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Title
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[underlined] PRISONERS OF WAR [/underlined]
[inserted] 85 [/inserted]
AIR MAIL
[postmark]
[three postage stamps]
SGT. J. D. HUDSON 755052,
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN,
CAMP MILITAIRE
LAGHOUAT.
ALGERIE.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
[page break]
H.E. HUDSON.
191 HALIFAX ROAD
NELSON.
LANCS.
ENGLAND.
[inserted] 23-12-41 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 85 [/inserted]
191 Halifax Road
Nelson
Nov 12th 41
My dear Douglas
It was given out on the wireless the other night that it was time for the letters to be posted to N. Africa for Xmas, so I hope my letter will reach you in time.
Well Doug, I wish you all the very best for Xmas & hope you will have as good a time as possible under your trying conditions, & I should like to say that Mother & I shall be thinking about you all the time on Xmas day, & wondering what you will be doing.
Lets hope you will be able to share next Xmas day at home, & then we can look back on the past as a very bad nightmare.
I often wonder what you will think of Nelson, I know you will like the district where we live, although we are only about a mile & a quarter from the centre of the town we are also in very nice country.
Harry Everley was at the Mill the other day (they do warp dyeing for us) he calls about once every three weeks. He wanted to know how you were going on.
[page break]
It was my night again last night for fire watching at the Mill, I shall be on duty again next Wednesday.
I am doing quite a lot of press dyeing now for the furnishing trade, it is quite interesting & we turn out some very nice goods.
Nov 13th/41
We have just finished dinner so will continue my letter of yesterday.
You will be pleased to know that I am still quite a good pipe smoker. I am able to get 50 – 60 cigarettes a week (1/6 per 20 packet) & 1 oz of tobacco which is 1/6 1/2 per oz. You would be surprised to see people queuing up for cigarettes when the shops are open.
Mother has found the people of Nelson very kind & knows quite a lot of our neighbours I am sure you will be pleased about this.
Hope you will receive the Xmas card & calendar Mother sent last week.
Well Doug we are still looking forward to the postman calling with a letter from you, it is nearly eight weeks since we had a letter from you
But all the very best for Xmas & all our love from
Mother & Dad.
S.G.T. J. D. HUDSON 755052
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN.
CAMP MILITAIRE.
LAGHOUAT.
ALGERIE.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
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Title
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
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Needs to get letter off in hope it will arrive by Christmas. Wishes him best Christmas greetings under his trying circumstances. Hopes he will be home next Christmas. Wonders what he will think of Nelson and their house. Catches up with news and writes about his pipe smoking, getting cigarettes and tobacco. Says mother has found people of Nelson very nice. Looking forward to postman delivering his next letter as eight weeks since last.
Creator
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H E Hudson
Date
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1941-11-12
Format
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD411112
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-11-12
1941-12-23
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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Title
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy.
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Hudson, JD
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Transcription
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[underlined] PRISONER OF WAR POST [/underlined]
[inserted] 66 [/inserted]
[BY AIR MAIL stamp]
[postmark]
[two postage stamps]
[postmark]
SGT. J. D. HUDSON. 755052.
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN,
CAMP MILITAIRE.
AUMALE. ALGERIE.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
[PRISONER OF WAR ink stamp]
[page break]
From
H.E. Hudson
191 Halifax Road
Nelson
Lancashire
England
[17 ink stamp]
[two postmarks]
[inserted] 10-10-41 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 66 [/inserted]
191 Halifax Rd,
Nelson.
9 AM Sunday Sept 14th 1941
My dear Doug.
In a letter received from you on Friday you ask why I have not written to you, as you know I am a poor letter writer compared with Mother & yourself. Although I have left all the letter writing to Mother you are always in my thoughts & am looking forward to the day when I shall be able to meet you at Nelson & bring you up to our new home.
Yesterday afternoon we sent you another cable which I hope will now have arrived, we are looking forward to your reply.
I was on fire watch last night [inserted] at the Mill [/inserted] & came off duty at 6-15 this morning, being Sunday I have to walk home, a distance of almost 2 1/4 miles. Mother had breakfast waiting for me.
I am on duty every eight nights along with two other men.
You will be pleased to know I have settled down very well at the new place. The firm are manufacturers who do their own dyeing, about three months ago I introduced piece dyeing, it is a nice little dyehome & are good people to work for.
[page break]
Did you know the old firm went into Liquidation last March. I wonder what Miss Sharples thinks about it.
Am afraid this letter is all about myself but I thought you would like to know how I am going along. I will leave it to Mother to answer your various letters.
We are expecting Grandad on Tuesday for about a week, he is having a taxi from door to door.
Yesterday Mother & I ordered an apple tree which will be delivered in November.
It is quite a long time since I was in [indecipherable word] but I expect we shall be going over some Saturday before very long. I do hope you will like your new abode when you get home. Anyway we still have the home at Grange Rd. if we want to return to [indecipherable word]
It will be a great comfort for you to know that Mother is very happy in the new surroundings we have very nice neighbours who are very kind people.
I have now become an expert pipe smoker & quite enjoy it.
There are serious things I would like to write about but am afraid they will have to wait until you come home.
Glad to learn you are keeping fit & pleased to like boxing.
with our love from
Mother & Dad.
SGT J D. Hudson
British Interned Airman.
Aumale.
Algerie
Afrique Du. Nord.
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Title
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
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Written by his father saying that mother is better letter writer and he leaves it mostly to her. Mentions sending him a cable on previous day. Writes about his activities including fire watch duties. Talk about his business and that the letter is mostly about himself. Catches up with other family news and his activities. Says that he will be pleased to know that mother is very happy in the new house. There were several things he would like to talk about but would have to wait until he came home.
Creator
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H E Hudson
Date
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1941-09-14
Format
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410914-01
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-09-14
1941-10-10
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
civil defence
home front
prisoner of war