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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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No. 6.
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson.
191. Halifax Road.
Nelson.
Lancashire.
[page break]
[underlined] Letter 6 [/underlined]
[page break]
Letter No. 6.
Friday. 1. pm
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Just a short line to let you know that I and the boys are O.K. I have only just had lunch, I did not get up until nearly mid-day as I had been on ‘duty’ the previous morning, or should I say night & morning.
I sent my parcel of laundry registered a few minutes ago & I was very pleased to receive the ‘cleans’ yesterday with cigarettes. Thank you so very much.
I received a letter card from E.W.F. this lunch time. His present address is:- Section Leader Fatham E. W 313425., Fire Station 19.17 – 15
[page break]
Salisbury Road. Plymouth. He doesn’t say what he is doing there however.
Rooster is keeping fit & I take him with me when I go on duty. The exercise seems to do him good.
I don’t think there is anything else to report just now. I hope the invalids next door will soon recover.
Keep smiling & of good cheer. All my love & best wishes as ever.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Letter number 6. Short note to let them know the he and the boys are OK. Mentions he got up until mid day and had been on duty previous night and morning. Writes that he had sent laundry and mentions receiving a letter passing on an address in Plymouth. Says rooster is fit and he takes him along when on duty.
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J D Hudson
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1944-02-25
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440225
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
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1944-02-25
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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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No. 5.
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson.
191. Halifax Road.
Nelson.
Lancashire.
[page break]
[underlined] Letter No. 5. [/underlined]
Monday. 8.30 am.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
What a time to write a note! The reason is I am just off duty & am going to bed. I wish to tell you I am O.K. as are the boys & unless I write to you right now I shall be too late for the post when I get up later today.
As I have no mail from you to acknowledge I will not make this a long letter because I am very tired at the moment.
[page break]
Expect there will be news from you later today.
Cheerio for now. All my love & best wishes.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Letter number 5. Just off duty and going to bed. Says he got up late but has had no mail from them. Stops as he is very tired.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1944-02-21
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440221-02
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
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1944-02-21
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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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No. 4.
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson.
191. Halifax Road.
Nelson.
Lancashire
[page break]
[postmark]
[page break]
[underlined] Letter No. 4. [/underlined]
Sunday – 6 pm.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
There isn’t much news!!! really since I wrote to you last, so I am just sending a short note to tell you that I am keeping well & that the boys are O.K.
I have only just got up & I find it difficult adjusting myself to the time of day, I keep thinking it is morning, it feels quite strange. As you probably realise I have not been to town for some days so that I have nothing to report in the way of films seen etc. No, life has been hum drum!!!
[page break]
Nevertheless we get along & the boys all like my young Rooster. He’s a grand fellow really & doesn’t appear to mind service life, in fact I often wonder if he realises what it is all about. I am so glad I adopted him.
This is a worse effort than the letters of chatty conservation I used to have to write from Evauline so I think I had better say au-revoir.
I do hope that you are both keeping fit & in good spirits & I send all my love & best wishes as at all times past. – Just over a week for leave.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Letter Number 4. Short note to let them know that he and the boys are OK. Says he has just got up. Mentions he had not been to town for some days. Writes of his adopted rooster. Hopes they are keeping fit.
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J D Hudson
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1944-02-21
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440221-01
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
Temporal Coverage
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1944-02-21
Publisher
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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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No. 3.
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr & Mrs. H. E. Hudson.
191, Halifax Road.
Nelson.
Lancashire.
[page break]
Wednesday 1.30 pm
Letter [underlined] No. 3. [/underlined]
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Thank you for your letter replying to mine of Fri – Sat & Sunday which arrived today, and thank you also for sending my laundry. It has arrived but I have not had time to collect it as yet.
According to John’s letter he is having an easy time & has been visiting clubs & a theatre in Naples, & driving through snow storms. Such is the mixed life out there.
Well I am very busy at the moment & haven’t much news [deleted] at the moment [/deleted], beyond answering you that
[page break]
I and the boys are O.K. Mid Upper excepted. He suffers from a complaint called L.M.F. & will be leaving us in consequence, good job too.
I am glad to hear that you received your coke & that you decided to order the photographs. Lets hope the coloured enlargement will turn out satisfactory.
I must away now so will say cheerio for the present.
As ever I send you all my love & best wishes Keep smiling.
Douglas
Pen is on leave pending return to Con. Unit. He is a F/Sgt & expecting his W/O any day.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Letter Number 3. Thanks them for letter and sending laundry. Mentions letter from friend who is in Naples. Says he is very busy and there is little news except that he is OK. Continues with gossip.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1944-02-16
Format
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440216
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1944-02-16
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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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
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No. 2
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson.
191, Halifax Road.
Nelson.
Lancashire.
[page break]
[underlined] Letter 2 [/underlined]
[underlined] Friday 10 am [/underlined]
My Dear Mother & Dad,
This is my second short note to say I am O.K. & to thank you for your letter & regd parcels etc. which have arrived but which I have not had chance to collect yet.
Will you please excuse a short note as I am very busy. Thank you also for promising to send my bicycle pump which I expect will be here either today, or tomorrow.
Alice sent me an old Woolworth’s fountain pen
[page break]
but I have not been able to get it filled yet. It is supposed to be a temporary measure, & I am hoping sometime to be able to get a better one.
I am eagerly awaiting the 26th & my leave & shall be glad when the day dawns.
I will say au revoir for now, & assure you I am keeping really fit & am thriving on this life.
All my love thoughts & best wishes.
Douglas.
P.S. I will arrange about the photo enlargement when I am on leave.
[page break]
I find I can now add a little to my former scribbled note, as I am not quite as busy now. I was very glad Mother received a good birthday mail, my thoughts were with her all day long. Did my separate birthday letter arrive on the 19th I hope so, because it was posted on the 18th afternoon.
A letter from Alice says she would love to come on Friday [inserted] night [/inserted] (a week today) until Sunday [inserted] afternoon [/inserted] & I am glad this will be O.K. You see I don’t want to spend my leave, or part of it, away from home, I want us all to spend as much time
[page break]
together as possible. I trust Dad’s cold wont mature & that we shall be all on top line next week. These last days drag terribly, I almost wish I could put the days forward
I nearly forgot to tell you I met Uncle Fred’s old friend yesterday, he is getting to look very ill, I don’t think he will last much longer. I spent about ten minutes with him & noticed he was almost a complete invalid.
I don’t think I have any more news at the moment. Must drop a short note to Alice.
All my love again.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Short note to say he is OK and thanks them for letter and parcels. Has temporary pen and hoping to get a better one. Mentions photographic enlargements. Continues letter when less busy. Catches up with family news and mentions upcoming leave when he wants to spend as much time at home as possible. Concludes with more family news and gossip.
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J D Hudson
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1944-01-21
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Four page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440121
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
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1944-01-21
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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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No 1A
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson.
191, Halifax Road.
Nelson.
Lancashire.
[page break]
Monday. 4.30 pm.
My Dear Mother & Dad
Sorry I have to write to you in pencil but I lost my pen yesterday & cannot find a trace of it anywhere.
I was very pleased to receive your Sunday letter today & I also collected the parcel from E.W.7. It contained a pair of kid gloves which I think is a very thoughtful & useful present. He has not been too well & has been under the Doctor.
A letter received from Alice today says that she is going back to school today so I shall not see her during my
[page break]
leave. Will it be O.K. if she could manage to get off for the week-end to come up home when I am [inserted] on [/inserted] leave for say the Friday night & Saturday. The date of my leave is drawing ever nearer & now I am wondering if I shall be able to travel on Tuesday next the 30th. I am not quite sure which is the best way to travel – I think possibly via M/cr.
I hope that Mother is feeling quite fit now. If the bicycle pump will fit into the parcel will you send it. If not I’ll collect it when I am home. You
[page break]
see I cannot blow up my tyre until I get a pump. They are absolutely unobtainable.
This afternoon we have been doing a lot of flying. Our aircraft is a wizard job & a brand new effort which we gave a good baptism the other night. The “rooster” has laid its first egg – unusual thing for Roosters to do I’ll admit, but ours is an [inserted] unusual Rooster [/inserted]
Tonight we are going to town to see Len Stone & band at the Palace. I remember seeing him for the first time in London 9 years ago on my [inserted] first [/inserted] visit.
