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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
26-10-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you three days ago saying that the last letter I received from you was dated September 25th and also informing you that we had been moved south to a place called Laghouat on the edge of the Sahara. Since then I was very pleased to receive two letters from you dated September 28th & October 5th in which you state you have only received two letters from me in three weeks’ time, the last two being dated August 8th & 28th, the former including the two photos. You also mention receiving a cable from me on October 4th which had been delayed a day or two apparently. It was held up at this end two days because the post-office at Aumale returned my cable from querying the address “Nelsonlancs” but I explained this to you at the time in my letter home. It is rather strange you should mention only getting two letters from me in three weeks., because I still continue to write approximately twice weekly. Only yesterday Tony received a cable from his Mother saying she was anxious because she had not received any letters from him for two months. He writes home almost as regularly as I do. Another of our men received a similar cable from his Mother, so the whole thing is unaccountable. It would appear that the best thing to do is to write home as often as reasonably possible, this should ensure a delivery of a certain number anyway, even if the mails should continue queer. For quite a long time now
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I have not been stamping my envelopes. The mail goes via the Consul, but by what actual route I cannot say. Does the envelope bear the stamp S.M. or F.M.? I think it should be the latter. Another of our men heard from his Mother that according to the English newspapers British P. of W’s in Aumale were to receive clothing from Tangier etc. I don’t think we shall be in need quite as urgently of winter clothing here as up there. I believe it remains reasonably cool, however, until about April or May. At present it is not very hot. About the same as a warm English day, but as I explained the buildings are cool being [inserted] built [/inserted] entirely of stone. In case my last letter went astray I think I had better tell you again a little about the conditions down here. When I heard we were to be moved to the desert I had horrible misgivings I didn’t like the idea one bit. Well, upon arrival here I cheered up considerably because the living conditions are better than at either of our previous military camps. At long last I am able to share the privacy of a small room with Jimmy, who is of the same rank & category as myself, having trained at the same places. Tony shares a small room adjoining. These rooms should be fairly cool in summer as they are equipped with shutters & windows. The food is a considerable improvement on the food of the last place which was shocking. We get some very fine dates, which is not surprising when we learned that the town of Laghouat is surrounded by 43.000 palm trees. I mentioned this in my last letter and I think it must be true. Laghouat is truly an oasis town. I often wondered exactly what an oasis looked like, and yesterday I found out. A small party of us were allowed on our first walk since our arrival
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here, and after passing through the town we went into the Arab Mosque & climed [sic] the tower of the Minaret from where we had a good view of the entire district for many miles. We could see the exact shape of the Oasis. The town which is mostly Arab is [inserted] situated [/inserted] in a horseshoe of date palms and beyond in every direction is nothing at all but stones, sand & distant mountains of rock. For a small distance south there is occasional grass where there appears to be a swampy region, but this doubtless soon gives way to sand. In short we are out in the blue. We came across quite a number of camels. As I said before they appear to be most supercilious animals, due to the strange way they have of craning their necks. They are mostly in a filthy condition & some of them smell horribly. In the town I noticed such signs as Kodak, Verichrome, & Shell Petrol outside various establishments. Things of the past, but go to prove that at one time not very distant this place must have catred [sic] for English visitors, in a capacity different from the one it has at the moment. Some weeks ago I told you that one of our men had received a parcel by Air Mail from England containing 50 Players cigarettes & three bars of Rowntrees chocolate & a few boiled sweets. There [sic] were packed in an Oxo tin & the package amounted to 4s – 5d, the time to arrive was twelve days. He has since received another similar parcel which took under three weeks to get here. I am wondering if you could send me something like this. The item which would be appreciated most is a 1/4 lb packet of tea, that is if you can spare it. On no account send it if you are short. Getting hot drinks is our greatest problem, we have to rely on the Red Cross for these except for a morning glass of black coffee, The water is more or less all
