both of them, which I am sure you will be glad to know but I wish they were back here. I [underlined] do [/underlined] miss them so much, but they love being where
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Letter to Douglas Hudson
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From W A Clayton writes that he is in their thoughts and that has little news as does not get out much and is concerned about what writing about things they should not. Sends Christmas greetings and hopes he will get home soon. Hopes he is fit and time is occupied and that there will be better times in future.
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W A Clayton
Date
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1941-11-23
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Great Britain
England--Manchester
North Africa
England--Lancashire
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1941-11
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EClaytonWAHudsonJD411123
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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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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Tel. 99 Idle.
[inserted] 5-9-42 [/inserted]
HILL COTE.
148, CARR ROAD,
CALVERLEY,
LEEDS
My Dear Douglas,
This time it will be a fortnightly diary! I’ve been so terribly busy what with one thing and another. However, heregoes [sic]! It starts 16:7:42 so here goes once again!
16:7:42. Fairly late home from work. Mollie & Kenneth still with us. Went with Mother, Eileen, Mollie & Kenneth to see the picture “ Sante Fe Trail” Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland. Very good & quite exciting a sort of “ Woolly West” affair. Had fish & chips walking home! ( How indelicate!!) 17:7:42. Went to the pictures again. Gosh! I’m going somewhat gay am I not? This time another Errol Flynn picture the name of which is perhaps best left alone. Very good film in technicolour. Went with the girls from work that night.
18:7:42. Went shopping with Sybil, the girl I am going to be bridesmaid for. I got some lovely dress material gold in colour & a sweet little hat arrangement for the head. I think I shall look quite swish. Night, the local picture house to see “ No time for Cowards” Jas Stewart & Rosalind Russell. Really, this picture going will have to stop Dorothy, its ridiculous. This time of cause I went with Eric, being Saturday.
19:7:42. Eric out all night. Sunday Rehearsals to play in the aft. Home to tea. Chapel at night Eric’s to supper & so home alone.
20:7:42. Rehearsal once again. No more exciting events that night, not that rehearsals are exciting or anything funny like that!!
21:7:42. Mary B. came down & set my hair for me. We then dried it with the electric dryer, had supper, then I walked Mary home.
[page break]
22:7:42. We had a lecture at work. Very valuable & interesting information was given to us for the good of ourselves. Eric was at ‘Hill Cote’ when I got home. He’d been playing cards with Mary. It was a nice surprise as I didn’t know he was coming.
23:7:42. Went to the dressmakers with Norman’s wife. Not very interesting evening
24;7;42. Rehearsals again.
25:7:42. Went to one of the girls house for the weekend, another girl & myself, making three in all. Her Mother & Father were away for the weekend so we had some good fun. We had a meal in town on the way from work. After tea in the garden, a village dance at night. (a perfect scream all young people ages 15-18. I should imagine) Stayed up talking till 2.45am. You see we’d no Uncle Harold to call us to bed!!
26:7:42. Helped Kathleen with the lunch. Pottered about the house, had some music, me on the piano & Kath on the violin. Went for a short walk. Had tea & just sat & talked & what not at night, bed 12.45am. I was an absolute wreck on Monday, I might add.
27:7:42. I went to have my photograph taken to give Eric for his birthday. He gave me the other one back when we broke an engagement & I gave it to Mother & Dad. Rehearsal at night.
28:7:42. Quiet night at home.
29:7:42. Rehearsal. Getting sick of them and wish the Damned play was over.
And so we come to the end of the diary up to date. Must close now then perhaps “Mr Censor” won’t lose patience.
Bye-bye Doug. Hope you’re getting some of my letters. Keep smiling
Lots of Love
Dorothy xxxx
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from Dorothy
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Dated diary of events from 16 July 1942 until 29 July 1942. Covers daily activities including, news of family and friends, shopping, cinema and work.
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1942-07-30
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Two page handwritten l;etter
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eng
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E[Author]DHudsonJD420730
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Yorkshire
England--Leeds
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1942-07
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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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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[front of envelope]
[postmark]
[Two postage stamps]
J.D. HUDSON (SGT CHEF)
CAMP DE SE JOUR SUIRVEILL
S COUVERT COMMANDANT DARMES
LE KEF
NORD[underlined] AFRIQUE TUNISIE [/underlined]
[ink stamp]
[/front of envelope]
[page break]
[reverse of envelope]
26-2-41
[three ink stamps]
FROM AUNTY DOROTHY
[/reverse of envelope]
[page break]
21 Thornhill Street
Calverley
Dec 27 -40
Dear Douglas
Just a few lines to let you know we haven’t forgotten you. I have been going to write to you for weeks but as you know letter writing is not one of my strong points. Well we were delighted to hear you were safe & well, we spent some very anxious weeks after we heard you were missing & I can assure you it was a great relief when the news came through. Christmas is over once more & you have been very much in our thoughts. [undecipherable word] & I went to Hill Côte for the day & as we sat round we wondered what you were doing.
It looks as if we shall have to give you your Christmas box when you get home. (O let it be soon] I wrote
[page break]
to mother to see if there was anything you specially wanted & she wrote back & said there wasn’t so we shall have to wait until you get home. I expect there will be plenty then.
Fancy tomatoes 1d Ib the last I saw here were 2/- you made my mouth water when you told about peaches I am very fond of them but I am afraid it doesn’t [undecipherable word] to use them these days.
I am pleased to say Grandpa is very nicely & yours truly is very well, hope you are the same
We shall look forward to seeing you & hope it won’t be very long it seems ages since we did see you.
Love from us both
Auntie Dorothy
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Letter to Douglas Hudson in Le Kef
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From aunt Dorothy writes that she is delighted to know he is safe and well and recounts her activities over Christmas. Speculates about fruit in his location and compares it to prices at home. Hopes he will be released soon.
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1941-02-26
1940-12-27
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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E[Author]DHudsonJD401227
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Royal Air Force
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
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England--Yorkshire
England--Leeds
North Africa
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1941-02-26
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
prisoner of war
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Start of transcription
To W/O Valentine,
British P/W 450, Stalag Luft III Lager A
Germany
[ink stamp] [inserted] 20/8 [/inserted]
From Mrs. Valentine, Felmersham, Botterell’s Lane,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.
Sunday, May 28th 1944
My own darling Johnnie
There is still no mail from you – I have a nasty feeling that letters are going to become scarcer and scarcer until they practically cease to arrive as the war draws to its climax. However, if the fact that mail is getting rarer means that the war is drawing closer to its end, I can put up with it quite stoically. Of course it is far worse for you to be cut off from news of home – I do hope that the photographs I have been sending lately will arrive. The one enclosed today is of Pat Hodson and her infant Carol, the latter as you can see has got a very snub nose, but she is a sweet baby and very healthy and good. Frank, Pat’s husband has now gone back from leave, and the house seems very quiet and subdued without him, he is such a cheerful sort of fellow. Pat and I have taken up our various activities with renewed vigour, and have tried to organise a timetable to ensure that we get at least a few of the things done that we want to do. Of course nothing much reasonable ( i.e. brainwork) can be done during the day while the sprogs are around, but when we have got rid of them, at 7 p.m. we have a quick supper, during which we both read, then I have half an hour on the piano while pat practices her typing, an accomplishment which she wishes to acquire, heaven knows why, then Pat goes at the piano and I pitch into something else, generally mending or ironing or fruit bottling ( I have bought a pounds of gooseberries from old Mr. Palmer next door and bottled them – ours are not ready yet and anyway there will be very few.) I have decided to take up Russian again and see if I can’t learn it properly this time. I haven’t actually started yet, but Sunday evening is dedicated to my letter to you. We are having simply gorgeous weather just now, much to Pat’s annoyance since it was horribly cold all the time Frank was here, and I have to spend some of my evenings watering the more urgent vegetables – the ground is terribly dry again. I have planted out the bush tomatoes and cucumbers, seedlings which Daddy gave me at Easter and which I have been nursing ever since. Some of the French beans are through but not the runners yet. The main crop of peas are coming on quite nicely and I had the unpleasant job of sticking them yesterday, its awfully hard on the hands.
Nothing very striking has happened this week. At the beginning looked after Carol a fair amount while Pat and Frank went out together, Tuesday Frances had her dancing class as usual, and on Thursday evening Frank departed . Then we changed bedrooms back again, and I am glad to be in my own again. I have now got the green and white table lamp which someone gave us for a wedding present beside the bed for a reading lamp, so that I can indulge I the vice of reading in bed ( I never get enough reading in otherwise). I have just finished “ Madam Curie” by her daughter Eve, a really fascinating book which makes one feel that one must fit in a little intellectual work beside the housework, since she did such a prodigious amount as well as bring up a family. ( of course she didn’t have to do much housework , lucky thing!) On Saturday, just as I was preparing to cook the meat and make the pastry, a strange sight appeared in our drive, to wit Mr. Horswell, in a smart blue lounge suit, astride a foaming charger. We went out to greet him, and he asked me if I would like a ride, so up I hopped, in cotton dress, no stockings and an apron, and took the beast out for a trot. luckily it turned out to be quite tame, and we had quite a pleasant ride. But I am still stiff from it, though I wasn’t up more than 10 minutes!
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Frances is very keen to have a pony, not content with a kitten, but I have prudently told her to wait and ask father! Really, though, I should love to have her taught riding fairly young, there is a good bit of hacking done round about here, I often see one woman who seems to conduct a riding school out with youngsters of various ages, and I do hope we shall be able to rise to having her taught at well.