The evening Mother
[page break]
mentioned the new life just beginning to show in the garden was the time we set off to sow our seeds. I feel a sort of satisfaction already in already having more than contributed with my reprisal for the agony you suffered in 1940 at Kessal when M/cr was catching it.
I am getting a great coat tomorrow – nothing terribly spectacular but better than my old one.
Let’s hope the weather will permit a visit to Pendle next week & in the meantime I shall be thinking of you & send all my love as ever.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writing in pencil as had lost his pen. Acknowledges receipt of letter and arrival of a parcel for which he mentions contents. Catches up with news of family and friends. Mentions upcoming leave and plans. Continues with family gossip. Writes about flying that afternoon. Writes that the 'Rooster' had laid its first egg and that they are going into town that evening. Mentions his new life and that he is getting a new greatcoat. Hope weather will be fine for a visit.
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J D Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Four page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440118
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
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1944-01-18
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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2015-06-16
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[underlined] Letter No. 1 [/underlined]
[underlined] Friday 11.45 pm [/underlined]
My dear Mother and Dad,
Your Sunday letter arrived yesterday, so it must have been delayed somewhere. However, I am very glad learn that Walter is feeling much better. News from Alice today also told me she was feeling better after a bad attack of tonsilitis.
Please excuse this short note written in pencil. It is now well after midnight although I did try & start writing before.
As mail sometimes gets delayed I propose numbering my letters so that we can keep a check . I will begin by calling this No. 1.
The boys are getting settled down here now & are all quite well. Jack Duffett is getting better but will not re-join us now.
Perhaps you will excuse a brief epistle tonight. I’ll write at longer length later. This will prove however that I am OK and in good spirits.
So ‘good morning’ and here is wishing you both all the best. All my love and thoughts
Douglas
[page break]
This is a continuation to the hurried note because I have just received your Friday letter.
Yes I am feeling better in spirits than I was when last I wrote to you. I cannot write much now as the early week-end post goes soon.
I shall not require the extra undies you mention at the moment. Will you please mend my socks?
I wish you could get this letter before Monday, but unfortunately, I cannot do much about it.
It is very civil of E. W. to send a parcel to me & I will look out for it in the registered Cert.
[page break]
Since I wrote to you last we have moved as a crew into a Nissan hut. There are six of us together. The pilot reigns in his annex. We have a stove in the place but we have had no chance to light it last night.
Tonight we are free so propose going to Grimsby. If I can get away early I shall try & change the inner tube I bought for my bike the other day which was the wrong size.
Must say cheerio now. Am looking forward to seeing you on the 26th.
All my love,
Douglas
[page break]
[front of envelope]
[postal stamp] GRIMSBY LINCS 6 PM 15 JAN 1944
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson
191 Halifax Road
Nelson
Lancashire
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Acknowledges receipt of letter and glad mother is feeling better. Proposes numbering his letters, this is number 1. Writes of news of crew and other gossip. Continues letter at later time and says he is in better spirits than the last time he wrote. Discusses domestic matters and mentions that crew, except the pilot have moved into a Nissen hut. Planning to go into Grimsby that evening and to change inner tube on his bike.
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J D Hudson
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1944-01-15
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Four page handwritten letter and envelope
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440115
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lancashire
England--Grimsby
England--Nelson
Temporal Coverage
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1944-01-15
Language
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eng
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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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Telegram from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Announces home at last, hope to see you soon.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1942-11-27
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Printed telegram form
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421127
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Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
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1942-11-27
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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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Telegram from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Announces all well and safe
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J D Hudson
Date
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1942-11-15
Format
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Printed telegram form
Language
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eng
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421122
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
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1942-11-15
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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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CABLE AND WIRELESS
[world map]
[postmark]
[signature]
AM2138 LAGHOUAT 40 23
ELT HUDSON 191 HALIFAX RD NELSON LANCS
= DELIGHTED TO HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CABLE SEVENTEENTH PARCEL THIRTEEN BOOKS LATEST LETTER EIGHTYONE JAFFES LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER TWENTYNINTH ADVISING DESPATCH FIVE HUNDRED CIGARETTES REPLYING BY LETTER KEEPING WELL ALL LOVE THOUGHTS WISHER [sic] = DOUGLAS
[page break]
[details of telegraph stations]
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Telegram from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Acknowledge receipt of cable, parcel of books and letter advising dispatch of cigarettes.
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J D Hudson
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1942-10-25
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Printed telgram form
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421025
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
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1942-10-25
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie. Afrique du Nord.
22-10-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
My last letter written to you on the 20th by ordinary air mail advised the telegram I was despatching on the same day in reply to yours of Oct. 17th acknowledging my cable 13th (actually sent from here on the 5th), & receipt of your letters and a card from me sent in August & two airmail letters in September. I also received a letter from J Mackenzie of Taffés dated Sept. 29th advising me they had despatched 500 Players cigarettes and asking if there were any other requirements I had. I thought this was a very fine gesture and I am sending a reply letter by Airmail today thanking them. I mentioned that you were sending a parcel every three months via the Red Cross but explained the difficulty of obtaining soap here suggesting anything they could do to help in this respect would be appreciated. My last cable also informed you that I had received a selection of 13 Penguin books which were much better than I expected the girl from Smiths was going to send judging by her suggestions. Thank you very much for those. I expect your second Red Cross parcel anytime now. A large batch arrived a week ago & I expected mine was there – but no. It can’t be far away. I told you in my Tuesday’s letter we had just received 90 cases of Canadian Red Cross food. This has since proved to be 120. These cases contain altogether approximately sufficient parcels to enable each man to have two. That means we can anticipate 2 tins of butter, salmon, marmalade, corned beef etc. On the present basis of distribution, ie, one tin per 4 men of say three different items per day, it should last for one month. The Canadian Red Cross parcels are the best we receive & they always contain tea & milk which is very valuable. There has been a big shortage
[page break]
of cigarettes but with the arrival of Red Cross come the local cigarettes & I believe a fifty tin of English cigs. per man. We feel like children, and are just about as helpless it would seem sometimes, we certainly do await all this Red Cross gear as a child awaits Santa Claus’s presents. This business of mail. Officially I am restricted to two letters per week, and it would work out at one air mail letter every half year. I find sometimes, as you may have noticed, I can improve on this. It rather depends upon the general desire of other people to write home. Oftentimes they do not appear keen and so the more enthusiastic reap a little benefit I sent a second letter by Regd Air Mail on the 15th and received a receipt from Laghouat P. O. on the 17th which means it is “en route”. I must mention this is a very special privilege of which I take every possible advantage, but which I fear is very much rationed. The two ordinary air mail letters sent in September appear to have made a fairly quick journey. Your latest letter received is No. 81. dated Sept. 17th. To-day letters arrived dated Oct. 5th so there must be five or six of yours held up somewhere. My request for a “little girl” correspondent is one common with many people here who have asked for similar “little girls” to write & send photos. In fact it may almost be described as a mild form of competition, so I hope you can find somebody likeable to put one in the running. Tony, Leslie & myself are already chasing clues in South Wales but as yet we have not had any luck. This was brought about by the Accountant receiving a letter from home saying there were “butterflies” there who would be “pleased” to write to any lonely? soul (s) in Laghouat. Lonely is a misnomer. I have never had a minutes loneliness since I arrived in N. Africa except perhaps in spirit, but I don’t suppose I am ever really lonely in spirit as long as we can write to each other, and in between times of writing – well not even then. So until the great day all my love, thoughts and best wishes as ever to you both.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail some of which was from other acquaintances asking if hew needed anything. Writes about contents of his last telegram mentioning arrival of books. Expecting their next parcel shortly. Mentions arrival of 120 Canadian Red Cross food parcels and explains distribution, contents and how much they are valued. Comments on only being allowed two letters a week and discusses problems and methods of sending mail. Talks of asking for pen friend and concludes with gossip.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1942-10-22
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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ita
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421022
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-10-22
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
Red Cross
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
℅ Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie. Afrique du Nord.