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right, but I don’t like drinking too much of it. It sounds an expensive way of sending tea but it is the only quick way. Don’t let the post-office put you off with this talk about restrictions. Debit the postage to my account. I don’t know how my present mail is reaching you, but as the earlier delivery seems to have been shaky I will repeat the wishes I sent to you for Christmas and the New Year in my last letters. May you have as happy a time as possible under the circumstances & may the year 1942 be a better one for us all. I shall be thinking about you all the time & looking forward to the next years where we shall be together again. To-night it is blowing cool. Except for the first two days here it has not been very hot. I am beginning to doubt the story that it rains only once every 14 or 15 months, because we had a shower last night. I don’t expect we shall have any of your fogs though. Some time ago Tony wrote to his mother suggesting she should correspond with you, & I also made the suggestion in two of my letters that you should write to Mrs. Randall. She is alone, her husband was killed in the last war and Tony is an only child. This is the address:- Mrs. L. A. Randall, 58. Sunny Road. Enfield. Middlesex. I have broken the spring of my petrol lighter & fear it is hopeless to even anticipate getting it renewed here. So my lighter, after all the years of service, has had to go into an envelope and await with me the day of repatriation. The time has arrived to bring my letter to a close. I can assure you it is a much pleasanter task writing a letter quietly from here, than in the din & row of Aumale. So good-bye until next letter. With every best wish & thoughts I send you all my love.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with letters cable he has received and discusses problems with mail going missing but suggest that they write as much as possible. He is pleased that they do not have to put stamps on outward mail and it goes through the American consul in Algiers. Mentions possible issue of winter clothing but it would probably not be required at their new location in desert oasis town of Laghouat to which they recently moved. Describes going out through town on first walk since arriving. Mentions mosque, camels, dates, palm trees and English commercial signage. Writes of another internee's recent airmail parcel containing cigarettes, chocolate and sweets and request they try and sent him similar especially with tea included as they have difficulty making sufficient hot drinks and are slightly suspicious of water. Concludes with family and other gossip and suggest that they write to the mother of one of his friends.
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1941-10-26
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411026
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
North Africa
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1941-10-26
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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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.
30-10-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote my last letter to you four days ago, I have been pleased to receive your telegram on the 28th October reading:- Delighted cable fourteenth five weeks without letters August 28th last both well.” but I am very sorry and surprised to learn about the absence of mail from me. I wired back to you on the same day:- “Delighted cable to-day removed Camp Militaire Laghouat Algerie writing always twice weekly well all love” From this I hope you will understand that I have been writing to you all the time twice a week, and that I have moved down South to a Military Camp for the British at Laghouat on the border of the Sahara. I explained in my two earlier letters that Laghouat is an Oasis Arab town about 300 miles from Algiers and that although it is well out in the Blue our living quarters are actually better than at either of our previous Camps. I have gained at last the privacy of a room shared with Jimmy who is of same rank and profession militarily as myself. Tony shares a room adjoining. To-day I was very glad to receive a letter from you dated October 13th and one from Auntie Una dated October 16th. Not bad going. You should not have any difficulty in despatching books to me. Riddick has received already a parcel of eight books which took about six months to arrive. Did you receive any of my letters telling that one of our men received two parcels by Air Mail taking 12 days & 18 days respectively? Contents 50 Players Cigs. 3 Bars Rowntrees chocs. & boiled sweets, packed in an Oxo tin – postage of 4s – 5d. This is
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expensive I know, but the stuff does appear to get here. Many people have written asking me if there is anything I require sending out. Auntie Una, Mrs. Clayton. E.W.7. Mary etc. If you, or any of these people could send me tea in an Air Mail parcel like this I should very much appreciate it, because apart from the Red Cross supplies, we do not get anything to make hot drinks from, and I do not trust the water here very far. For the past week the weather has been fairly cool. The sun has shone practically all the time but it has not been very powerful. The nights are really cold, moonlight, starlight, clear nights and the sand looks like snow and might be for all the heat there is. For two or three weeks my tummy has not been too good and I have only just got over a loss of voice. I think I caught a chill at Aumale and it takes a lot of getting over here. So John is still at the same place! I thought he had his heart’s desire ages ago, and I am surprised to learn of his disappointment. Yes I knew Dorothy had married a B.B.C. man. Auntie Una says they have laid their car up and that she does not like walking as a recreation. She also asks me what it feels like to be an Uncle to nephew Andrew. Quite frankly this is the first time I have realised my responsibility and am wondering what is expected of me. So some people think it “splendid” that I am out of the terrible war. Well I suppose each one is entitled to his, or her own opinion, on this point. It is rather a sore point with me and requires a very philosophical outlook. I do endorse what [underlined] you [/underlined] say “life and hope does give us something to be thankful for” and for this I do thank God The jolly old space is nearly used again so I am called upon to say good-bye until next letter. As always I send you all my love, thoughts and best wishes. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail and cables received and is sorry about them not receiving his mail despite him writing twice a week. Repeats that he has now moved to Laghouat and provides some description. Mention parcels that others have received by airmail and how long they took and requests that they try same method. Writes of the weather and catches up with family and friend gossip.