I believe I have told you in earlier letters that at the end of our garden there is a piece cut off, which geometrically should obviously belong to us, on which Mr. Horswell built himself a massive series of outhouses, about 10ft tall and constating of various sections, in at least one of which he used to keep a horse, so you can judge the size. The rest of the ground he used as a chicken run. I have been coveting this piece of land for a long time, the outhouses would be most useful, as greenhouse, garden shed and potting shed, house for the children to have as their own to play in, and general dump, and the extra bit of land would make all the difference to our garden. So at last I plucked up courage to approach our new neighbour, Mr. Brown, who looks like a peppery retired Colonel but told Pat he was something to do with the Navy – anyway he is peppery and rather queer – he has a passion for airing shirts all round his garden. He turned out to be quite docile, to my surprise, and said at once that he would consider my request either to sell or rent the land to us. That was yesterday, presumably he has been brooding on it but nothing further has happened. I really haven’t the faintest idea how much the land is worth, it is not large, but the building is probably worth something, though not to anyone else, since I shouldn’t think it could be taken away. I do so hope he will be reasonable.
This afternoon Frances and I went out for a picnic, and I took my paintbox and perpetrated a sketch of a scene that I love particularly among the many lovely views round here. This morning I went to church.
Frances continues to grow and flourish, and her hair is getting longer, curlier and thicker, so that it is quite a problem to do. The brushing and combing sessions night and morning are a trial, and I am now doing it with a ribbon tied right around her head keeping the long hair out of her eyes, and she looks very sweet like that. Her little limbs are growing so straight and firm, I am really proud of them and only wish my legs were as nice as hers! She hasn’t made any very memorable remarks recently, but she keeps up a constant chatter. She is very fond of her kitten and is learning to be a little more gentle with it. The kitten incidentally has started on a course of house-training, we put a tin lined with newspaper in the corner of the kitchen where it usually makes its messes, and put some sand in it, and to our joy and surprise the cat now performs in the tin and kicks the sand about like anything .Pat and Frank wanted to give me a present for the garden, presumably because I looked after their infant for them, but of course this is not the time of year for transplanting trees or bushes. However, they bought one stripling bush, which is due to have a lovely misty blue flower when grown, I can’t read the label but it is something like Ceanalba, and they also gave me 15/- to buy roses in the autumn when they can be transplanted. Wasn’t it kind of them? I shall use the money to buy roses for the enlarged pergola I want to make in the autumn dividing the lawn from the vegetable garden. There are about 6 climbing roses already there, but I think more will be needed , and I should like to plant clematis, honeysuckle and jasmine as well. The herbaceous border looks like nothing on earth this year but I am hoping to improve that nest year too.
[inserted] All my love to you, my dearest, I long for you so terribly, Ursula. [/inserted]
End of transcription
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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Notes that mail is getting slower as war draws top climax but hopes photographs she sent will arrive. Describes lodgers baby and recent activities including intention to take up learning Russian again. Continues with description of daily routine and outhouse buildings on adjacent land that she would like to obtain. Mentions starting negotiations with owner. Writes of daughters activities, progress and her kitten.
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1944-05-28
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Jan Morgan
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Two page typewritten letter
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM440528
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Chalfont St. Giles
Poland
Poland--Żagań
Lithuania
Lithuania--Šilutė
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1944-05-28
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ursula Valentine
prisoner of war
Stalag Luft 3
Stalag Luft 6
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
An account of the resource
674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Start of transcription
To [deleted] Sgt. [/deleted] W/O J.R.M. Valentine,
British P.o.W. No.450
Stalag Luft III, Lager A
[ink stamp]
From Mrs. Valentine,
Felmersham,
Botterell’s Lane,
Chalfont St. Giles.
[inserted] The enclosed photo of Muriel and Robert may interest you [/inserted] R 22/2
My darling Johnnie,
Frances and I got back from Devonshire last Friday evening after quite a pleasant Journey. Frances made friends with some American sailors who fed her on peanuts, which she loved, and chewing gum, which she swallowed whole in spite of all our admonitions, much to their amusement. When we got back here, at about 7 p.m., we found an enormous pile of mail waiting for us, 35 letters and five parcels! I have been very busy for the last 3 evenings coping with it all. There was a friendly letter from Eleanour Kennedy, who has a third child, Anne, born last September; one from Mrs. Howie, who has been ill recently and in nursing homes, though she doesn’t make much of it; her sister Agnes dies this year, Iain now goes to the Academy in Ayr. One from Mrs. Greenis announcing that she has taken over the Tenterden Grove Savings Group – I wish her joy of it! Another was from Mrs. Aylmer – I sent them a card. There was a card for Frances from Fred Don, and a book from Bish, and a doll from Grandma, and a box of bricks from the Grunfelds. There was also a missive from the Inspector of Taxes wanting property tax. As the purchase hasn’t yet been completed I don’t actually own the place yet and don’t see why I should pay the tax. Indecent haste, I call it. Also, the things I bought for the house a fortnight before Christmas had at last arrived, including the gramophone from your people, still in working order though I hope Peter may be able to improve the tone somewhat; and the bed from Jones Brothers. To my horror I found that one leg had been cracked right through presumably in transit, so of course that has to go back and will probably take weeks to be replaced. Sometimes I feel that I shall never get the house organised! Certainly not for months yet. For the piano is due to be carried off for repairs, and then I hope to get the outside woodwork repainted this spring, and sometime I intend to strip the paper off the diningroom [sic] walls and paint it a lighter, fresher colour. The sitting-room curtains are waiting to be made up and embroidered, and so it goes on. Still, I have managed to put up three shelves in the narrow recess in Frances’s room, so that she has some more accommodation for her toys. There is room for five or six more shelves yet but I haven’t got the timber. My next worry is a hanging cupboard of some sort for the spare bedroom. Some day, I suppose we shall be able to buy a proper cupboard for that room and I don’t want to knock the walls about too much by putting up a corner fitment if it is only going to be temporary. I wondered if I could rig something up on the picture rail, but I haven’t got the timber for it at the moment anyway. When David Haes brings the bookshelves for the sittingroom [sic] (that’s another eyesore at the moment, having so many books piled up in the corner of the sitting-room for lack of accommodation for them) I may ask his opinion on this cupboard question. I have already mentioned to him in a letter the idea of a cupboard and shelves for our bedroom, and he has put us down on the list, to be attended to sometime.
While we were away the fruit trees arrived, I arranged with our nextdoor [sic] neighbour to the west. Mr. Palmer, who is a ratired [sic] head gardener, that he should put them in for me. This he duly did, though he is an old man of over 80, for the princely sum of 3/-. The trees look pretty good to me,, particularly a Comice pear, espalier trained,
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which i have against the wall near the diningroom window, facing south. We now have altogether five apples (one old established, two standards and two bush), two pears, one Victoria plum, one greengage, one damson, six gooseberries, 3 red and 3 black currants, three rows raspberries, and three small logans and a small blackberry. I don’t suppose we shall get very much this year, but at least they are started. There is one other good south wall, the back of the garage, which I feel deserves to sport a fruit tree, and I think I shall try to get a couple of cordons from the local nurseries. There is also a small japonica planted against the west wall of the diningroom, next to the new greengage, and Mr. Palmer tells me this would do better in a more shady position, so I intend to transplant it and put another fruit tree in its place. Just now we have a nice row of cauliflowers in the garden – we had cauliflower cheese for lunch today, much to Frances’s joy. I have bought a lot of 2d packets of flower seeds from Ryders with the idea of growing next year’s perrennials [sic] from seed this year Plants cost about 1/6 each, so I thought I would leave the herbaceous border this year to see what exactly is in it ( though I strongly suspect that it is mostly Michaelmas daisies), the this autumn I, or you, or both of us, will dig it over properly and plant it with the perennials grown from seed (delphiniums, lupins and so on.)
I am very agitated about your next parcel, due to go off at the end of this month. Honestly I don’t think it is worth while sending you a lot of stuff, the prospects are looking so much brighter nowadays. I haven’t had any mail to speak of for ages, so I don’t know if you have asked for anything special, except the walking shoes which I am hoping to get for you. I haven’t had time to do any knitting these last couple of months, as you can imagine! I’ve managed to get you some more Neko soap. So if it is a rather measly parcel, you’ll know it is because I was feeling over-optimistic. There will be chocolate in it anyhow, two month’s ration - and not mine either! When we were in Salcombe the good soul who serves in the small local grocer’s shop heard about you, and as it was near the end of the sweet rationing period and she hadn’t used hers, she handed it over to me to spend for you. Soon after a Devon woman who was with us, as maid for many years came to see us and also heard about you, and by the next post she sent me her sweet ration and her husband’s, and I’ve bought chocolate with that too. People really are awfully kind!
You will be amazed - and probably amused - to hear that I have started to keep accounts again. I thought it would be interesting to see what housekeeping costs here, so I have started off well, cooking the answer a bit so that it balances perfectly.
Frances and I have both got wretched colds just now. It is rather a nuisance, but better than flu, which I seem to have escaped so far. Tomorrow we are invited to tea with the Horswell’s elder married daughter Gwen, who lives at Chalfont St. Peter’s with her small girl aged 3 and a baby boy. The little girl goes to the dancing class in Gerrards Cross which I hope Frances will attend this term too. Frances is such a sociable person, and she longs to be with other children, so I must do what I can for her. Dancing will be good for her too. The lessons cost 25/- a term, and I think I can rustle up that much.
[inserted] all my love to you my darling – it won’t be long now. Yours always Ursula [/inserted]
[random text in margin] [underlined] P.S [/underlined] 12th Jan. Just received Power of Attorney P.O.S.B [3 indecipherable words] Many thanks. Will use latter to pay A.S.W but wont need further I hope. Also congratulations on your promotion to F/Sgt. On 1.5.43 & W/O on 1.8.43. My allowance has increased by 6/6 weekly, but that will be set off by G.A.T. Pity you haven’t got a W/O’s nice uniform!
End of transcription
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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Writes of returning home after holiday in Devon and meeting Americans on journey. Catches up with news of family and friends from letters received while she was away, Continues with activities to get new house organised including planting of news trees. Worries about sending him his next parcel as she has not received any mail from him with request for items. Concludes with news of future plans.