15-10-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
As my first [inserted] experiment [/inserted] letter [inserted] 15-9-42 [/inserted] was such a success where sent by Regd airmail I am repeating the experiment in the hope that I shall be fortunate with this one. It was a great joy to me to learn that you had received my first one on Oct 2nd. You will be very pleased to learn that I received thirteen Penguin Books two days ago and they are quite a good selection, much better than I anticipated judging from your earlier remarks saying that the girl at Smiths suggested a collection of Wild West stories & Thrillers. I am very sorry for the scathing remarks I passed about this suggestion in my reply letter & I trust you will accept my apologies & also my appreciation for the parcel. The collection included “A life of Shakespeare” by Hesketh Pearson which I have begun reading, “The Centuries Poetry” “While Rome Burns” by Alex Woollcott “The Chinese” by Winifred Galbraith, other short stories & a few typical thrillers. I don’t know on what date this parcel was despatched but I presume it took about 8 weeks. In my Tuesday’s letter sent by the usual route I also mentioned receipt of the books & went on to say I believed your second Red Cross parcel was waiting for me in the French Bureau. After a 48 hours wait this proved to be incorrect & the batch that had arrived appear to be June despatches. I felt very disappointed all the same. As I hope this letter will reach you in about two weeks a few comments on requirements would not come amiss. As far as I can tell at the moment soap, socks, toothbrushes, & footwear are likely to be the most urgently required future articles. Strength of footwear is more important than fineness of quality. It doesn’t matter one bit what a shoe looks like out here as long as it is a utility object. Just now I am well off for towels, & when your
[page break]
July 27th parcel reaches me I should be well placed for underclothes. I still have my uniform although it is somewhat faded. To-day is the coldest we have had since last winter. It is cloudy & wet after a long spell of cloudless fine weather, & it comes as rather a “shaker” I am enclosing a small group photo of a few of our fellows taken in the summer. It is very difficult getting the films nowadays & printing paper seems to be unobtainable so what will happen to the negatives waiting at the photographers I know not. Your latest letter dated Sept. 17th, No 81. arrived this morning. The previous one was No. 78. Not 79 & 80 are not yet here. It took me a long time to understand a remark in your letter 81 about my comment on the uniformity of cutting the lawn. You say “now what exactly does that mean = that uniformity ends with snowing?” If what I assume you mean is correct, you appear to have entirely mis-interpreted my remark for what I intended to convey seems jokingly as praise for the result of your labours. I remember how proud you used to be of the lawns in the olden days after a good snow. So if I did convey something else I hope you will understand it was purely accidental phrasing & certainly not intentional. Talking about misunderstandings - tempers are very frayed in our inner circle here at the moment. There appears to be a lot of selfishness and it requires super self control to prevent the safety valve blowing. I fear there have been a few hisses of steam as it is, already. Probably this is due to the shortage of cigarettes. I have been collecting my own cig . ends & re-rolling the tobacco. This way 20 cigarettes are worth 25. We had excellent Red Cross throughout June - July - August (first few days of June excepted - sorry) but since then it has come in very insignificant dribs & drabs& is consequently of negligible value. I expect it will improve in the future. It has proved to be a stoic organisation in the past so I am quite optimistic for the days to come. The page is ended so I will say good-bye with my usual best wishes to you both & all my love and thoughts as ever.
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that after successful experiment with registered airmail he is sending this the same way. Announces he has received thirteen Penguin books which he much appreciated. Discusses Red Cross parcels from them which while expected had still not turned up. Reiterates urgent requirement for soap, socks, toothbrushes, and footwear. When next parcel arrived he should be well placed for underwear. Mentions weather and that he is enclosing a photograph. Catches up with latest mail received and discusses some points raised. Mentions tempers getting frayed in camp possibly due to shortage of cigarettes. Writes of good supply Red Cross parcels in June/July/August but since then they have come in dribs and drabs.
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J D Hudson
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1942-10-15
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421015
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-10-15
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
prisoner of war
Red Cross
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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POST OFFICE TELEGRAM
NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY
14
October 13th/42
Hudson
191 Halifax Rd
[page break]
THIS ENVELOPE AND ITS CONTENTS SHOULD ACCOMPANY ANY ENQUIRY REGARDING THE TELEGRAM
No. 198.
[page break]
[post office crest]
[postmark]
10.26 m 14
From [signature] 14 C W CM AM 337 LAHGOUAT 40 10
ELT = HUDSON 191 HALIFAX RD NELSONLANCS
= DELIGHTED [deleted] [indecipherable letter] [/deleted] [inserted] CABLE [/inserted] THIRD ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT MY REGISTERED LETTER YOUR LATEST LETTER SEVENTY SIX PLEASED MY JUNE LETTERS MESSAGES RECEIVED AND GLAD YOU UNDERSTAND KEEPING WELL ALL LOVE THOUGHT BEST WISHES AS EVER = DOUGLAS HUDSON [two symbols] 194 HUDSON
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Telegram from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Sends delight at their receipt of cable and registered letter. Understands they are keeping well.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1942-10-13
Format
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Printer telegram form
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421013-02
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-10-13
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord
Oct 13th 1942.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
The latest letter I received from you was No. 78 which came on the 10th. To-day, I was very delighted to receive a selection of books from Penguins. They sent thirteen altogether, short stories, novels and biographies – one a [deleted] auto [/deleted] biography of Shakespeare – and a book of poems of the last century. A much better selection than I anticipated judging by your comments in an earlier letter advising me that Smiths were sending [symbol] Wild West stories & Thrillers. I very much appreciate these & I do hope you will forgive my remarks in an earlier letter when I ran down the girl who suggested such a collection [symbol] They have turned out very satisfactory but poor old Jimmy received a ridiculous lot by the same mail such as “Kinsman’s Creek” & “Frontier Justice” he is very disappointed. However, I hope to give you a list of all my books in my next letter, which I am trying to send by Regd. Airmail. Let us hope it will be as successful on its journey as was the last. As far as I can tell at the moment, your second Red Cross clothes parcel has arrived and is at the French Bureau. Probably by the time I have finished this letter it will be delivered to me. Many are already in their owners hands. Quite a big batch came down. I am very sorry to still learn that no news has as yet been received about Ted Hole. I am just as anxious as you are to hear that he is all right. I do trust that soon Mr. & Mrs. Hole may have reassuring information. [underlined] We [/underlined] understand only too well how they feel. It is better news that tells me Uncle Jim is getting benefit from his
[page break]
less strenuous days of retirement. I hope he will continue to remain in an improved state of health. As you remark he will be able to help Auntie M. when Uncle K. is difficult. What a problem! But we all have problems these days & it is our task to solve them although so often the tasks appear to be insurmountable. I have been thinking quite a lot recently about home & I have wished so very very [sic] often that Dad could enjoy the facilities that Uncle Jim is now privileged to take advantage of. It will come one day. No. I do not know why your letter of June 12th should not meet with the censor’s approval. I feel, as you remark, that you would not write anything that may be of value to Jerry in his desperate situation. But there you are. Our concert party has just given a concert. Very similar to the last one under the same title “Bow Bells” & with practically the same cast. Only this time it had to be run for four nights to cater for the enlarged Audience. Our small room turned out in its force of five & had a good time especially behind the “stage” when the show was over. I later turned my bedding outside and slept under the stars. Yes we had a good time & you weren’t catching me risking a night afterward on the top of our two-decker wooden bed. Quite a number of chaps have been known to fall out & it is a good drop of five feet to the ground. Summer is wearing itself out & the weather is consequently a lot more pleasant. Still very very [sic] hot as compared with English summers but bearable after the intense heat of June/July/Aug & early September here. More conducive to sunbathing but still really too hot to attempt lying outside, all right to walk about. I must say “au-revoir” now, until next letter which I hope will make another speedy journey. All my love & thoughts to you both, always. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Notes arrival of latest letter and arrival of a selection of books with which he is very pleased. Comments on books and says he will send list in next letter which he will dispatch by registered airmail. Writes of acquaintance who is still missing with no news. Catches up with news and discusses content of letters. Mentions recent concert had to run for four nights to cater for numbers. Mentions having a good time and sleeping outside as well as getting on with roommates whereas some others in camp have fallen out.