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1941-10-30
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411030
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1941-10-30
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie
Afrique du Nord.
4-11-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you about four days ago acknowledging receipt of your letter of October 12th & one from Auntie Una dated Oct. 16th, also your telegram which I was so pleased to receive on October 28th. But as I explained I am very sorry, and at the same time anxious, because you have not received any of my letters for five weeks. This is very strange because I have been writing all the time twice a week and I am not aware of any change in the postal despatch. It makes it a little awkward writing letters because I do not know how many of them are going to arrive, and I, therefore, fear that a lot of them will have to be repetition to make sure that you know what is going on. I hope it will be quite clear to you from the cable I despatched on October 28th in reply to yours, that I was moved to this place Laghouat just over two weeks ago, and am at a Military Camp for the British. Laghouat is an Arab oasis town about 300 miles south of Algiers, surrounded by palm trees, and on the border of the Sahara. I have explained this to you in three previous letters but as they may have shared the same dismal fate of the others I had better be persistent. The living quarters are considerably better here than at the previous camps. I am very glad to share a room with Jimmy, who is of the same rank & military profession as myself, whilst Tony shares a room adjoining. This privacy is what I have missed most of all before, & now it comes as a God send. The stories
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I have heard about it only raining here once every fourteen months are a little false. We have only been here just over two weeks [inserted] & [/inserted] it has [inserted] rained [/inserted] already three times, admittedly not very much. It has not been very warm and at night time it has been decidedly cold, although I am given to understand that the summer heat is intense with temperatures at the 130o region. I mentioned before that parcels have been received from England in 12 days & 18 days sent by Air Mail, containing 50 Players Cigarettes and 3 bars of Rowntrees Chocs & a few boiled sweets Postage 4s – 5d. If you, or any of the people who have asked if I require anything, could send me a parcel by this means containing preferably a little tea, I should appreciate it very much, because hot drinks present the biggest problem. We are hoping we shall receive further parcels from the Red Cross. These are most welcome and contain some extremely useful items. I have wished you already for Christmas & New Year, but in case those wishes do not arrive, I repeat that I send you my very best wishes for Christmas and 1942 and hope that you will have as happy a time as possible under the circumstances. I shall be thinking about you all the time & hope this will be the last festive season that we shall be apart. Even so we shall not be apart this year in spirit. I hate the thought of spending Christmas away from home, for looking back in the past it brings back so many pleasant memories, and it is absolutely impossible to capture the right spirit here no matter what one does. Well this letter has not been a very informative one, but it just shows that I am still here and keeping well. I will say good bye now until next letter, by sending all my love & thoughts.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Notes receipt of recent letter from them but is concerned that they have had no mail from him for five weeks despite that fact he writes two letters week. He is not aware of any problems with the post and said as a result, his letters would have much repetition as he did not know which would get through to them. Repeats that he has moved to a military camp for British at Laghouat an oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, 300 miles south of Algiers. Notes better living conditions, privacy of two man rooms and local climate. Mentions arrival of airmail parcels from England and hopes they will get Red Cross parcels as well. Concludes with Christmas greetings.
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1941-11-04
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411104
Coverage
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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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1941-11-04
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
Red Cross
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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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.