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1944-01-19
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Jan Morgan
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Two page typewritten letter with added handwritten notes
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM440111
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Chalfont St. Giles
Poland
Poland--Żagań
Lithuania
Lithuania--Šilutė
Temporal Coverage
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1944-01-19
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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Ursula Valentine
prisoner of war
Stalag Luft 3
Stalag Luft 6
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
An account of the resource
674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Start of transcription
[inserted] [underlined] 50 [/underlined] [/inserted]
WRITE [underlined] VERY CLEARLY [/underlined] ON THE LINES TO AVOID DELAY IN CENSORSHIP
[inserted] R4A 26-3-43 [/inserted]
DATE 23.11.42.
Darling Johnnie, I have been up to the West End to see some estate agents & hasten to report back to you. [circled 1] It is very hard to get the sort of thing we want to [underlined] rent [/underlined]. Those who have property are hanging on to it & only part with it if they need the capital. I was told most London agents inly deal in sales, so I am getting in touch with some local agents to see if there is anything to rent. [circled 2] Even if we could rent, we shouldn’t get anything like the property you mention for £100 p.a. more likely £170 - £200 if it is within daily reach of London. [underlined] outside [/underlined] the daily reach area land is cheaper, but no good for us. [circled 3] [underlined] Buying a house [/underlined] ( I must say I am in favour of buying, if we can afford it. It would at least give us some capital when we move out & buy a real farm & anyway is more satisfactory, to my mind.) A house with elec., drains, etc 4 bedrooms & about 10 acres costs £2500-3000, if not much more. This seems a knock down blow to me. One agent produced particulars of what seems the very thing, in Sussex. 8 miles from Lewes ( on the South Downs, think of it!) 45. Min train service to London Bridge from Lewes, 13 acres, 3 bed. 3 receps. bath, central heating, main elec, good outbuildings (cowstall for 6, 5 pigsties, calf boxes chicken houses etc) garden orchard, 5 fields, good pasture with pond in each: bungalow let to postman brings in 10/- per week, rates etc. £13 pa, freehold - £2.5000. I rang up a building society which would advance 3/4 of price at 5% repayable not less than 20 years. So apart from finding £650 on the nail, it would cost about £300 p.a. to buy it in 10 years, according to my reckonings. This was the [underlined] most [/underlined] advantageous offer I had; others were modern house, I acre of gardens, £3,000
CONTINUE IN BOTTOM PANEL OVERLEAF
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[underlined] IMPORTANT: [/underlined] FOR A PRISONER IN GERMAN HANDS THE PRISONER OF WAR No. MUST BE CLEARLY SHOWN. IT MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH HIS BRITISH SERVICE No.
[underlined] PRISONER OF WAR POST [/underlined]
KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST
SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE
[postmark] [ postage stamp]
[AIR MAIL LOGO] [ink stamp]
RANK & NAME: SERGT. J. R. M VALENTINE
[ink stamp]
BRITISH Prisoner of War
PRISONER OF WAR NO: 450
CAMP NAME & No: STALAG LUFT III
COUNTRY: GERMANY
[page break]
FROM Mrs JRM Valentine
Lido Tenterden Grove
Hendon
London NW4
[page break]
[underlined] BOTTOM PANEL [/underlined]
With 6-7 acres adjoining which would be extra to that price. Tudor farm [inserted] furnished [/inserted] in Herts, 12 acres - £6.500!! What’s more prices are going up. Am getting in touch with owner of first mentioned Summer farm to say we are interested but must await your verdict. Shall try to go & see it. Meanwhile keep looking for rented farms. In view of above prices, what can we undertake? [underlined] Daren’t [/underlined] leave it till you come, conditions will be far worse. How can I finance it? Will write at greater length
[inserted] Reply quickly won’t you! [/inserted]
With all my love, Ursula
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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Reports on her visit to estate agents and house hunting activities. Mentions many possibilities of renting or buying and costs of various options including in and out of London and possibly a farm.
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1942-11-23
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Jan Morgan
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1942-11-23
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Stalag Luft 3
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Valentine, John
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J R M Valentine
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2018-09-06
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To Sergeant John. M. Valentine
British Prisoner of War No. 450
Stalag Luft III, Germany.
No.44
[ink stamp]
From Mrs. J. R. M. Valentine,
Lido, Tenterden Grove,
London, N.W. 4.
Wednesday January 13th 1943
R4A 4/2/43
My dearest Johnnie,
Here are the photos of our Christmas celebrations, such as they are. I shouldn’t be surprised if you tear up the one of the Christmas tree, it is pretty rotten of us all, but first observe the golliwog in front of the tree, and also Frances’s fair-aisle jersey, made by Barbara. You can see that Frances has a will of her own, but she doesn’t often struggle wildly like that. Peter and Chris both look remarkably soft. However, I thought I might as well send it to you, you can always throw it away. The other two were taken at Frances’s party. In the one taken at the tea-table, Frances looks as though she is going to pinch whatever Jill has on her plate – do you know Jill, the little girl next door? The child in Frances’s high chair is Anne Virginia, the Serpell infant. I think she is like Christopher, but when your Mother saw the photo, she said she was every inch a Crichton! Anyway she is a jolly kid. In the third photo Frances takes the centre of the stage, Anne Serpell the foreground, Jill on the settee, the small boy is Richard Chapman and behind Frances is Jean Chapman, his mother, a rather ineffective person with a very dim personality, quite unable to cope with Richard when he is in a temper. Frances and I went to tea with her last Thursday, she has a flat across in Mulberry Close – but I told you about that in my last letter.
I have been very busy over the weekend making Frances an all-in-one suit with a pixie hood. I decided she must have something really warm at once, and didn’t want to rush at making up the nice material I bought last week into her best coat and leggings, it needs to be done carefully. So I seized upon my blue-green tweed divided skirt – do you remember, I wore it up in Scotland for our honeymoon when we were climbing? The moth [sic] had begun to get into it, and I saw no prospect of using it for climbing and hill-walking for a good long time to come - and anyway I never really liked it much – so I thought I could make it up for Frances. I had a considerable job wangling the suit out of the pieces when unpicked and washed, for I only had a pattern for a child of 6, however it all came out right in the end, and I got it finished on Sunday night, and on Monday off we went to town to show it off to whoever would look. Frances is very taken with it, can’t decide whether the hood is more becoming up or down and so constantly alters it. She wears the wee black gumboots with it and is really very snug. Barbara has taken some photos of her wearing the outfit, which may be printed and ready to send next time.
Barbara has chosen a most exciting present from you to me for our wedding anniversary. It is a necklace made of green and gold glass whatnots strung together and twisted up to make a very pretty and decorative necklace. It goes very well with my new woollen dress, for which it was primarily intended, but it is an asset to a lot of other dresses and jumpers as well. I’m afraid it cost nearly 30/- but I suppose that is for you and Barbara to settle, I am not supposed to worry about that! Barbara has taken a photo of that as well, which will be sent in due course. Two of her friends came to tea yesterday, brother and sister, to be photographed and I was wanted to help with the lights so of course Frances had to be present too, prancing about among the tripods and flexes, upsetting things and dashing across in front of the camera at the critical
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moment and making it all very difficult, however the results seem very satisfactory as far as I can see from the negatives.
Poor Mrs Neal is laid up with muscular rheumatism, and as both the children have gone back, I am helping her out by doing her shopping for her. Florence is away with a cold and the spring cleaning is due to start any time now, so things are looking up! I am going to do it in easy stages, for I cant possibly turn the whole place upside down at once while I have Frances on my hands. But I do want to have it finishes before Mother comes, that will be upheaval in itself! I am looking forward ever so to having them back, it will make things a lot easier for me in many ways. I should be able to go to the factory every night then.
Frances has added one or two new words to her vocabulary recently. One is “thweetie”, which she whistles like a little bird several times, and expects a sweet by return. Buttons she calls “bungs” and mittens ( which she wears on very cold days) are “mingys”. Do you remember that wooden box with holes in the lid and little wooden shapes to drop through them, which we got her the Christmas before? Brought it out the other day and she got the idea at once and spent quite a time popping the cubes and sticks through their appropriate holes.
I have been reading a book called “The Blood of the Martyrs” by Naomi Mitchison, about Rome in the 1st century and the early Christian martyrs. It is very well and vividly written, and I really enjoyed it. This evening, while I had my tea, I was looking through the book, World History of Art, which you gave me, via Barbara, for my Birthday. It really is a marvellous tome on a fascinating subject, and I think I shall start on that next. It is rather a forbidding size, similar to Seven Pillars of Wisdom, but that shan’t stop me.
The other day I had a charming letter from Heath Gatteys’s mother. I had written to thank her for sending the baby powder, and she had replied with this very nice Christmas letter. It is somehow very touching to get such kind letters from unknown friends at the other end of the world. Heath has come off ops, she tells me, but is due to start again soon. Imagine him a FL/Lt though, I can’t get over it! Cousin May has sent me a couple of pairs of wee green socks for Frances, and asks me to send you her love.
It has been like a real spring day today, though I expect we have a lot worse to come yet. One wallflower in the garden has mistakenly started to bloom! There were some lovely anemones and primroses in a shop today but a small bunch cost 3/- or 4/-, so I reluctantly passed them by. I saw a rather good thing in the local furniture shop the other day, where we bought the second-hand high chair; it was a small divan bed, for a child measuring 5’10” by about 2’6” or less; they are being made in the shop there and will cost complete with overlay between £4.10 and £5. Considering that ordinary divans now cost anything from £15 upwards, I thought it would be a good idea to get one of these when they are ready, specially if they will store it for us, for Frances to have when the cot at last becomes occupied with later editions. It would serve her well till she was 15 or so and not take up too much room in her bedroom which I would like to furnish as a play and work room for her as well. I shall have to go and see about it, I think.
[random text in side margin] Do give me your ides on house purchase – especially The [two indecipherable words [/random text in margin]
[random text in bottom margin] is seems [underlined] ages [/underlined] since I had a letter from you. I hope something comes soon, God bless you my darling. Keep fit & cheerful & work away at the fiddle! With all my love for always, Ursula
End of transcription
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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Describes photographs of Christmas celebrations she is sending and mentions suit she is making suit for daughter Frances. Continues with description of wedding anniversary present her sister has chosen from him and writes of her other activities, various news, the weather, gardening and asks for his ideas on house purchase.