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J D Hudson
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1942-10-13
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eng
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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North Africa
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1942-10-13
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
8-10-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
On October 5th I was very pleased to receive your telegram of Oct. 3rd, details as follows:- “Delighted registered letter October 2nd saw John Crumpsall yesterday happy all love.” To which I sent the following reply:- “Delighted cable third acknowledging receipt my registered letter your latest letter seventysix pleased by June letters messages received and glad you understand keeping well all love thoughts best wishes as ever Douglas Hudson” Today, I was very glad to receive your letter No. 77 which, with the old exception of old No. 11, completes the sequence. I was very pleased to realise that my registered letter reached you so quickly and I hope to repeat this experiment at some early future date. Before doing this I intend waiting until I receive further news from you & I have something more to write about. At the moment I have very little to tell you. As my cable says I am gratified to understand that my letter of June have been received and that my messages are understood by you. Life continues here in its usual monotinous [sic] way, the weather is cooler which is a great deal more comfortable because the summer months were very hot & sticky. Your most recent letter tells about the parcels you have despatched and hope to despatch. As I have mentioned so often I do appreciate all that you are doing in this respect & I thank you ever so much. At the moment, as far as I can tell, my most urgent future requirements are likely to be the same as in the past, ie, soap, socks & footwear. I have three towels now which are new, & when your next parcel arrives containing underwear I shall be well off. Soap of course is in continual use & absolutely
[page break]
impossible to buy here. We have to do our own laundrying!! nowadays, so when winter arrives and I start wearing clothes again, the demand on soap is likely to be great. I quite understand that you can only send parcels every quarter; this will be quite often enough in future because I do not anticipate requirements much greater than I have already enumerated. It is not my intention of amassing treasures in this part of the world. You do appear to have had poor weather this summer, judging by your news the rainfall has been particularly heavy. Here are we, in this sundrenched spot – yes Laghouat probably has as much sunshine as any place in the world – dying for the sight of a good thick “pea-souper”. The weather now is cloudless, and has been for some time, with a temperature much higher than the hottest summer day at home. In fact it has been perpetual summer since March. I am entirely without cigarettes – not a single one anywhere. The camp, with very few exceptions, has been short for some time. Cigarettes are not transferable – believe you me you simply must hang on to what you have. Yes we get mighty “brassed off” one with the other many times. It is not easy living perfectly at peace under these conditions. It would shake some of the Calverley folks to the very roots & I’ll see it does one day. The value of cigarettes is many many [sic] times greater here than I ever dreamed possible at home. So is the value of many other things. What is going to be the result of this experience? I can do no more than state simple things in these letters – it makes me feel like a child, [missing word] at a grown-ups party. What is left unsaid will keep for telling at a later date, I know, but it is an impatient wait. Glad to learn from your last cable you had seen John. I translate the happiness as referring to John in his new environment. Time flies – it is exactly a year today since I came out of my “super close confinement” at Aumale. Getting looked after so well & thoroughly is beginning to be quite a “forte” with me. The can’t keep a bad lad down – but they sure do try. Do I remember Mr. Dewar’s remarks before the war? Yes, and many others too & take it from me John & I weren’t wrong by any means. All my love, thoughts & best wishes as ever. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with latest mail and telegrams and is pleased that experiment with registered mail was successful with quick arrival of letter with them, Writes about the weather being cooler. Notes they had informed him of parcels they have sent and are planning to send, for which he is very grateful. Reminds them that soap, socks and footwear are most needed. Mentions they have to do their own laundry and come winter when they wear more clothes and there will be great demand for soap; however, the allowed limit of one parcel a quarter should be sufficient. Compares his weather to that at home. Talks of having no cigarettes and philosophises over his situation in general.
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J D Hudson
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1942-10-08
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421008
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Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
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1942-10-08
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
5-10-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very pleased to receive your letter No. 76 on Oct. 1st. & glad to learn that the cable I sent for Dad’s birthday arrived in good time, ie, on Sept. 1st. I was particularly glad to learn that my letters written in June & July are arriving and that in consequence you understood my messages. As you say there is very little comment that can be made. It is very gratifying to know that you received 66 letters from Laghouat, the first written Oct 22nd/41 & last one dated July 17th/42. Your most recent cable tells that since my letter of July 27th & p.c. July 31st ref. postman have reached you. I am glad you now understand the reason for the gap in my June letters. It can be presumed, I feel sure, that the gap between my late Aumale letters and the first from Laghouat, was due to very similar reasons. This also happened in Kef. if you remember about Christmas time. We have founded a small club amongst ourselves and last night was the occasion of our second celebration. It was quite a pleasant evening but had to break up at lights out, 10 pm. A very selected few of us continued silently underneath the stars until 1. am. Another of those occasions when internment worries took temporary flight. All these little happenings we shall look back upon at some future date, and say “I remember way back in Laghouat - - thank god for freedom now.” Such is the value of liberty. The joke about the underpants! Can you imagine me in a very small pair of underpants, soiled & torn, the underpants I mean, being interviewed by a General, in the confines of my (at that time) super fortified abode? The situation struck me as being funny to a degree, hence the remarks about sense of humour.
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No, my friend at that time was an Australian. You will hear a lot more about it one of these days. I was working it out a few nights ago & I estimate it will take a whole evening to outline my account when we meet again. Notice I say outline. Much water has flowed, much has been attempted, very little has been gained except bags of experience & the [inserted] understanding of the [/inserted] questionable value of patience. But I don’t want to make this one of those kind of letters. I was vaccinated eight days ago & recently my stab has been a pretty hefty wound. It certainly did take all right this time. Since arriving in A-du-N. I have had five inoculations & a vaccination. I wonder if you think I talk too much about myself in these letters & do not ask enough questions about those at home. You can rest assured I note everything you say in all your letters & my thoughts are with you always. In my own mind I can picture very vividly all your goings on, so I do hope you will not think I have the tendency to be self centred. The lifebuoy soap is proving to be very useful. It is nearly two months since the parcel arrived & so I am beginning to anticipate the arrival of the second. Thank you again so very much for your efforts in this respect, they really are appreciated. I am continuing this letter on Monday morning & I am delighted to have just received your cable of Oct. 3rd reading:- “Delighted registered letter October 2nd saw John Crumpsall yesterday happy all love”. This is splendid news. My letter written on Sept. 15th posted on the 16th therefore arrived in 16 days, the fastest journey yet. I believe this was an extra long letter as well & it is good news to think it was not delayed. I am not replying to your cable until tomorrow as it is a mail-day & I may be able to let you know if any more letters arrive. When your cable arrived this morning, there was a note inside saying “No doubt about our Post service!! Signed postman. He does appear to have put me onto something good. I hope I shall be able to use this system again. And now good-bye until next mail day. My thoughts are ever with you both as I so often assure you. All my love & best wishes. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail and cables sent and received as well as being pleased that his letters had reached them in numbers. Discusses reason for two gaps in his letters in during moves between camps. Mentions forming and exclusive club and a celebration evening. Writes that freedom will be much valued after their experiences and tells story of being interviewed by a general while wearing underpants only. Mentions vaccinations and inoculations. Writes that he reads all their letters and they are in his thoughts all the time. Comments on cable just received and delighted that one of his letters only took sixteen days to arrive with them, Discusses reply cable.