7-11-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since my letter written to you three days ago I have received two old ones from you dated September 15th and September 22nd. The one written on Sept. 15th was posted one day after Dad's which I received at Aumale about a month ago. It is strange why there should be this delay in these two letters, and also it is strange why you are not receiving my letters when I am writing regularly twice a week. I hope you will have received my cable sent in reply to yours which arrived on October 28th, informing you to this effect, and also informing you of my change of address to Laghouat Algérie. As I have stated in my last four letters Laghouat is approximately 300 miles out of Alger, is an oasis Arab town situated on the edge of the Sahara dessert, [sic] and is surrounded by date I keep repeating this in case in case my earlier letters get lost, and at present, as I have not received any reply to my last cable I am not sure whether you are acquainted yet with my latest move. I was sorry to hear that Fenton was missing. I never met him in the R.A.F. but of course I knew him at school and at the Swimming Club. You ask about sending letters via Tanger. No. I should continue sending these as you are, but [inserted] addressed [/inserted] to me c/o. The American Consul Alger. That address will always find me. It is a pity about Mrs. Bowers. I am afraid that if she was going to hear that Harry was safe she would have done so by now. Fifteen months is too long to be kept waiting. Perhaps you
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would send her my regards. I shall make a point of writing her whenever I get back again. God knows when that will be. Glad to learn that Grandad enjoyed his stay with you, & I hope that he benefited accordingly & that Mother did not get too tired. This afternoon I have had another walk around the town. I have gained a true conception of what the desert looks like. From one side I could see nothing but ridge upon ridge of rocky, sandy low mountain, and on the other sides stretches of sand & small boulders as far as eye could see. Towards the horizon it looked just as though the sand gave way to sea, in fact the whole sight reminded me of a vast expanse of beach with the tide well out. If I could get the effect of a mirage when I was neither hungry, thirsty or tired, and on an early winter afternoon, God help the poor traveller lost in the desert in mid summer. The nights have been very cold indeed, perfectly clear & starlight, & the days have been sunny & cloudless, but jolly chilly out of the sun. I can well imagine how hot it will get here in summer. The air has been far too cold for sunbathing & I am back to full clothing (including the blue pullover Mother knitted). This afternoon I noticed several piles of dates ripening in the sun, stacked on the Arab dwellings’ roofs. This place is very Eastern, a typical similar example was that town we saw in the film “Garden of Allah” I have made requests in past letters, asking if you could send a small parcel by air-mail containing a little tea if possible. Parcels have been received out here in 12 days by this means They are very small, probably weighing about 1 lb. postage 4s – 5d. Do not inconvenience yourselves unnecessarily. Well time & space is short so I must say good-bye once again until next letter. In case my other greetings have gone astray I wish you both all the very best for Christmas & 1942. As always, all my love & thoughts. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail received and states he is writing to them twice a week. Glad that they received his cable with change of his location. Sorry to hear acquaintance was missing. Says that they should continue to sent him mail via the American consul in Algiers as this would always find him. Continues with gossip of friends and family. Mentions weather, too cold to sunbathe and wearing heavier clothing and again suggests they try and sent parcel via airmail.
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1941-11-07
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411107
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1941-11-07
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James Douglas Hudson
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
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529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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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.
8-11-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you yesterday acknowledging receipt of your letters dated September 15th and 21st which arrived considerably out of sequence. This is the fifth letter I have written to you since I was moved to Laghouat, an Arab Oasis town surrounded by date palms, on the border of the Sahara and approximately 300 miles south of Alger. Well, I am not going to waste any more space talking about receipt of letters and cables etc, all this I have done in my recent letters, so this one can be a more personal chatty letter. On Sept. 15th you mention it was a clear frosty night with a beautiful sunset which reminded you of a little walk we once took through Alder Forest Park. I remember the occasion very well and I even remember the time we noted particularly the sunset, because we commented that the daylight was increasing. The weather here has turned out considerably cooler than I anticipated Sahara weather would be even in November. The days and nights have been cloudless and it has only been warm in the actual sun. Consequently the cool air and sun has made my face very tanned indeed. It is too cool for sunbathing now and I am going about in full dress once again. To-day I had a photo taken in a R.A.F group. I have still my goatee beard and if I can obtain a print I shall try and send one on to you, if it comes out all right. So far I prefer this place considerably to either of my previous camps. There seems to be more space to breathe and the privacy of our double room means an awful
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lot, especially in the evening if I want to read, write, or invite anyone to play Bridge. Have you made a start yet as I suggested in earlier letters, to learn Bridge in readiness for the days when I am home again? Culbertsons conventions, Boston One Club opening, is the game we play. It is by far the most entertaining card game I have played, and it serves excellently to pass the time. To-night, Jimmy, Myself, Tony & Bertie our latest arrival, have been experimenting making what we have christened “Date Marmalade” Very simple and unorthodox. Recipé. Wash 1 Kilo dates & skin and stone them Cut up and Mash into a pulp & add a little Red Cross Glucose D. Later add the juice of two oranges (which are just coming into season) This gives the marmalade flavour. Concoction now finished. Store away in large jar and serve on Arab bread for breakfast and afternoon tea. It is quite good and keeps as long as we let it. The other day when I was on a “promenade” in the town I saw an Arab woman spinning wool. She held the wool sliver in one hand and drew it out and twisted it in a simultaneous movement with the other, also deftly managing to wind the resultant thread into a spindle. I thought this was very interesting. No, I have not written to Tuffés, but as you suggest it might be advisable. I suppose I shall be too out of date for flying when this show is over. Christmas and New Year are drawing near and when they do arrive my thoughts will go back to the many previous happy festive seasons we have spent together and you will have all my best wishes. It is time to say good-night now. We are about to partake of our latest marmalade for supper together with our last drop of Red Cross Ovaltine. Roll on the next Red Cross Parcel. And so, until my next letter, cheerio. As ever, all my love & thoughts.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest of their letters but out of sequence. Notes this was the fifth letter he had written after arrival at new camp at Laghouat. Notes weather was cooler than anticipated with cloudless days and nights. Says his face was tanned but too cold for sunbathing and now full dressed. Mentions having had group photograph taken which he will sent if he can get a print. Prefers this camp to any previous locations, more space and privacy. Asks is they had started to learn to play bridge yet. Mentions some activities including making date marmalade. Describes a recent walk through town. Concludes that his thoughts would be with them at Christmas and new year.