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1943-01-13
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Jan Morgan
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eng
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1943-01-13
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Stalag Luft 3
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Valentine, John
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J R M Valentine
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2018-09-06
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To Sergeant J.R.M. Valentine
British Prisoner of War No. 435
Stalag Luft 111, Germany
[ink stamp]
From Mrs. Valentine,
Lido, Tenterden Grove,
London, N.W. 4.
October 31st 1942
A 2/12
My dearest Johnnie
I had a letter from Mr. Floyd today asking if you could find out if Philip left any personal belongings, a pocket book or diary, as nothing personal had been returned to him. I don’t see how you could possibly find out, however I promised to pass on the request, so there it is. I advised him to contact the padre, he is the most likely to be able to help. Incidentally I and several others were very struck with the recent award of the V.C. to a Ft/Lt who did almost exactly the same as Floyd, at the same time and place and in a similar kite, ( that is, as far as we now Floyds story) and I suggested to his father that he too might try for some sort of recognition of his son’s gallantry on the basis of information you have supplied. Why not? Gongs are some consolation to those left behind. It was also given out recently that Wing Co. Slee has been awarded the D.S.O, perhaps you remember him, he wrote a very nice letter to me at any rate.
Last Wednesday Frances went out to tea with Mrs. Hazard again, while Barbara and I went off to the pictures. We saw a film called “This Above All” with Tyrone Power; it was rather good and I enjoyed it. It was grand being able to get away together too, I don’t much enjoy going to the pictures alone, as I generally have too {sic], I That is why I so rarely go. Frances as usual was the life and soul of the party, and completely captivated Olivia. Did you know that poor young David has been in hospital practically ever since he left home, with some trouble in his foot and leg which they don’t seem able to diagnose. It is really worrying for his mother, and they don’t seem to have given him proper medical attention. I wrote to him the other day and told him about your practising in the shower cubicle, so he wrote back and said he would compose a “Sewage Symphony” for you. And by the way, I was speaking to Margery Gunn today and she gave me one tip to pass onto you; concentrate on the bowing, and get that going rhythmically and properly at right angles, before you start bothering much about the left hand; if you try to think of both at once before your right hand is really used to the bowing, you are more inclined to get into a tangle. That is what she said, I know less than nothing about it and would not presume to say anything – except that I love you terribly much and am awfully proud of you. She also said that she had heard from America that their friend over there has already dispatched one parcel to you, at the end of September, and has a permit for one a month for five months. So if they arrive that ought to help to tide you over the winter. I hope to goodness they do.
Last week I pit an advertisement in the paper for an inexpensive doll’s pram, for Frances, and on Wednesday I actually got a reply, rather to my surprise. A woman over at Edgware rang up to say she had one to get rid of and she wanted 15/- to a £1 for it, which seemed very reasonable to me. So on Friday afternoon I left Frances with the long-suffering Auntie Barbara and went over to Edgware to inspect this vehicle. It turned out to be a very solid bit of work, properly sprung and upholstered like a pre-war baby’s pram, it needed a lick of paint and
[page break]
[random text in margin] [underlined] P.S. [/underlined] Mrs. Hazard says that from news of others she has received she thinks Leslie has landed up near Jack B-P. haven’t heard from your people anything definite. [/ random text in margin]
the upholstery tacked down in places, otherwise it was sound. The lady started to explain that her husband had been very angry when he heard that she had offered it to me for 15/-, as he had paid 6 guineas for it new ( which I should think is quite probable), and he wanted 25/-, and I think on the whole it is worth it, because of course they are not easy to get, and these were decent class people so that the pram is presumably clean. It ought to last Frances a good many years and then come in useful for the little sisters! The Greenish’s say I may hide it in their garage till the presentation day comes – which I may put off till her birthday, because a) there is likely to be a better show of presents for her at Christmas, and b) the weather will be more auspicious for taking her dolls out for pram-rides, and she will be bigger and better able to manage the pram. I’m glad I’ve got it, anyway, and will now set to work to make suitable quilts and coverlets.
I have also got my new costume, and wore it to go over to Edgware on Friday. It really is awfully nice and worth all the money. I am sure you would like it because it is well-tailored and good looking in a quiet way and makes me feel really well-dressed. I have also finished at last the woollen dress I have been making for myself out of that material Mother gave me last year. I hope Ba will take a photo of it when her camera comes back from being repaired, I think it is quite successful but haven’t had the courage or opportunity to wear it yet. Anyway I breathed a sigh of relief when at last it was finished. On the way back from getting the pram I called in on the Lowes and saw poor old Frazer. I told you, didn’t I? that he has had his left leg amputated from above the knee as a result of a road accident. He is getting on well now, and gets around on crutches, though he still has a good bit of pain in the nerves. Mrs. Lowe is nursing him entirely herself, and only has a morning woman for that great house; her own feet are very bad with arthritis or something for which she was having electrical treatment several times a week but of course she has had to drop that now and I am afraid they are very bad. She looks very worn out, and I only wish I could do something for her, but short of going to live there to run the house while she nurses Frazer, I don’t know what I can do – and with Frances attached to me I should be a very mixed blessing! Stil [sic] she keeps cheerful, and sent me away with a great pile of beautiful pears from the garden.
Another sad blow this week was the death of little Miss Homer, the smaller dumpy one. First the other sister had a bad dose of flu, and then she caught it and apparently died of heart failure. I was just going round there to collect their savings when one of the neighbours told me, which was just as well. I’m afraid the remaining sister will miss her terribly.
I have been doing a spot of work in the garden this afternoon while Ba took Frances out. I have put in about 40 spring greens, and have cleared up and cut away some of the plants that are finished. Our cauliflowers are coming on now, quite a number of them have nice little flowers. The green tomatoes which I put away to ripen in the dark are doing well too and ripening almost too quickly. I would rather have had them nearer Christmas.
[random text in margin]Sorry there is no photo. When Ba’s camera comes back we hope to take some more. Had a letter from Auntie Hattie this week asking after you, so I hope you may hear from her. With all my love, Ursula. [/ random text in margin]
End of transcription
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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Starts with requests about his crew and other discussion of gallantry award for his pilot. Continues with news of daily activities of friends and family. Mentions trying to get a doll's pram for daughter and a tells of her wearing a new costume as well as a neighbour who had his leg amputated after a road accident. Continues writing about with other local news and domestic activities. Concludes by saying no photograph until her sisters camera comes back.
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1942-10-31
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Jan Morgan
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eng
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Great Britain
Poland
Poland--Żagań
England--London
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1942-10-31
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Stalag Luft 3
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
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An account of the resource
674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2018-09-06
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To Sergt J.R.M. Valentine
British Prisoner of War No. 450
No. 19
[ink stamp]
From Mrs. J. R. M. Valentine, Lido, Tenterden Grove,
Hendon, N. W. 4. London
August 31st, Monday 1942
My Darling Johnnie, I felt I ought to have received another letter from you this morning, but the postman stubbornly refused to hand one over. Instead he brought a parcel from your Mother containing the three pairs of socks she has knitted for you out of some wool I sent her, and I have sewn names on them and now they lie ready to be incorporated in your nest parcel, due to be sent off on September 30th. I have already assembled a massive pile of things I hope to send in this parcel, and I am afraid quite a lot are going to get left behind. However, I think it is wisest to put everything out as I think of it.- I keep them in the wardrobe in the back bedroom, and the things that are unlucky just have to wait for the next parcel.
Your Mother also sent a rag doll for Frances, which she bought at a local sale. It is very well made, has brilliant red hair and wears a snappy outfit, vest, knickers, jumper, skirt, hat and shoes in pale green wool. I am putting it aside for the moment, because Frances is still too young to appreciate the joy of dressing and undressing her dolls, and this one is well constructed for that purpose. So it will probably appear on the Christmas Tree, and meanwhile she is still fond of her teddy and two dogs, and is beginning to enjoy playing with some of the bricks and wooden toys which Jill, from next door has given her at various times. Jill often comes in to play with Frances, and although there is too much differences in their ages for them to play together properly , they play independently quite satisfactorily and seem to enjoy themselves. Frances gets quite as much pleasure out of putting things away as out of getting them out, and I am trying to teach her to help tidy up the various messes she makes. Yesterday she twice got hold of my box of pins and spilt them all, and each time dutifully picked up about 5% of them while I cleared up the rest. One bad trick of hers is to pop anything that happens to be handy into one orr other of the coal scuttles in the kitchen, so that when we come to make the fire we have to be careful to remove such items as the best silver spoons or the kitchen scissors before putting the coke on.
I have this evening been appointed Fire-fighting group leader’s secretary, an honorary and not very arduous post. Mr. Greenish came in to say that as things are getting more and more organised and involved in the customary forms and red tape, he would be grateful if I would occasionally take down his letters from dictation and type them for him, which of course I am glad to do – it will help to keep me in practice, for one thing. He has managed to get unofficial permission for watching now, we must sit up actually dressed and awake all night when fire watching now, we must be dressed but can sleep so long as we can turn out at a moment’s notice, which is much more reasonable. I am supposed to be on until 2 a.m. tonight. It is 11 p.m. now and I want to write to Mother afterwards too, so I don’t suppose I shall be ready for bed till pretty late.
These last few days I have been bust bottling fruit and making jam. I made a strange concoction yesterday out of orange and apple peels, cooked together, strained and made into jelly with strips of orange peel added to make it look like Golden Shred. It tastes good.