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J D Hudson
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1942-10-05
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE421005
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-10-05
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
24-09-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very delighted to receive your letter No. 75 this morning in which you gave me the list of letters, apparently in perfect sequence, received on Aug. 31st. It is very encouraging to learn that letters are reaching you far more satisfactorily and I do hope it will continue to be like this. I am particularly glad that you understand the reason for the gap in my letters in early June. You will appreciate that I am not lying back complacently. You mention in the letter received today that you despatched a pair of shoes size 7 exactly like those I used to wear. These should fit satisfactorily. May I suggest that in future if you send another pair of shoes to try and find some heftier ones. Quality does not matter very much out here, it is durability which counts. However, I shall be very pleased when the first pair come to land because my footwear is exhausted. Socks are other requirements. At the moment I class these with soap as being the most needy. You ask me to write to Cllr. Allen at [indecipherable word]. I find this to be a little difficult at the present because as explained in my last two letters we are now restricted to two letters per week and these I send home to you. As such a long time has elapsed since I last communicated with them I shall find it difficult breaking the ice when the opportunity arises. You will notice that this letter is going “F.M.” and not Air Mail. We are now restricted to this means of writing for some stupid reason, but I hardly think it will make much difference because I imagine the mail goes via the Consul anyway. This probably accounts for the recent improvement in deliveries. I sent a letter to you on September 15th by Reg.d Airmail. I asked you to cable me if it made a
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particularly quick journey then I would try the experiment again. I received the receipt from Laghouat P.O. dated 18th September, so I presume the letter is on its way. The cost for sending was 11 francs for Air Mail plus 15 francs registering. I am still struggling with this fountain pen. It is a wretched proposition and I find it difficult trying to write with it at all. I wonder if you could send me some French Papers of previous Higher School Certificate Exams. Not Matric or School Learning but Higher Schools. I think these maybe obtained from W.H. Smith or M/cr. University. If it is difficult don’t bother, or if you think they would take months. The [inserted] New [/inserted] Bodleian Library, Oxford have sent [deleted] sent [/deleted] books out to us quickly. I suggest if you could get hold of these papers you include one in each letter by Air Mail, they are very thin. I feel these might be useful and give me an idea of my standard of French I could work them out and get them corrected here. The weather has been considerably cooler of late & I find it a pleasant change indeed after the heat of the summer months. I am sorry to keep reading from your letters of the bad weather you are having at home. Ours at the present time is ideal. It is about bearable at any time of the day out of doors, never too hot and just right in the early morning & during the night. The spring and the autumn out here are very pleasant. Continual blue sky now the short rainy spell is over. Last night we had the finest sunset I have seen for many a month. A terrific sky of red, brilliant then gradually diminishing as the sun went down, leaving a pale bluish hue darkening as night fell and the stars came out. Thousands of stars are visible here nearly every night, yesterday was no exception. I have started reading up my Meteorology again. I was fortunate in bringing my Nav. book with me, so I can brush up a few points now & then. It generally depresses me when I do this – brings back too many memories. Cheerio now until next Tuesday’s letter. Keep smiling & of good cheer. My thoughts are always with. As ever all my love & best wishes. Douglas.
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Catches up on latest mail received and is glad they are receiving his mail. Pleased that they understood the gap in his letters in June. They mention they have dispatched shoes size 7 which he says should fit. Wishes that they send another pair in future parcel as well as soap and socks. Writes of mail problems. Asks if they could send him some French exam papers. Comments on his weather and bad weather at home.
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J D Hudson
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1942-09-24
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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North Africa
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1942-09-24
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
17-9-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you last two days ago and sent the letter by Air Mail registered, in the hope it would make a speedier journey. A similar letter sent some time ago by a person here reached England in three weeks. I sent a cable on the same date in reply to yours of September 12th and in my message I advised you of my experiment. If this particular letter should arrive especially quickly perhaps you would cable me and I could do the same again. I have very little to talk to you about today; my last letter was a four pager and as only two days have since elapsed without any further news from you, you will readily understand my shortage of material. I mentioned some time ago that Tony’s girl who lived near our last station – I used to be pally with her friend when we were in England – died very suddenly in July. Since then her sister has written frequently and her last letter received told of the grand view from their house and the magnificent sight of the cornfields. She mentioned gathering from their garden, which I understand is uncommonly large, 1 1/2 tons of blackcurrants this summer & 1 ton of [indecipherable word]. Such references make us realise what we have left behind. I still have with me my watch which was a Christmas present from you both in 1934. I got an unpleasant shock yesterday afternoon when I dropped it on the stone floor. Very very [sic] fortunately no damage resulted, which is [underlined] fortunate [/underlined] when you understand there are no carpets for watches to fall on. I still have my cigarette lighter but can only obtain a very inferior quality of petrol
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on extremely rare occasions. For wick I am using a strand of Jimmy’s pyjama cord. Yes Jimmy still has a pair of pyjamas. We overcome the difficulty of light shortage by a little device of our own called “George”. George consists of an old bootlace made to float ingeniously on very [indecipherable word] olive oil contained in an old cigarette tin. This bootlace burns quite well and lastingly, so “George” has become one of the family. Our latest arrival, an officer, comes from Stretford, and left Hulme G. S. in 1937. Makes you think! He was a rugger fan in his day and seems to know a number of M.G.S. people. So far, I am the only Old Manc. in Laghouat, although the north (uncivilised) is getting well represented. I told you in my last letter Les. Martin (Pilot) who is now in my room, comes from Stockport, and a friend of his here, from Altrincham. Before long the north will have become civilised. Pause to get light from “George”. I forgot to tell you earlier on that we have abandoned the old [indecipherable word] bed for a new idea based on the old four poster style. It is a double tier wooden contraption designed to save floor space. I sleep on the upper deck from which exalted position I command an excellent view of the room. Evening sobriety is essential, otherwise it would be impossible to climb up to bed and even if that was accomplished it would be deadly to roll off during the night. I get Leslie very dismayed each morning when I have my habitual search for – Keatings say they can kill them - . I always lift up the mattress and get an old penknife busy in the nicks and small crevices. [underlined] They [/underlined] certainly do like these wooden beds. On account of these “four posters” we have named our present quarters the “Tudor Suite”. It is a dickens of a job climbing down from these beds at night. I wish I could cure myself of the
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practice. We started P.T. about a week ago. It is an early morning procedure which takes place at 7-15 am. after the French have completed their Roll Call. Morning tea follows this – as long as the Red Cross supply lasts – and afterwards we settle down to our interesting daily routine. At mid-day the monotony is broken when we stop whatever we are doing for lunch. This is invariably soup with a little meat for luck. The day then wears on until 3 pm. when tea is available again, provided the Red Cross supply is not exhausted. Roll Call again at 5, and dinner which is invariably vegetable soup with macaroni or split peas at 6 pm. Supper at 9 pm. [deleted] invar [/deleted] variable, depending upon Red Cross, at [inserted] the [/inserted] moment the cupboard is like Old Mother Hubbard’s. In spite of all this the sun shines unperturbably, we continue to get fat, and remain sunburned. Roll on the Roast Beef and the good old English climate in spite of all this. I have just had a disaster with my old fountain pen nib which has now given up the ghost completely. I do not know whether I shall be able to finish my letter to you with the one I have just obtained or not, but I will try. If you think it would be possible to send a fountain pen out to me by Regd. Airmail it would be a most useful article. I notice your previous remarks regarding this procedure but I still wonder if it would not possibly be worth while. I will leave it with you to decide, however. I told you in my last letter that the weather had come in considerably cooler. This I find very pleasant after the heat of the four real summer months May – June – July – August. It still gets very hot after mid-day but the nights are very much colder & the general tendency is to sleep indoors. Most people
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slept outside until a week or so ago. I was glad to hear in your last letter No. 70 that John had attained his desired position. I often wonder what and where his next really big move will be. We still play Bridge quite frequently but of late there has been quite a big switch to “Uckers” the service name for Ludo. Although in a very different place we have managed to derive some exciting moments playing this new game. In a position like our own the whole idea of amusements is very different from the olden days when there was so much at our disposal. You have to bear in mind that all the people here see no change of scenery day in, day out, they have no fresh environment, no pictures, shows, or entertainments of any description. All amusements – they, I mean we, have to make for ourselves. We do little [deleted] ourselves [/deleted] beyond playing the games I have already mentioned, & talking amongst ourselves. I do a little private French study & we in this room do a little official routine work for the camp. Beyond that, and an opportunity to read a now very limited supply of books, what else can we do? I have tried other things in the past and finished up unsuccessfully but still we carry on and I for one am keeping fit and well. There is just one real thing I am living for and that is the great day when we shall be all happily reunited. Life is rather like a bad dream at the moment & I feel like the dreamer in a subconscious state realising that there is a waking hour when the dream will vanish. There is that waking hour. Perhaps distant, but never too far distant. Until it does arrive let us continue with stout hearts & keep smiling. Perhaps the smile is a little wane at times. So is the winter sun, but summer is not far behind. Until then, all my love, thoughts & best wishes as ever. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes about letters he sent as experiment by registered airmail and cables he has sent. Mentions old news and recent letter from sister of a friend as well as reminiscing. Talks of his watch and cigarette lighter. Writes of daily routine. Asks if they could send him a fountain pen. Mention weather cooling down, Continues with gossip and mentions fellow internees and new sleeping arrangements. Catches up with news and mentions playing bridge and Uckers (Naval Ludo). Comments on activities and that life is a bad dream at the moment.
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J D Hudson
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1942-09-17
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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North Africa
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1942-09-17
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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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[underlined] COMMANDÉE [/underlined]
[PAR AVION stamp]
LAGHOUAT R 842
[three postage stamps]
[four postmarks]
ALGER-MARSEILLES.