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1941-11-08
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411108
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1941-11-08
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Miochelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
11-11-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since my last letter written to you a day or two ago quite a few small things have happened that are worthy of mention. Yesterday & to-day were quite red letter days for us, and especially for me. Yesterday I received your cable reading:- Delighted cable thirtieth eagerly await letters none for seven weeks Prestwick anniversary to-day all love” I also received three letters from you dated October. 8th 19th & 21st and one from Dorothy dated September 30th, all of these I was so glad to have. I sent a reply to your cable immediately as follows:- “Delighted cable four letters received to-day latest dated October 21st writing always delay unaccountable all love” I just cannot understand why my letters have not been arriving because I have written regularly twice a week. As you say it is very fortunate that we are able to maintain our cable link with letters from this end so uncertain. Perhaps they will arrive in due course, may be they are paying a visit to Germany for censoring. However, you do know now that I am at Laghouat, thanks to my cable of October 28th. You mention that Dad’s petrol lighter is very useful as matches are scarce. Mine has proved useful for a similar reason until about a week ago when the spring broke & I fear it is “hors de combat” until I get back to England now. Thank Auntie Lizzie for her p.o. You can send books out here, also small parcels by Air Mail of about 1 lb. in wt. for 4s 5d. If you would care to try this means I shall stand the expense. Soap & tea if possible would be most appreciated. I cannot answer all the points in your letters, but the jackal of Aumale disappeared when still a baby ages ago. We
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have two dogs now and several dog visitors. Yesterday parcels arrived from the Canadian Red X. splendid ones. We have three packets of tea, two large tins of powdered milk, jam, salmon, meat, butter etc. between four of us, besides other items such as sugar, raisins, dates chocolate & cheese & biscuits. In so many of my letters, which apparently you have not received, I praised the parcels we have had from the Red X. I shall never forget their efforts, & we have good reason to believe that others will arrive in due course. You have no idea how we appreciate tea with milk and the opportunity to eat bread with butter, this latter is certainly something new. In your last letter you say “what joy when you are home again to share the results of my culinary labours”. As you say what joy, & believe me I shall do more than justice because I have an enormous appetite and am capable of eating anything The orange season is here thank goodness and in this respect we are better off than you. The Tangier clothes you read about, also arrived yesterday, & I have secured a pair of blue trousers which formerly were part of a lounge suit of good quality. They go well with my uniform jacket & are in good condition. We also received a few Capstan, Gold Flake & Craven A. cigs from Tangier, all of which are much appreciated. To-day’s weather. Sunbathing from – 2.30 pm: 3pm – 5pm sandstorms: 6pm – 8pm rain: Amazing isn’t it? By the way if the old wireless set is still giving trouble with its cracklings etc. I should be very pleased if you would chose [sic] a decent new one (get a radio-gram) as a combined Christmas cum Mother’s birthday present. I am sure my credit will be sufficiently good & I should derive a lot of pleasure to think it would provide a present of that sort whilst I am out here. I realise what a comfort the radio is to you these days. I am dead serious and do hope you will accept my suggestion. It would really please me. Space again dictates so I must say good-bye until next letter. Every good wish, for Christmas, New Year & Mother’s Birthday. All my love & thoughts
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that last two days were red letter for him as he received a cable and three letters from them as well as other mail. He replied to their cable immediately but does not know why his letters are not getting through to them. Mentions that they can send him books and small parcels by airmail. Writes that Canadian Red Cross parcels had arrived and notes contents. Says he is very grateful for the efforts of the Red Cross. Writes there was an issue of clothes, he got some trousers and tobacco. Comment on sunbathing and sandstorms that day. Suggests they get themselves a new radio for Christmas if old one is playing up.