[random text in margin] Received warrant for £113.10 interest on my defence bonds today, which is better then the proverbial poke in the eye with a burnt stick! [/random text in margin]
[page break]
I had a letter from Olga B-P this morning, Jack has been grounded for a while with a perforated er drum, but is back on ops. Now, and she only hears irregularly from him. Vera Bowack wrote to say that the Red Cross now presume Norman to have been killed, so I am afraid it really is hopeless. I’m so sorry for her, but I hope she will marry again some day, she is young and attractive. She has gone back to Lady Cottage now, and is coping with her small son Michael on her own
Sue Eldred, Mrs. Sansom’s sister, came to supper again yesterday and brought me some soap and chocolate . the day before Clare, Catherine Mairs’s friend, suggested we should go swimming and Barbara said she would look after Frances, but when we got down to the swimming pool we found a long queue waiting to get in, so we called it off and came back. I have never known of a queue there before, but it was exceptionally warm weather.
There was a particularly maddening, know-all article of Joad’s in the NS&N this week on religion, a subject on which he can hardly claim to have first-hand knowledge. He lays it down that there are two alternative ways for the church to canalise the re-awakening religious feeling now becoming evident; either to enter the political field, back up regardless of their belief or unbelief; or to raise its standard higher, insist on its dogma, tighten up its discipline, and generally become more mystical and other-worldly. Personally I don’t agree that these two mutually exclusive. It would obviously be fatal for the Church to renounce its fundamental beliefs and say it didn’t matter whether you believe in them or not – it would be nothing but a sham charitable institution if it did – but I don’t see why it should not insist entirely on its creed and super natural authority, and yet come out strongly in defence of a social programme which is the logical interpretation of its ethical teachings. Do you?
I am rather doubtful about the wisdom of my going house hunting on my own. Just supposing I should come across a suitable house, I couldn’t move in, as I explained in my last letter, till my parents are home, which seems likely to be about the same time you get back (blissful day!) and supposing I were able to find tenants for it in the meantime it would probably involve us in a good bit of money for repairs and maintenance, because their rent would presumably go towards paying off the building society, or whoever puts up the cash. Of course it would be a great advantage to have a real house so that I could start getting furnishings for it. Shall I really plunge into the whole business and put it into the hands of a house agent, or do you think it will involve us in unreasonable risks? if I got a house but couldn’t get tenants for it, how on earth should I be able to pay off the mortgage then? Please think the matter over in detail and tell me what you think – I won’t start on it until I hear more precisely from you.
The local Red Cross have arranged a meeting of next-of-kin of prisoners-of-war from their district to take place tomorrow week, so I think I shall trot along and see if there is anyone else in your camp from Hendon, besides your room-mate. I believe the next-of-kin wear labels bearing the name of their prisoner’s camp, so that they can get together
I am positive that Frances really does recognise you from the photograph standing in the dining-room. Nearly every time she is put up in her high chair she points at the photo and smiles and says Dad-dad, and then I get it down and let her touch your face, and we agree that you are the nicest man we know. I rather hope you will have got rid of your beard before she sees you, so that she can recognise you and give you a real welcome. I love you so much, Johnnie my darling. God bless you & bring you back home safely! I am yours for always - Ursula
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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Writes about sending him socks and other items as well as about the activities of daughter Frances. Mentions she has been appointed fire-fighting group leader and been asked to do some secretarial work. Continues writing of fruit bottling, jam making and catches up with news of friends. Mentions problems of house hunting on her own that there is a Red Cross meeting of prisoner next of kin coming up. Concludes with statement that daughter Frances seems to recognise him in photograph.
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1942-08-31
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Jan Morgan
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132 items. The collection concerns Sergeant William Akrill (1922 - 1943, 1436220 Royal Air Force). He was a navigator with 115 Squadron. His Wellington was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation to Essen and crashed into the Ijsselmeer 12/13 March 1943. The collection contains his photographs, letters, and cartoons as well as an oral history interview with Michael and Ann Akrill about their uncle. There is also a subcollection of letters written as a teenage boy to his father in hospital. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael and Ann Akrill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on William Akrill is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/200183/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/akrill-we/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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[Raf crest]
[No. 1436220 Akrill
A.4. 6. I.T.W. Raf.
Aberystwyth
Friday 14 Nov ‘41
Dearest Mum,
Just one more week!! Think of it — a week tonight you’ll be sitting up with a saucepan of milk on the little stand by the fire (which will be nearly out with some logs thrown on the cinders) You’ll have a basin ready with bread & sugar & salt & you’ll be knitting & reading & sleeping in a cold room with everybody else in bed waiting for the lost one to return. I can just picture you doing all this – just as you’ve done it hundreds of times before! I want you to take my
[page break]
advice & got to bed as it’ll be morning before I get home I expect. We’re going to find out about trains tomorrow so I’ll let you know what I can before I post this. I don’t think our train gets into Shrewsbury our nearest link with civilisation until 4 or 5 in the afternoon. It’s a terrible journey across Wales & then I have to cross England. And now for a piece of good news. Last Monday we had the Squadron Dance when the cup was presented. Well the Wing Com. said nice things about the Squadron Leader, the Squadron Leader said nice things about the Wing Commander, everybody cheered and the Wing Com. gave the whole squadron 48hrs leave and we are adding ours to our 7 days & so instead of coming back on Saturday we have to be back at 23.59 on Monday
[page break]
[Raf crest]
We don’t mind all this stupid drill & stuff if it means extra leave! I think we’ll all be ready for it. The continuous swotting is telling on everybody. I shall be very thankful when I can at last sit down to the exams.
We have Mouse Buzzer first thing Monday, Aldi’s lamp Tuesday, Armaments Wednesday, Law,, Hygiene, Aircraft Rec, Thursday and Navigation last but by no means least on Friday.
Do you know I can hardly realise that I’ll be home at last in a week. I seem to have been talking about it for months. I think I shall spend most of my time in bed. Certainly I’m going to have a quiet restful time as I’m feeling a bit tired with a cold come on this last day or two. Everyone’s the same.
[page break]
I’ll have plenty of stitching for you to do. My trousers are held with safety pins & broken braces. Can’t make buttons stay on. My tunic’s parted body from soul & split up the seams & I’ve not yet stitched on my V.R badges. Wish I could bring you my [one indecipherable word] to stich on but I don’t get them ‘till I get back, having passed all exams.
Had a parcel from the R.T.G’s as they called themselves — Balaclava, big slab choc, & some grapenuts! Must write & thank them when I get home. Well must get some work done — writing it in bad, finish it tomorrow
[underlined] Sun: [/underlined] There is a train vis Crewe& Denby arrives Nottn.] 10.11p.m.
Went to Stn. Today but it was closed (Everything closes here on a Sun) Will try again tomorrow & let you know something more definite as soon as I can.
What a scandal about Kathlene Millns! Seems to be causing a sensation all the soldiers going!
See you Fri (or Sat)
Bill.
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Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
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Bill writes that he is looking forward to coming home on leave in a week's time. All the parades have paid off since they have been given some extra leave. Before then have a whole week of exams. Trying to find out about the trains, but will have to let her know later.
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1941-11-14
1941-11-16
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Jan Morgan
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eng
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1941-11
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132 items. The collection concerns Sergeant William Akrill (1922 - 1943, 1436220 Royal Air Force). He was a navigator with 115 Squadron. His Wellington was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation to Essen and crashed into the Ijsselmeer 12/13 March 1943. The collection contains his photographs, letters, and cartoons as well as an oral history interview with Michael and Ann Akrill about their uncle. There is also a subcollection of letters written as a teenage boy to his father in hospital. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael and Ann Akrill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on William Akrill is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/200183/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/akrill-we/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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Dear Mum, Mary & Nip.
Excuse me all of you for a combined letter but I haven’t much time for letter writing these days. Very glad to get all your letters though. Don’t be surprised if this turns out a bit queer as I’m writing this in the Orderly Room whilst on Guard Duty doing a spot of clerical work for a change. Have to book all the Cadets in and out and see to passes oc. so with the Cadets coming in and out and permanent staff sergeants rushing in and out it may be a funny sort of letter. Now sharing the watch with the dear Sergeant Brown who is busy asking me all about the Inter squadron run this afternoon. I have now attained the distinction of becoming Captain of the Squadron Team but as 4 Squadron [one indecipherable word] does any good its not much of an honour. Still led my team in today & we put up a better average and I’m hoping we can put up a better show next week though the other Squadrons are pretty hot.
We had a great excitement [deleted] last [/deleted] this week when we got our Flying Kit! We’re beginning to feel almost like airmen now. It’s the first connection with flying we’ve seen so far. Wish you could have seen us trying it on at night. Really. I looked quite like a pilot! It must have cost an amount. 2 suits— that is a “lining” which looks just like an eiderdown quilt and an overall with a grand fur collar which pleases me a lot! The helmet makes me look super with all its wireless whatnots dangling. The boots are the best, beautiful fur-lined things which wear grand. You don’t know you’ve got them on! Some chaps got sweid [sic] (pronounced swade but I can’t spell it) ones with zips just like Mary wanted but mine are
[page break]
Not so cissy and good strong wearable ones. When I’ve passed my exams I’ll have a photo done in it.
We start exams in just one week and so that means WORK. So please don’t expect further letters after this or you’ll not be seeing me in a fortnights time.
[Symbols]
Now a terrific scuffle just ended one flight just come off leave and a new flight come in & the Squadron Leaders been charging in and out in a great stew. He’s a very good sort provided everything goes alright. I’m sorry we’ve lost Flight Leiut. [sic] Dickey though. Fortunately the changed their minds about minds about the stooge who was going to take over and now we’ve got a Pilot Officer whose [sic] a good sport but no more.
Had a very good time at Mr. Elinors last Sunday. He’s a grand old man. 85 but you’d think he wasn’t a day more than 60. He had a school at Eagle, then went to Winchester & the Gibralter & finally became a Curator at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. Had tons of stories to tell & he roared with laughing whilst telling them. I had a really good afternoon. He also had a fine collection of water colours and a garden.
Had a letter from Dave this week, I think he did very well indeed. It’s hard to get into the F.A.A as a pilot.
Well mustn’t waste any more time or paper. Nothing of importance to write about. Expect me a fortnight on Sat if [inserted] when [/inserted] you see me.