ET [underlined] LISBONNE – LONDRES [/underlined]
Sept 15th/42
MR. & MRS. H.E. HUDSON.
191 HALIFAX ROAD.
NELSON.
LANCASHIRE.
ANGLETERRE.
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DE:- SGT. H. D. HUDSON 755052
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN.
CAMP DES INTERNÉS BRITTANIQUES
LAGHOUAT.
ALGÉRIE.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
2
[postmark]
[inserted] Remember Roberts M. C. shared locked. [/inserted]
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
15-9-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
As I am writing this letter I have before me your telegram dated September 12th received yesterday, and your letter No. 71 which arrived this morning. Your telegram brought the good news about the continuance of the arrival of my mail and reads as follows:- “Delighted cable received eighth twelve letters June 5th to July 17th Dad’s holiday weekend staying home all love” I sent the following reply this morning:- “Delighted prepaid cable twelfth received yesterday fourteenth your letters arrive in perfect sequence latest seventyone am experimenting writing letter today registered airmail well all love thoughts wishes Douglas Hudson.” As I [deleted] as [/deleted] say in my cable this letter is somewhat an experiment. I am sending it by registered mail because I have heard a similar letter sent from here some time ago arrived in three weeks. I hope my present letter will have the same success. I should think that from the philatelic point of view the envelope should be interesting at some future date. It will bear the usual marks of censorship, plus in all probability about 20 francs in stamps, together with the general registered stampings etc. If this letter should make a speedy journey perhaps you would cable me upon its arrival so that I may repeat the experiment. It appears from the trend of your recent cables and letters that there has been a considerably marked
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improvement in the general arrival of my letters since spring of this year, and that the cable situation has also improved during the past few weeks. This is very encouraging news and I have more heart in writing to you these days knowing of the better chances of my mail reaching you. My present letter is slightly longer than my average ones, as was my letter written to you exactly one week ago. I don’t think there is any particular restriction to the length provided the limits of reason are not passed. I mentioned in my last two letters that a restriction had been brought into force by the French, limiting the number of letters written per man per week to two. This was purely on account of the increase in personnel here, and to combat the difficulties of enormous quantities of mail accumulating, doubtless for local censoring. As there are many people here who are not particularly keen on writing frequently, and as many many [sic] others have not the note paper on which to write, I think that in personal cases this restriction will not necessarily apply. I shall always continue to write to you twice weekly whatever happens. I realise only too well the joy you experience when my mail reaches you and I am sure the joy of writing is as great. The arrival of your letters to me is wonderful as you must understand from my past cables. I am eagerly looking forward to the arrival of your future Red Cross parcels, and I repeat how much I appreciate your endeavours in preparing [deleted] of [/deleted] these useful things. They are appreciated out here where it is an impossibility to obtain such things. In an earlier letter you asked me why I put “Douglas Hudson” on my cables. Your surmise was correct, and the postal
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authorities insisted on the inclusion of christian names in case reference had to be made to the readers. I shall break off writing now and take advantage of the hour to get under the tap and have a cold swill deux. It is not anything like as hot now the worst part of summer is well behind and the weather is getting quite pleasant. Yesterday evening it began to rain and continued steadily for about seven hours. Altogether I imagine as much rain fell in that short time as we have had altogether since our arrival in Laghouat eleven months ago. This morning the ground looked like the beach when the tide has gone out. I believe I mentioned this to you once before when writing after a rainy night in January. When we arrived here I was given to understand that Laghouat never did have any rain so this came as rather a surprise. In your letter No. 71 which came to-day you mention mine of June 2nd which you refer to as somewhat “sad-making”. Spirits at zero evidently. I cannot remember this letter in particular, but I suppose at the time I was feeling temporarily “browned off” which is quite a natural proceeding here. As you go on to say, and which is perfectly true, I can keep on hoping for freedom and happiness again. This is a great consolation and one which helps to keep the fires burning. I am glad for John’s sake to hear of his success at last which brings in its train added comfort. I often wonder what his next move will be. I have a man here – John’s namesake – and strangely enough he served in the same capacity. You mention the flies. We have a lot here but not as many as at Kef. They were very deadly there and swarmed in clouds everywhere. Here we have netting on the windows which keeps them out. They do come in via
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the door but these can be effectively blitzed by means of waging a towel wafting war. Once expelled they are fairly slow in returning. It is however, quite a common practice still, to blitz several hundreds out of the door in the early morning. They come in during the morning because until about 9. a.m. we keep every available aperture open. I once wrote an article, very short, about the flies in French, as an exercise. I hope one day to be able to show it to you. I drew wonderful comparisons of flies coming in waves doing dive bombing attacks. Wizard! By the way we have a Stockport chap with us in our room now. He is a pilot but did his training at the same place as I only about two years later. Some of the old haunts are still as when we left, entirely untouched. Well time flies at an amazing rate. It is really surprising when I think back and realise that over two years have passed since we first disturbed African soil and sundry Arabs tilling their neighbouring land. I shall never forget the way they crowded round us. I felt like someone landed from Mars except considerably more cheesed. Talking of cheesed brings me to food. We do not do the individual cooking we used to for several reasons. Firstly we have our own Galley now and consequently eat far more of our rations than when we ate the Arabs own preparations. The food is the same only cooked differently. Needless to say it is all soup. The Red Cross supplies of late have been of the [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] cooked meat variety and jam and cheese etc. All we have prepared ourselves has been an occasional “Duff” made from old bread soaked in water and squeezed fairly dry, added to which have been raisins, prunes, milk etc. This concoction we have had baked by our own Galley people. On this note I must leave you until next letter. With all my love, thoughts and best wishes as ever. Keep of good cheer. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up on latest telegram and letter he had received and discusses his reply cable. Says he is trying out registered air mail to send letter as this may take only three weeks. New limit of two letters a week was due to increased number of personnel in camp. Says he is eagerly awaiting arrival of future parcels via the Red Cross. Mentions latest weather including recent rain. Discusses content of letters and mentions problems of flies and how dealt with. Tells of writing article in French about flies. Writes about pilot fellow internee and reminisces about their arrival in North Africa. Concludes with gossip about food.
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J D Hudson
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1942-09-15
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Four page handwritten letter and envelope.
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420915
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
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1942-09-15
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IBCC Digital Archive
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James Douglas 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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
10-9-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you last on Tuesday, that is two days ago, and I then explained that as a result of a new order issued by the French, we are now restricted to writing two letters per week per man; whether this will be a permanent restriction, or not, I cannot say at the moment. Our people are doing what they can to alter it. It will not really affect my mail to you, but will mean I am unable to write to other people as well. My last letter acknowledged receipt of your letters 68, 69 & 70 and three from Dorothy & one from Mrs. Clayton. I am glad to receive all your news and especially pleased to note that you are already beginning to think about the preparation of the third Red Cross parcel. The first one, as you know, arrived intact on Aug. 12th together with other small items added presumably by the Red Cross themselves. I was delighted to know that the Red X. had notified you that the second parcel sent off end July was also on its way. The most essential future requirements as far as I can tell at present, are footwear (durability before daintiness) and soap. These are unobtainable here, although probably boots may be forthcoming from another source for winter. This is not reliable, however. The weather has changed considerably during the last week, and I imagine it is very similar from the temperature point of view to that experienced when we first arrived in Tunis over two years ago. At that time we thought it unbearably hot;
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after two years out here, we consider it pleasantly refreshing after the heat of the past three months. It now takes a heavy shirt about 40 minutes to dry when washed at mid-day instead of about 15 minutes. We have started a Ludo (service name “Uckers”) craze. This was introduced by the “Jaunty” – Naval Master at Arms – upon his recent arrival here. It sounds a childish pastime, but we have some quite exciting moments & it provides a pleasant refresher from the old inevitable “Bridge” How we have enjoyed the hours passed playing this latter game! My studies of commercial French have been interrupted for about two weeks but I have managed to start up again. I can write it passably but I cannot understand the French Radio & cannot get any practice speaking. Nevertheless the old Matric paper would prove to be a “choice vessel” now. I also started up on the P.T. three mornings ago with the advent of the fresher weather. It is possible to spend nearly all day out of doors again now the sun has lost its deadliness. The Red Cross food supply is practically exhausted and the rations of this organisation are negligible at the moment. We believe other supplies are on the way. Thank goodness our tea stock is still holding out. Our English naval cooks do all the French food for us now. It is better this way, but our diet is very soupy. I still recall the days when the juice used to run out of the beef when Dad’s carving knife was busy slicing. Remember the times I used to refuse the milk pudding? Your Problem child of the past will be your model offspring in the future, a product of a very unique overseas school. What a day! When it comes to pass you will have all the roses & gladioli you desire. I hope it will be possible to buy champagne, Terry’s Spartan & Players No. 3. We shall need things for our banquet. With all my love & thoughts as ever. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reiterates new rule about being restricted to two letters a week. Reports arrival of recent mail. Glad to get news and that they are preparing third Red Cross parcel. His most essential requirement is footwear and soap. Comments on weather and that it was getting cooler. Mentions a navy form of Ludo being played as a change from bridge. Mentions his studies in commercial French and that they have started PT again. Red Cross supplies are exhausted and they hope further are on the way. Still have tea available and mentions navy cooks do all the cooking. Concludes with gossip.
