1
25
1
-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/886/10877/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410426-010001.jpg
d9256f171bbfdfad92bbb718fd53d1d1
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/886/10877/EHudsonJDHudson[Fam]410426-010002.jpg
d9d0df78dbc7a7ef497ba0b60a5362d4
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
IBCC Digital Archive
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-06-16
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Hudson, JD
Transcribed document
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.
Transcription
Text transcribed from audio recording or document
Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson.
Hotel d’Orient,
Médéa.
Algerie.
26-4-41
My Dear Mother & Dad.
I don’t know whether you will have been advised by telegram by the American Consul in Tunis of my new address, but I hope you have. Any way it doesn’t really matter because letters addressed to Le Kef will be sent on here. We were all moved here during this week. I arrived on Thursday morning at 12 oclock, [sic] after a 28 hours journey mostly by train, a distance of about 450 miles. You will no doubt be very surprised. I am myself because it all happened very quickly.
It appears that we now come under an entirely new scheme arranged through the American & British Government with the cooperation of the French. Our conditions of living here are by no means comparable with those at Kef which were more than rough, even primitive. We live at the above place which is an ordinary hotel & our meals & bed are provided. Above this I expect we shall receive an allowance to cover small expenses – an allowance probably about 15/- weekly, paid through the Consul. We are quite free to wander about the place & after living locked in our rooms at Kef for 12 hours out of 24, & surrounded by guards & barbed wire, you will realise what all this means. Médéa is a very pleasant small town – more or less a small garden
[page break]
city, situated over 3000 feet above sea level, with neighbouring mountains, neatly wooded, up to 5000 ft, harbouring jackals & wild boar. The place abounds in vine-yards, the grapes of course are not ready until July or August. The whole country is vastly different from Tunisia which is far more “foreign”. Here is rather like North Wales – the Horse Shoe Pass district. I expect you will be able to read about it in books from the library. I am sending this letter quite independently by Air Mail. For the time being I intend to do this weekly & also I intend writing to you through the medium of the American Consul in Algiers, probably weekly, perhaps that will have to be fortnightly. I cannot afford to write many letters because I have to keep myself on 15/- (very possibly buy clothes, although at present I am quite well supplied.) & we only get two meals issued per day, any additional food has to be bought. To-night we spend 10 francs in the local cinema which shows two nights per week. It will be my first visit to the pictures for 8 1/2 months – that is a long time in a prison camp.
I am afraid this letter has been mostly about myself but I do not forget you at home. I do most sincerely hope that you are keeping safe & well & that things will be much better for you in the future. Shall write again tomorrow via the Consul. Will you write to my [sic] VIA AIR MAIL & mark the envelopes accordingly? Perhaps you would drop a short wire to me on receipt of this. All my love
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from Douglas Hudson in Médéa to parents
Description
An account of the resource
Writes about moving from El Kef to Médéa in Algeria. New arrangements organised for internees by American and British governments with cooperation of French. Explains that conditions are much better that at El Kef where they were very rough. They have beds and meals provided and freedom to walk around town. Expect to get allowance of 15 shillings for extra food and clothes. Describes Medea and surrounding area. Explains letters posting arrangements and mentions first visit to pictures for over eight months.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
D Husdson
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1941-04-26
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Two page handwritten letter
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410426-010001, EHudsonJDHudson(Fam)410426-010002
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Algeria
Algeria--Médéa (Province)
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941-04-26
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Tricia Marshall
David Bloomfield
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
prisoner of war