Ever so glad about Sq/Ldr Henry
love
[underlined] Bill [/underlined]
[page break]
[inserted] [underlined] Sun Morn [/underlined] [/inserted]
Must just tell you all about our Wing Church Parade this morning – an Armistice Remembrance affair Everyone except R. Catholics, Buddists [sic] and the like had to attend. I’ve never attended church under stranger circumstances. Usually on Sunday Morning C.P. the C of Es have some sort of march past be we O D’s (other denominations) just parade to the Methodist Chapel which I attend and listen to a good sermon by the Pastor whose a Methodist and a grand chap.& then we can stroll back on our own. Today the whole Wing — all four squadrons — about 1,000 men in all — was on one parade. We give a parade just by the Church but we still had to march all round the town and back again & in to Church [deleted] with [/deleted] past files of Officers. The service was a flop but as long as we marched alright nothing else mattered. When we came out again the Squadron Leader was getting more in a flap then ever he’s quite lost without our old Flt/Lt who did all the work for him. Well the Squadrons moved off again with the Band leading the way to the Saluting Base on the front. Where the Wing Com. With Squadron Leaders had rushed up to take the salute. The band took up position behind the Saluting Base and made such a din that no one heard the eyes left as we went by & that made rather a mess of things. Still our flight had been put on the front rank & we can [underlined] March [/underlined]if nothing else.
Well that was Church Parade with a vengeance. Can you wonder if fellows say “ Well If this is religion I don’t want any. Ah well I hope I’ll be doing Church Parade on my bike in a fortnights time. It would do with a good oiling I should think if anybody feels like it.
Glad t hear about Mar. is Mrs. H. alright?
[underlined] Bill [/underlined]
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Letter from Bill Akrill to mother, Mary and Nip
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A detailed letter from Bill to his family, explaining life and events in the RAF Camp.
Includes orderly room administration duties, being captain of squadron running team, being issued with flying kit (which he details), exams, his visit to an elderly local man (who had been Curator of the National Library of Wales) and a 1000-man church parade for Armistice Day.
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1941-11-08
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Jan Morgan
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Three page handwritten letter
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eng
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1941-11
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W Akrill
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132 items. The collection concerns Sergeant William Akrill (1922 - 1943, 1436220 Royal Air Force). He was a navigator with 115 Squadron. His Wellington was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation to Essen and crashed into the Ijsselmeer 12/13 March 1943. The collection contains his photographs, letters, and cartoons as well as an oral history interview with Michael and Ann Akrill about their uncle. There is also a subcollection of letters written as a teenage boy to his father in hospital. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael and Ann Akrill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on William Akrill is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/200183/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/akrill-we/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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The Dear old Freugh
(for the last time)
[underlined] Monday [/underlined]
Dear Mum,
Thought id drop you a line before leaving here then you’ll have some idea what’s happening. We got to Stranraer Harbour at about 5 this am. & waited in the usual rain for the first bus at 7.40
Learned that we were being posted tonight & we had a choice of stations and duties – near Leighton Buzzard as Navigator or to near Oxford as either Bomb Aimer or Navigator. I wanted Nav-B. Aimer combined but of the 2 I chose Navigator at Upper Heyford just south of Oxford. [deleted] All [/deleted] Most of my best pals are going there either as B.A.s or Navs.
[page break]
Sorry I shan’t have the long waited for pleasure of dropping bombs but I’d made up my mind to do the harder job of Nav if possible.
So it looks as if I’ll be on heavy stuff – Lancasters and the like. May be taking the roofs off Collingham soon! Of course [underlined] this is not supposed to be public knowledge [/underlined] – I’m just a Sgt. Observer somewhere near Oxford.
All having a terrible job packing. Passing out this afternoon. Got letter O.K. but Pyjamas have not turned up! As a final farewell it’s just pouring with rain. Scots mist & all that and the food is terrible — good old West Freugh!!
[page break]
[underlined] Later [/underlined]
Now passed out. Sergeant Observer . Chaos everywhere at the moment. Trying to get this off but have no stamp. Write as soon as I get to Upper Heyford. 160-TO
[underlined] Bill [/underlined]
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Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
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Last letter before leaving West Freugh. Writes about potential choice next courses as navigator or bomb aimer. Chooses navigator course at Upper Heyford. Considered navigator as harder job. Catches up with news and writes in pencil at the end that he has now passed out as sergeant observer.
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eng
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EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo][Date]-06
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway
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William Akrill
aircrew
bomb aimer
military living conditions
navigator
observer
RAF Upper Heyford
RAF West Freugh
training
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Akrill, William
Billy Akrill
W Akrill
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132 items. The collection concerns Sergeant William Akrill (1922 - 1943, 1436220 Royal Air Force). He was a navigator with 115 Squadron. His Wellington was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation to Essen and crashed into the Ijsselmeer 12/13 March 1943. The collection contains his photographs, letters, and cartoons as well as an oral history interview with Michael and Ann Akrill about their uncle. There is also a subcollection of letters written as a teenage boy to his father in hospital. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael and Ann Akrill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on William Akrill is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/200183/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/akrill-we/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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2017-12-04
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Akrill, M-A
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1436220 L.A.C. Akrill
No 26 E.F.T.S
Theale,
Nr. Reading,
Berks
[underlined] Wed.[/underlined]
Dear all,
Very glad to hear from mum & Mary today. Been looking out for a letter. I’m quite shut off from the outside world here & letters are even more valuable.
Poor old Maim & Smokey. It always seems to be my favourite. Remember Midge Minor? Hope Tub’s O.K.
Sorry about May’s teeth and cold. Hope they’re better by now. Yes I left my cold in Aber. The climate there was very sticky and mild. Here it its been frosty & my cold’s quite gone so that’s no need to worry you.
Mary says “ Fancy going up in
[page break]
a plane.” Well, after all that’s what I joined the Raf for isn’t it!
Yes as you say mum, the Raf certainly [underlined] is [/underlined]thoughtless as far as personal feelings & comfort are concerned. Tired wasn’t the word after working all Tues. travelling all night & rushing round all Wed. & guard until 11.0! Yes this is a lovely spot but of course the gardens & park & woods are very definately [sic] out of bounds. The garden’s full of birds & squirrels & the park has a fine herd of dairy shorthorns, & scores of cock pheasants walking right up to the lecture room windows. So you see its quite like home (except that that pheasants have a very undisturbed life)
I’ve done an hour or two’s flying now but our group’s always been unlucky with weather conditions & day’s non flying & we’ve done much less than the others
[page break]
My instr. also seems to have his hands full elsewhere so I don’t get much in. I’m getting on O.K though & it’s grand while it lasts. I have to work hard while I’m up too – no joy riding with my instr. I’m at the controls all the time (after he’s taken off I’ve not done that yet but may get it tomorrow [underlined] if [/underlined] weather [indecipherable word] is ok) I’ve done straight & level flights climbing, gliding, turning, stalling and pulling it out of stalls & also I land with his guidance & assistance. Weather conditions make all the difference. On my second trip it was very bumpy & I met my first clouds & got quite muddled for a while. Stalls are great. You pull back the throttle, pull the stick back into your stomach & the nose goes right up & the plane stalls. You lose all control & down you go nose first. Luckily its easy to regain control
[page break]
I’ve also had a coupe of hours on the link. This is far more advanced than the tiger & a hundred times more difficult to handle. If you can fly a link you can fly anything. We’re not supposed to start on it until we’ve done 30 hrs sols, so you can guess we’re finding it difficult. My first 2 attempts were hopeless & nearly turned my instrs hair grey but I managed to grasp it more today. You have a whole panel full of instruments to watch & the thing is so delicate & sensitive that the slightest movements send the thing of course. I was like a bull in a china shop & my instr. kept yelling “ Don’t treat the stick like a beer pump handle”
Lectures are boring & the instructors have no idea how to teach. We don’t have to do much but we get an exam at the end. I think its definate that
[page break]
whatever happens we’ll be gone at the end of 3 weeks. Grade 1 & leave I hope!
Alright Mya I’ll be [underlined] very [/underlined] careful!! There have been a very few minor accidents here & one serious one when a bright young chap “shot up” an A.T.S. camp near here & was flying low over the parade ground with eyes on the ground & suddenly saw a tree in front & ended up in the next field on his nose. He wasn’t hurt but the kite was “written off” & he was Court Martialled yesterday & has now disappeared from no 26 EFTS. So that should be lesson enough!
Well, nearly tea time I’ve got off early today been having [one indecipherable word] & so missed flying again, we usually work until 6.0
Best love to Rose, Harry & Paddy & all. Love to Kelsey folk. Afraid I haven’t written.
[underlined] Bill [/underlined]
P.S. Yes I’ve got on thick pants thick vest and pullover
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Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
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Writes of importance of getting their letters, especially in a new place and catches up with news. Describes journey to Theale and new location. Writes about his how his flying training is going as well as time in a link trainer and how poor the ground instruction is. Mentions flying accident which led to the pilot being court martialled.
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Five page handwritten letter
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eng
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EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo][Date]-05
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
England--Berkshire
England--Theale (West Berkshire)
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Jan Morgan
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William Akrill
aircrew
crash
military discipline
military service conditions
pilot
training
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Harwood, Rupert
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An account of the resource
9 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Rupert Thomas Harwood (1910 - 1944, 1322764, 178759 Royal Air Force) and contains several letters he wrote to his young daughter Janet. <br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Janet Scorer and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br />Additional information on Rupert Thomas Harwood is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/110178/">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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2016-04-11
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[inserted] 1 [/inserted]
[RAF Crest]
1322764 A/C2 Harwood R
C/o Miss Rowlands
13 Springfield Rd
Blackpool
11-1-42
Dear Little Janet
How are you now? I hope you are alright, and that you are getting on alright at school and with your sewing and knitting
I hear from Mummy that you were upset when Daddy went back last week. You mustn’nt [sic] let it upset you, or else it will be better if I dont [sic] come home very often. You see I always have to go back, and surely it is better for
[page break]
[inserted] 2 [/inserted]
[RAF Crest]
me to come home for a little while than not come home at all, you ought to be glad that I have been home, not sad that I am going back.