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J D Hudson
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1942-09-10
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-09-10
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Red Cross
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
8-9-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
To-day is Tuesday and I wrote to you last on Thursday. A new law imposed by the French has just come into force restricting our letter writing to two letters per week, and these are the mail days. Whether this will be only a temporary measure I do not know. Our people are doing what they can to get it altered. As in the past all my letters with few exceptions have been for you it will make practically no difference. I was wondering if you would care for me to type letters to you. I could get more words on a page by this means, but I doubt if you would prefer typed letters. I would rather receive written letters from those dear to me and until I hear from you I shall continue to write. If you would prefer slightly longer letters well – I will type them. On Dad’s birthday I was pleased to receive your letter No. 70 & two from Dorothy. Today I received two more from you Nos. 68 & 69. Therefore, I have the complete sequence of 07 except for No. 11. This is very pleasing as is also the news that my mail is arriving more steadily. Complaints were made at this end about our letters taking so long to reach you when your letters arrived in 3 to 4 weeks. As a result we have been granted permission by the authorities in Alger to write Air Mail for 3 francs. The envelopes are to be marked via Algers – Marseilles & Lisbon – London. I hope this will speed up delivery. Excuse the blots, this pen is atrocious & practically dropping to pieces. You write in your letter No. 70 reviving the
[page break]
memories of August 1939. Yes they are still very vivid to me as well. My roses bloom just as yours do & I think it is their fragrance which helps us to build up a faith in the future, that we shall be able to call the [indecipherable word] material[?] roses together again. That time will arrive once more to be appreciated more than ever by us all. All your letters tell of rain and cold, directly in contrast to the weather we have experienced. At long last it is beginning to cool down and I started P.T. this morning for the first time since last May. It is cooler now than it was then. I need the P.T. badly I am very fat after spending four months lying about in the sweat & heat. Sweating here does not make people lose weight. On the contrary nearly everybody puts weight on with a vengeance. Soap & footwear are my most needy requirements. My footwear at present is practically exhausted & it is impossible to buy new gear. I am wearing grass[?] sandals now. Previously I have been going about bare-footed. Thank you so much for the parcel I have already received & for the second one you despatched end July. It is good to hear the Red X have arranged to send Christmas food parcels but it is a long wait to Christmas and to think we shall require them is not very encouraging. However, when the time arrives we shall be very glad of the cooperation of this splendid organisation. Planning anything ahead, even for future benefit, in this place is to me very depressing. The thought of an indeterminate stay here gives m the “oojoos” that is a new word I have just coined. It means the “willies”. Well I have just realised it is impossible to finish this letter on one sheet of paper so I am going to start up on a second sheet and trust the people with
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blue pencils will spare a little extra time and censor both pages. I notice your remarks that according to the “Prisoner of War” the amount of soap allowed in each parcel is to be 11 ozs [sic] ie [sic] just under four tablets. If you could send this amount quarterly I should be able to manage together with the soap I hope to receive from future Red Cross ordinary supplies. Throughout the summer I have made a fetish of washing. I have seized [?] every available opportunity when the water has been on to strip (i.e. take off my shorts) & get under the tap. You must understand the water is cut off 18 hours out of 24. It is on for two hours morning, noon & evening throughout the summer. Last winter[?] it was never shut off. I am very glad to learn that you still get a good ration of boiled sweets & toffee. Such things are absolutely unobtainable here. Instead there is a supply of dates practically throughout the year. Oranges are plentiful in the season commencing November until Feb. March & April brings apricots & little green apples. Plums in May. In June & July we revert to dates, and in July & August & September peaches & grapes are in season, but we see very poor quality specimens. October brings the pomegranates & fresh dates start. We get very few potatoes, but a lot of carrots in. During the summer the staple vegetable is marrow, tomatoes yes[?] late summer & onions more or less throughout the year. The dried food which goes to make up the bulk consists of macaroni, split peas, lentils & cous-cous. That is a fair resume of our diet. We drink a lot of red wine & a little black coffee. An excellent diet for producing tummies, more often referred to as “pots”. I suppose it
[page break]
is satisfactory. I personally have a blemish less skin which is well tanned. We get sun for breakfast, dinner & tea all the year round. I am enclosing two photos of a gym display & one of the last[?] concert group showing “Snowhite” to advantage. These were taken at the beginning of April. The telegram you received on August 10th dated Laghouat Aug 8th left me on the day of your Wedding Anniversary. There is always this few days delay in despatch from this end. Lately, however, the general delivery of telegrams appears to have improved greatly. I am pleased you have resorted to the old “pre-paid” reply system. I find it more satisfactory. I understand that Air Ministry deduct £1.00 per month for all U.C.6. prisoners. We presume this covers the allowance of 500 francs paid to us monthly by the Consul, but we do not know definitely. Any information you could glean concerning this matter would be very useful. I am afraid there is no W/Op. George Horne[?] in our midst. If he was reported missing in June he would have arrived by now. I shall never forget our last journey in the Rolls to [indecipherable word], our little trip to the florists and never never the waving good-bye on the platform. Now it can be told I really did think it was good-bye and it was the worst time I ever experienced in my twenty-five years. I shall never never forget the moment the train steamed out. It is when I think of this that the days of confinement here seem more of a blessing than otherwise. This is my happiest[?] philosophy. There are several little points in all your letters I cannot reply to for lack of space, but I do notice them all. So until we rejoice together again, keep up good cheer. All my love is for you both together with my very best thoughts & wishes. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that this is first letter since new limit on mail came in. Proposes he might type letters to get more words on page. Catches up with mail received. Glad his letters were reaching them and complaints had me made about how slow mail home was. Compares his weather to that at home. Says he need PT badly as he is getting fat. Says it was impossible to buy new gear and he was wearing grass sandals and need footwear. Thanks them for parcel and was good to hear Red Cross had arranged to send Christmas food parcels. He is concerned over indefinite stay. Discusses Red Cross parcel soap allowance and washing routine and that water was off 18 hours a day. Mentions local food available during each season and drinking coffee and red wine. Is enclosing photographs and catches up on telegrams sent/received. Mentions deduction from pay and presumes this provided his allowance of 500 francs per month. Reminisces about events in past events and discusses some news.