As you can see I am sending you this letter in real writing as you asked me. If you cannot read it all you must ask Mummy to read it for you. Well, be a good little girl and help Mummy when you can, and the time will soon come round [sic] for Daddy to be home again.
Heaps of love and kisses
From Daddy
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[page break]
[blank]
[underlined] Janet [/underlined]
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To Janet from Rupert Harwood
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Letter to his daughter in which he asks if she is getting on well at school and explains why he has to go back to work. On the reverse 'Janet'.
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Rupert Harwood
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1942-01-11
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Two handwritten sheets
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eng
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EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ420111-0001,
EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ420111-0002,
EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ420111-0003
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
England--Blackpool
England--Lancashire
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1942-01
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
training
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Harwood, Rupert
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An account of the resource
9 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Rupert Thomas Harwood (1910 - 1944, 1322764, 178759 Royal Air Force) and contains several letters he wrote to his young daughter Janet. <br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Janet Scorer and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br />Additional information on Rupert Thomas Harwood is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/110178/">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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2016-04-11
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Harwwod, RTW
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[RAF Crest]
21.12.41
DARLING LITTLE JANET
HOW ARE YOU GETTING ON? I SUPPOSE YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DADDY CHRISTMAS CALLING TO SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OF COURSE, HE WONT [SIC] BE ABLE TO BRING YOU QUITE SO MUCH THIS YEAR, AS WITH THE WAR ON THINGS ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AND ARE HARDER TO GET. STILL I EXPECT HE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND YOU SOMETHING, AS YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD LITTLE GIRL
I EXPECT YOU WILL SOON BE BREAKING UP FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
TELL MUMMY SHE MUST NOT FORGET TO BUY SOME GRIT AND SHELL FOR YOUR CHICKENS
MUCH LOVE AND KISSES FROM DADDY
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
[page break]
[underlined] Janet [/underlined]
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To Janet from Rupert Harwood
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A letter to his daughter with comments about Christmas. On the reverse 'Janet'.
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Rupert Harwood
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1941-12-21
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One handwritten sheet
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eng
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EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ411221-0001,
EHarwoodRTWHarwoodJ411221-0002
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Civilian
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
David Bloomfield
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1941-12-21
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Batty, Dennis
Arthur Henry Dennis Batty
A H D Batty
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An account of the resource
Twelve items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Batty DFM (1920 - 1941, 619060, Royal Air Force) and consists of his diary, letters and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 226 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christine Aram and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Dennis Batty is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/201592/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-01
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Batty, AHD
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[back cover]
[page break]
[front cover]
[page break]
[inserted] Retourne á Monseiur [sic] D. Batty á l’ aerodrome du Champagne
Signature
[page break]
OPERATIONAL TRIPS
MAY. 20th 1940.
P/O REA BATTLE P6601
Night trip to FLORENVILLE to Bomb Marshalling yards and oil tanks a.a fire like Belle Vue.
MAY 23RD 1940
P/O REA BATTLE P5468
Night trip again to FLORENVILLE got a few bullet Holes etc.
[page break]
May 25th 1940
P/O REA P2161.
Night to AMIENS bombing main crossroads + trying to block all main roads from the North bags of searchlights but ok otherwise.
NEXT TRIP P/O REA TOOK CHALKY WHITE AS A.G. + DIDN’T RETURN. REPORTED PRISONERS
[page break]
May 28th 1940
P/O Heywood, P2161.
Daylight – to AMIENS to bomb Bridge over Seine which jerries were crossing got shot up a bit.
June 2nd 1940.
P/O Heywood, P2161.
Daylight to Recco [sic] front jerry lines in SOMME area not too bad at all.
[page break]
7th JUNE 1940
P/O Heywood, P2161.
Daylight – Objective is town named POIX But just as we are nearing it another aircraft came out of the blue + the frenchmen open up from the ground I thought the aircraft was a Hurricane + flash the letter of the day + he turns away + then I see the crosses + realise
[page break]
It is an ME 109.
Ground defences also wrap up so we try again + are attacked again by ME 109 + I have a shot at him + he has a go at us both missed + he went flying by so we dive for the deck + belt along at 0 feet for home pretty exciting.
[page break]
8th June 1940
P/O Heywood P2345.
Same as yesterday POIX daylight only different aircraft get there this time but anti aircraft fire is getting damn accurate these days
13th June
P/O Heywood L5468
To bomb tanks refuelling in the
[page break]
FORÊT DU GALT with incendiaries, this must have been a trap, it was about 4 in the afternoon when we got there + we were last on the target + as we approached we could see the woods were blazing merrily + BLENHIEMS POTEZ’S BATTLES + HURRICANES were having a glorious time when suddenly the
[page break]
Ground defences opened up + about 30 Messerschmitts came diving through the clouds + the sky became devils playground 4 Kites went down in as many minutes hadn’t time to wonder who was in them as ME 109 came at us but we got in a cloud + dived soon after dropping our bombs right across the
[page break]
Fire + belted for home low level. found out Herbie Kirk was missing + Arthur Asker But they ducked the jerries and got back 2 days later in an ambulance,
15th June – FRANCE PACKS IN RETURN TO ENGLAND AND THEN IRELAND. NOW OPERATIONAL TRIPS ARE A FARCE NORTH AND SOUTH PATROLS .
[page break]
[inserted] ATTACHED TO WATTISHAM. [/inserted]
22 JUNE 1941
SGT HENSON BLENHEIM Z7310 SEA SWEEP TO COAST OF HOLLAND – BORKUM. Met a Dutch boat + bombed it but undershot, so made 3 runs machine gunning it.
24TH JUNE 1941
SGT HENSON BLENHEIM Z7310
SEA SWEEP. OFF COAST OF GERMANY. 20 MILES AWAY SAW NOTHING.
[page break]
25TH JUNE.
SGT HENSON BLENHEIM Z7310
DAYLIGHT SWEEP. CLOUD DOWN TO DECK SO COULD FIND NO TARGETS
26TH JUNE.
SGT HENSON BLENHEIM Z7310
Daylight raid, target near LILLE, fighter cover, but weather was duff just past DUNKERQUE so we had to come back, a little light + Heavy flak + a a. fire
[page break]
27th JUNE 1940
SGT HENSON BLENHEIM. Z7310.
[blank space]
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
2 [indecipherable word] Jerry green quarter up 2000 yds.
[deleted] Jerry [/deleted] forming to attack Jerry attacking from green quarter up
turn starbord [sic] turn starbord Go Go
Steeper Steeper
attack broken
straighten out straighten out
[page break]
2 Jerry Reforming Port beam attacking singly
Turn Port Turn Port Go. X 600 yds 300 yds
[page break]
attack breaking [underlined] Straighten out [/underlined]
Search Search
Jerries dived into clouds
[page break]
[blank page]
[calculations]
[page break]
AMO. A416/40
27-5-1940.
[blank space]
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
[inserted] [underlined] PALS LOST [/underlined] [/ inserted]
NAME SQN HOW
SPUD MURPHY (63) KILLED N/F
JOE WILKES (88) KILLED N/F
BILL DAVIES (226) KILLED N/F
GOSSY WARD (226) FRANCE PRISONER
NOBBY CLARK (226) MISS P KILLED
TOMMY DIXON (226) PRISONER
CHALKY WHITE (226) PRISONER
DUSTY MILLAR (226) M.P. KILLED
KEN JONES (226) PRISONER
BERTIE LITTLE (226) M.P. KILLED
P/O HEYWOOD (226) KILLED ON FIGHTER
[PAGE BREAK]
[INDECIPHERABLE WORD] TURNER (226) M.P. KILLED
JIM MCMASTER (226) KILLED ON PATROL
[PAGE BREAK]
[inserted] SGT
D Batty
No 226 Sqdn
Royal Air Force
FRANCE [/inserted]
[inserted] RETOURNE Á MONSEUR D. BATTY.
Á L’ AERODROME DU CHAMPAGNE – ANGLAIS [sic] –
REIMS. MARNE [/INSERTED]
[page break]
[back cover]
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Dennis Batty's diary
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Diary of Dennis Batty 20 May 1940 to 27 June 1941 listing his operations over France and Germany in Blenheims and listing aircrew lost.
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Dennis Batty
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
David Bloomfield
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One diary
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eng
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Text
Text. Diary
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YBattyAHD619060v1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Pending review
Spatial Coverage
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France
France--Amiens
France--Champagne-Ardenne
France--Dunkerque
France--Marne
France--Poix-du-Nord
France--Reims
France--Somme
Germany
Germany--Borkum
Great Britain
England--Suffolk
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1940
1941
Date
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1940-05-20
1941-06-27
2 Group
Battle
Blenheim
bombing
Hurricane
killed in action
Me 109
RAF Wattisham
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Whybrow, Frederick
F H T Whybrow
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An account of the resource
49 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Fred Whybrow DFC (1921 - 2005, 1321870, 170690 Royal Air Force) and consists of service documents, photographs and correspondence. After training in the United States, he completed two tours of operations as a navigator with 156 Squadron Pathfinders. After the war he served in Japan and Southeast Asia. He was demobbed in 1947.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anne Roberts and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-09-26
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Whybrow, FHT
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AFTER 5 DAYS RETURN TO
T.D. HAMPSON, JR.
FREDONIA, KANSAS
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr. Fred Whybro
No. 3 British Flying and Training School
Sparton School of Aeronautics
Miami, Oklahoma
[page break]
T.D. HAMPSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
FREDONIA, KANSAS
MAY 23, 1942
Mr. Fred Whybrow
No. 3 British Flying and Training School
Sparton School of Aeronautics
Miami, Oklahoma
Dear Mr. Whybrow:
Our family would appreciate a return visit from you and Mr. Rooke the week-end of May 30, and 31st. or, in fact, any other week-end.
If it happens you can’t get away or Rooke can’t get away and a couple of other boys would care to come up for the week-end, we would appreciate them being our guests.