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J D Hudson
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1942-09-08
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420908
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-09-08
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Red Cross
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
3-9-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
The day is drawing near to Dad’s birthday and I hope the telegrams I despatched will arrive by Sept. 5th. The one I sent on August 27th was one of good wishes and the second sent on September first was in reply to your cable dated August 29th which reached me on the 31st. It was about this time two years ago that I sent you my first letter, and in those days I had no idea what the mail facilities were, or what were the chances of letters getting home. It has proved since that the mail and telegrams service has not been too bad and the fact that I have received sixty-six of the sixty-seven letters you have written this year speaks for itself. On Sept. 1st I was pleased to receive three letters – yours No. 67. and one from Mrs. Clayton dated Aug. 27th in reply to my letter of condolences, & one from Dorothy dated Aug. 6th. I also received one from Mary on Aug. 22nd dated July 10th. Perhaps you would thank all these kind people on my behalf when you next get in touch with them. The chances of my writing individually are small, because the French have just issued a new order limiting the number of letters per man to two per week. As in the past it has been my continual practice to write approximately twice weekly to you my ration will go entirely to you in the future. This may be only a temporary measure our[?] [people are going to fight to try and get it altered
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but you must realise there are limitations to what can be done in our unenviable position. We won’t dwell on it because it really won’t effect[sic] my writing to [underlined] you [/underlined]. Your last letter told of gathering raspberries and obtaining green peas I have not seen any of the former since I left England, and some of the latter since I left [indecipherable word]. We get melons, marrows & very indifferent peaches & grapes just now. I shall never look a grape, date or melon in the face when I leave here. It is impossible to imagine a diet more contrary to the English. I am simply running to “flab”: it sounds impossible for me to put on fat but I am to an extent which is beginning to worry me. For four months it has been too hot to do exercise and in any case I am very badly off for footwear. The weather is cooling off considerably now; two nights ago we had a terrific short storm which cleared things up. I do appreciate your efforts in sending clothing parcels. Soap & footwear are the most essential requirements. Do not worry about dainty shoes. Durability is what counts these days. I have not looked smart[?] since I arrived here and don’t intend to until I reach home again. Do you remember how particular I used to be about my suits, how I liked everything to be neat and in perfect order? Nowadays a pair of shorts or a shirt that fit Alexander ([indecipherable word]) size[?] 6ft 2½”, fit me, & vice-versa. Life – we have certainly learned the art of “living”. This is since school and the lessons are real. One day we shall return to the white sheets and tablecloths, the willow pattern & the smell of green country & autumn mists. Until that day my thoughts are with you all the time. All my love & wishes; keep smiling & of good cheer. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Hopes telegram with fathers birthday greeting arrived. Two years ago that he sent first letter and had no idea then what mail facilities would be available. Catches up on mail and cables received. Ask them to thank others who have sent mail. Cannot write himself as French have now limited them to two letters a week. Catches up with gossip and mentions what indifferent fruit is available. Comments on diet being non English and putting on weight as well as lack of exercise because of heat. Mentions lack of footwear and weather. Thanks them for parcel and concludes with gossip.
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J D Hudson
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1942-09-03
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420903
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-09-03
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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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Telegram from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Wishes father a happy birthday and acknowledges receipt of large calendar.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1942-08-31
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Printed telegeram form
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420831
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
North Africa
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1942-08-31
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
30-8-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you last on Aug. 27th and later that day I sent a telegram for Dad’s birthday which read as follows:- “Many happy returns Dad’s birthday latest letter received sixty six just received large calendar all love thoughts wishes Douglas Hudson,” I have not received any letters from you since then, neither have I had a reply to my cable sent on Aug. 13th acknowledging receipt of the first Red Cross clothes parcel. I have sent three cables, dates Aug 13th 17th & 27th and I hope they will all reach you safely, and especially I hope the last one will arrive in time for Dad’s birthday. My thoughts will be very much with you on that Day, & I hope it will pass happily. There have been changes here during the past months and our family is now a very large one indeed, too large to be comfortable. [underlined] We [/underlined] still remain reasonably well placed & have probably more privacy than most N.C.Os & men. We undertake a certain amount of clerical work and seep & eat in the room we use as our camp office. There are four Sgts. & one Naval Master at Arms together. A M.A.A is on board a ship in a similar position to Station Warrant Officer in the R.A.F. This one is a decent chap, young for his position & we get along very well. He introduced us into the art of making a “Naval Duff” or should it be “Dough.” Recipe stale bread soaked in water. & raisins, prunes, sugar & whatever suitable similar ingredients are available, depending upon the Red Cross. This lot is well mixed & taken to
[page break]
the Galley – no longer cookhouse or cuisine because we are on board H.M.S. “Laghanat” – and steamed or baked according to the temper of the cook. We have made four or five of these and they have been quite satisfactory. Last night we invited one of our officers to spend an evening out here and he brought his portable gramophone & records. For the first time for a long time I heard many old favourites including “Ave Maria” & “Selections from Lilac Time” which revived many happy memories of the past. These tunes together with a bottle or two of Red Wine (its beastly stuff but all we can get) which we saved from our issue, managed to help us forget the ennui & misery of internment? for a few hours. I have ordered p.c. enlargements of 12 different snaps taken of our old “Camp Echo”, & when, or if, these come along I shall try & send these out to you. I was very surprised to receive the large calendar sent before the end of Dec. This arrived during the week and is now decorating the wall, showing to advantage the bit of England which is more alluring than I ever imagined a picture of our own country could ever be. You surely have to lose a thing before you appreciate its value. I would give anything to listen to a 12 hours heavy downpour of rain. For five months now I have been going about wearing nothing but a pair of shorts or underpants & sleeping at night under a single sheet. It is still almost too hot to go about in the early afternoon, but there is a definite slackening off of the July heat & oppressiveness of early August My page is finished so I will say good-bye. I have been persevering with my old pen again but it is not very satisfactory. With all my love, thoughts & best wishes as ever. Keep smiling, it may not be very long now. [underlined] Douglas [/underlined].
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes of telegram he sent for father's birthday. Had nor received any letters or reply to cable. Mentions changes in camp numbers over the last months, now too large for comfort. Says his own situation is better than most NCOs as they are occupying the camp office. Describes other occupants including naval master at arms who introduced them to interesting recipes using Red Cross ingredients. Describes inviting one of their officers to a small party with music and red wine. Mentions photographs of camp newspaper, arrival of a calendar with pictures of England. Comments on hot weather and just wearing shorts but it was now cooling off.
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J D Hudson
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1942-08-30
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420830
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-08-30
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie
Afrique du Nord.
27-8-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very pleased to receive your letter No 66 this morning. This is the latest to arrive and apart from No 11 I have the complete sequence. The worst heat of the summer is now past although it is still very hot, far better than when we arrived in Tunis exactly two years ago. Little did I think at that time I should spend two years in this country & I often wonder how much longer I shall remain. It does sound strange to read in your letters of the rain in the summer months of June & July. As the days pass here we imagine it is practically impossible for the sun not to shine by day. Even in the winter time, ie. Dec. & Jan when it is cold we must get more sun than in the best summer month in England. I wonder what the after effect of all this sun will be. I suppose our blood will be like water But I am looking forward to the thickening up process. You will be very surprised when I tell you that your large calendar arrived yesterday, after a journey of eight months via Germany. I was nonetheless delighted to have it & the picture made me long stronger than ever for those green fields & country lanes where we used to hear the thrushes & blackbirds sing. I keep on hoping, as you do, for news of Ted. Four months is a very long time to wait & I understand how his people will feel. They have my full sympathies. I remember how you must have felt two years ago & it is at these
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times I appreciate how much we should feel thankful. It is oftentimes a difficult pill to swallow but I suppose it goes down all right in the end. We are getting a ridiculously large family & by the time I leave S.S. “Laghunat” I shall be more steeped in Naval routine than I was ever in R.A.F. Aye-aye. The “camp echo” did a natural death before the advent of summer and I hardly think it will live again. It is impracticable to cater for the camp now in the journalistic sense, & we are fairly well occupied in assisting in internal administration with the aid of our old printing press the typewriter. We found all the negatives of the old “Echo” & I rushed an order to the photographer for p.c. enlargements. I hope they will arrive speedily so I may send them on to you. There is not much I can talk to you about these days. My French class & studies were temporarily discontinued some ten days ago, but now our new arrivals are settled in I hope to open up again on Monday. I do appreciate your efforts re the parcels [deleted] and [/deleted] the first one to arrive was splendid. Soap & footwear are the most important requirements. Shoes or boots and socks for winter, & soap for all times & for all purposes. I am well off for outer garments. I still have my uniform although the trousers are too small to climb into. Sounds dreadful doesn’t it. The buttons on the tunic I moved as far as possible during last winter to enable me to button up & look (smart?) Again I fear I have written a not very newsy letter but it will pass censors which is the main thing. I shall send off a wire for Dads birthday either today or tomorrow You are always in my thoughts. All my love, thoughts & best wishes [underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail received. Mentions the worst of the heat of summer was over but is was still hotter than when they arrived two years ago. Contrasts weather at home and in North Africa and how he might be affected on return to England. Mentions arrival of calendar after eight months. Catches up with home news. Mentions the end of the camp newspaper and internal administration tasks. Comments on finding negatives of photographs of newspaper and that his French classes has ceased. Mentions their parcel again and his requirements for further. Says he is well off for clothes, still has uniform.
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J D Hudson
Date
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1942-08-27
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420827
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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1942-08-27
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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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Steve Christian
prisoner of war