Just drop us a card or some information as to what plans, if any, you may have and we will look forward to the same.
Sincerely,
T D Hampson
TDH: rnw
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Letter to Fred Whybrow from TD Hampson
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The letter asks that Fred makes a return visit to his house.
Date
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1942-05-23
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One typewritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHampsonTDWhybrowFHT420523-0001,
EHampsonTDWhybrowFHT420523-0002
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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United States
Kansas--Fredonia
Oklahoma--Miami
Kansas
Oklahoma
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
David Bloomfield
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1942-05
Creator
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T D Hampson
training
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Lapham, Rosemary
R Lapham
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Lapham, R
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An account of the resource
100 items. An oral history interview with Rosemary Lapham, the daughter of Roy Chadwick, family correspondence, congratulations on being honoured, personal documentation as well as photographs of family, acquaintances and aircraft. The collection also contains a thank you letter from Barnes Wallis to Roy Chadwick and a note from Arthur Harris to Robert Saundby about the in-feasibility of the Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation, some conceptual aircraft drawings and other mementos.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Rosemary Lapham and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2015-06-22
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[inserted] [underlined] Rosemarys [sic] love for her father [/underlined] [/inserted]
St. Elphin’s School
Darley Dale.
Sept. 28th
[inserted] ABOUT 1945 [/inserted]
My Dear Mummy and Daddy
I hope that you are both well and are not working too hard – talking about work, you’ve know idea, we have simply masses and hardly any time so please don’t think that its [sic] laziness if I only write to you once a week. all the evening is taken up doing prep; Except for the amount we get it is not too bad.
[underlined] It was lovely having you over on Sunday Daddy and I was terribly pleased to see you again [/underlined]
Since then nothing special has happened – just lessons -!
I have played hockey every day this week and enjoyed it very much – Di is vice hockey captain for our house and she is also in the first eleven for school (it is
[Page break]
her star game)
By the way I’ve got a chance of getting into the house hockey team if I play hard. I do hope I will – and I want to try for the Badminton as well
Tomorrow afternoon we will be going into Matlock to do some shopping - and after tea there is a Quiz – between the houses.
Six people out of each house are going to have questions pattered at them –
Sir has got to answer questions on sport and I have got to answer the Literature ones –
By the way, Mummy, could you go down to the Smiths on Hale Station and ask if they managed to get hold of the “Green Dolphin Country by Elizabeth Gauge [sic] for me
I have settled down now and am enjoying this term very much.
I was a bit muddled at the [missing word] beging [/missing word] of the week about arranging my preps
[page break]
And all the lessons seemed so hard to do but I’ve got fairly straight now I am O.K. again.
Please give my love to Margaret when you see her, and keep lots for both of you
I remain, always your affectionate
[underlined] Rosemary [/underlined]
Xxx
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Letter from Rosemary Chadwick to parents
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Writes about how time at school is very busy and about playing hockey. Continues about school activities and ask mother to order a book for her. States she is settled and happy and sends regards to family.
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R Lapham
Date
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1945-09-28
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Three page handwritten letter
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eng
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ELaphamRChadwickR-M450928
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Civilian
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Great Britain
England--Derbyshire
England--Matlock
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1945-09-28
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
David Bloomfield
sport
-
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Lapham, Rosemary
R Lapham
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Lapham, R
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100 items. An oral history interview with Rosemary Lapham, the daughter of Roy Chadwick, family correspondence, congratulations on being honoured, personal documentation as well as photographs of family, acquaintances and aircraft. The collection also contains a thank you letter from Barnes Wallis to Roy Chadwick and a note from Arthur Harris to Robert Saundby about the in-feasibility of the Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation, some conceptual aircraft drawings and other mementos.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Rosemary Lapham and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2015-06-22
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TELEPHONE
HATCH END 981.
WEST HOUSE,
10, HILLVIEW ROAD,
HATCH END,
MIDDLESEX.
[underlined] 25th June 1943 [/underlined]
Dear Mrs Chadwick,
I thought I would like to write a few lines and send you husband our heartiest congratulations on his recent honour, and very best wishes to you both. although it seems ages since we saw you we listened to Mr Chadwicks broadcast and felt we were sitting in your lounge listening to him, and it was all very thrilling. He has done some marvellous work and you must be very proud of him.
It is quite a long time since I was in Hale but I passed through
[page break]
[inserted] 2. [/inserted]
Manchester a few weeks ago. How are your family? I suppose they are quite grown up. I heard Margaret was engaged she was only a little school girl when I last saw her I can hardly believe it, is she engaged to a Mr Doves son who used to live in Heaton Moor. We used to know all the family before I was married when I lived there. Please give her my love and very best wishes. How is Rosemary? I suppose I would not recognise her now. Pat has not forgotten her and remembers the happy times we had together. Pat will be thirteen in a fortnight and Nicholas is eight.
We stayed in London during the blitz but
[page break]
[inserted] 3. [/inserted]
TELEPHONE
HATCH END 981.
WEST HOUSE,
10, HILLVIEW ROAD,
HATCH END,
MIDDLESEX.
sent the children up north for a few months. How glad we shall all be when this war is over and we are back to normal. I should be so pleased to see you if you are in London anytime even if you can’t spare the time to come out here I could spend a [sic] hour with you in town if you ring me up.
Do you ever hear from Mrs Swifft? I have not heard of her for a long time.
We sold our house in Hale so have not an excuse to come now, but I had some very happy times there and will always have a soft
[page break]
spot for Hale.
Please remember us to Mr Chadwick and the girls and love to yourself
From
[underlined] Freda [undechipherable] [/underlined]
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Letter to Mrs Chadwick from Freda [undechiperable]
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Sends congratulations to her husband for his recent honour. Mentions listening to Roy Chadwick's broadcast. Asks after family. States they stayed in London for Blitz but sent children up north for a few months. Enquires after other acquaintances.
Date
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1943-06-25
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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EInverwellFChadwickM430625
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Civilian
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Great Britain
England--Middlesex
England--Harrow
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1943-06-25
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
David Bloomfield
bombing
Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947)
evacuation
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Cavalier, Reginald George. Album two
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35 items. The album contains service material, Christmas cards, and propaganda leaflets in German, French and English.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-10
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Cavalier, RG
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WHY DIE FOR STALIN?
WHY DIE FOR THE JEWS?
By John Amery
We started the war for Danzig. We have surrendered Poland to Russia.
We started the war to maintain the balance of power in Europe. We have handed over Europe to Stalin, lock, stock and barrel.
We started the war against Nazi Oppression. We have handed the whole of Europe over to Communist oppression.
We started the war to make the world safe for Democracy, and, to achieve that, we allied ourselves to a country where from Brest-Litovsk to Vladivostock nobody has ever heard of such a thing.
We signed an Atlantic Charter to guarantee the small nations of Europe. We have handed over Finland, Rumania [sic], Bulgaria, Esthonia [sic], Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to Stalin and to Communism.
We started a war invoking the blessing of the Almighty on the justice of our cause and we allied ourselves to the atheist Russians [sic] murderers of over a million priests, against Germany where the State subsidises religion, against Catholic Italy, Catholic Hungary, Catholic Rumania [sic], Orthodox Bulgaria, and Protestant Finland, to say nothing of little Slovakia whose president is a Catholic Bishop.
Is it the dream of a madman? Not one of the reasons for war invoked is true, or holds good, 5 years later.
No! It is for Stalin and for Jewry that our boys are dying on the Guarigliano, in the swamps of Burma, on the Seven Seas and here in our England.
It is for Stalin and the Jews that we, who had everything, have lost valuable parts of our Empire, our interests abroad, our gold reserves.
[Page break]
It is for Stalin and the Jews that you queue up to get something to eat, when there can be an abundance of everything.
It is for Stalin and the Jews that you no longer get a living salary when before you were relatively well paid, and articles of prime necessity could be found on the market.
It is thanks to Stalin and the Jews that your newspapers are censored, that Habeas Corpus does not exist any more, that you can’t write an uncensored letter to the press or get up on a soap box in Hyde Park and vent your feelings.
It is because of Stalin and the Jews that you cannot have a suit with more than so many pockets without going to the black market.
It is by order of Stalin and the Jews that the exchanged prisoners from Germany in November were never allowed to write or discuss their impressions of war-time Germany or say how they had been treated over there.
It is by order of Stalin and the Jews that whole populations have been forcibly evacuated from the South Coast…it is by order of Stalin and the Jews that the best blood of our country goes forward to the inevitable massacre of a second front…with an AMERICAN commander-in-chief.
It is thanks to Stalin and the Jews that we have betrayed Finland.
It is thanks to Stalin and the Jews that we have lost Hong-Kong [sic], Singapore, the Straits Settlements, Burma and the rest, to the Japanese who USED TO BE OUR ALLIES.
It is thanks to Stalin and the Jews that thousands of our fellow countrymen here have languished in the jails of the Isle of Man, and even if Mr Morrison does not admit it, the impartial Red Cross of Geneva has given the figure at 152,674.
Is that worth fighting for against Hitler?
Hitler has said in his book “Mein Kampf” that he had no quarrel with England.
Hitler ordered his troops on the Siegfried Line to put up banners “We won’t fire first”.
Hitler offered us Peace after the collapse of France on the basis of the status quo ante.
Hitler has declared a thousand times that National Socialism is not for export.
[Bold text] Why die for Stalin and the Jews – there are better things to [italicised] live [/italicised] for! [/Bold text]
[Signature inserted]
[underlined] John Amery [/underlined]
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Why die for Stalin? Why die for the Jews?
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Propaganda leaflet by British fascist John Amery aimed at the British population and arguing that the sacrifices of the Allies have served only the interests of 'Stalin and the Jews'.
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Two sides of a printed sheet
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eng
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SCavalierRG1264567v10017-0001, SCavalierRG1264567v10017-0001
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Civilian
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Anne-Marie Watson
Dianne Kinsella
Jan Morgan
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Great Britain
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John Amery
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anti-Semitism
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
home front
propaganda
Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953)