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1941-11-11
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411111
Coverage
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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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1941-11-11
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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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.
16-11-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
It is about five days since I wrote to you last, and then I acknowledged receipt of your letters dated October 8th, 19th & 22nd also one from Dorothy dated September 30th, and your cable of Nov. 8th reading:- “Delighted cable thirtieth eagerly await letters none for seven weeks Prestwick anniversary to-day all love” Strangely, all these arrived on the same day, namely November 10th, and you will understand how pleased I was to receive them. I immediately wired a reply to you as follows:- “Delighted cable four letters [inserted] received [/inserted] to-day latest dated October twentyfirst writing always delay unaccountable all love” I was very annoyed to receive a cable from Berne which said that this telegram of mine had not been able to be forwarded because the address could not be traced & would I re-inform them. (Words to that effect, the cable was in French.) Accordingly on the 14th I sent a letter in French to the Post Office in Laghouat enclosing this telegram I had received from Berne and explaining that the address NELSON. LANCASHIRE had always found you, & that it was the only address, would they kindly re-transmit my message. No reply has arrived so I presume it has gone through this time. I sincerely hope so, and am very sorry if there has been much delay. I mentioned in my last letter that Nov. 10th had been a Red Letter day, for not only did I receive all the mail but also a parcel (an excellent one) from the Canadian Red Cross, containing a tin of butter, powdered milk, salmon, corned beef, juice, tea, sugar, cheese, dates raisins, etc. and a pair of trousers
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came my way from the clothes received from Tangier. You read about this in your own newspaper. In so many of my letters, which for some unaccountable reason you are not receiving, I have told you about the parcels received from the Swiss Red Cross & the Scottish Red Cross, & I have always praised them because they have proved to be so useful. It is an indescribable pleasure to be able to make tea with milk in once again, & the butter is something entirely new. In my letters nowadays I have to request such a lot because I never know if previous letters are going to reach you. I have stated so many times that small Air Mail parcels, weight about 1 lb, have been received here in 12 days & 18 days. postage 4s – 5d. If you could send me a little tea, or soap by this means it would be appreciated, & I shall willingly stand expenses. I was thinking the other day about your wireless which crackles & bangs occasionally. There is not much about it I can do out here, but it would give me a great deal of pleasure if you both would chose [sic] a new radio-gram and accept it as a belated Christmas come Mother’s birthday present from me. I realise that the wireless must be a big comfort to you these days & my credit should be in a healthy enough [deleted] t [/deleted] condition to stand the strain. I mentioned this in my last letter, but I must repeat it as deliveries are so uncertain. I forgot to tell you that a few Gold Flake, Craven “A”, Capstan & Wells Fair Ace cigarettes arrived from Tangier. I won a packet of Craven A and Gold Flake in a whist drive we held last night. My supply is well augmented, because I have already some Capstan. The weather remains cool but cloudless & very pleasant. Did a spot of running this morning. Keep fit campaign, now that my tummy is better. And so good-bye until next letter. Very best wishes for Mother’s birthday, & all my love & thoughts to you both.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail and cables received and notes that several all arrived on the same day. Discussed problem with addressing some mail which did not get sent by French post office. Reports again arrival of Canadian Red Cross parcels. Notes that Red Cross had done great job with parcels and as a result he was now able to make tea with milk again. Reminds them again that small air mail parcels do get through. He suggests that they get a new radio as a Christmas present from him.
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1941-11-16
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411116
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria--Algiers
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
North Africa
Algeria
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1941-11-16
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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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.
21-11-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I don’t know what is happening to the letters. According to your news my letters don’t appear to have reached you for eight weeks, and my last news from you was also eleven days ago when I received your cable of Nov. 8th & letters dated Oct. 8th. 19th & 21st and one from Dorothy dated Sept. 30th. I replied to your cable immediately but received a telegram from Berne two days later saying my cable had got so far but could not be sent on because the address was not in their list. Words to that effect – it was all in French. Straight away I wrote a letter to the Post Master here at Laghouat explaining in French that Nelson Lancashire was the only address & the correct address. He replied by return & said that my cable was again on its way so I sincerely hope that by now it will have reached you. All unnecessary delay. I am continuing to write every four days, or so, & should be glad to know that you were receiving some of my mail. There must be [deleted] thirty [/deleted] about sixteen which have gone astray which I wrote fairly recently from Aumale. There is a fellow here, (he joined me at Kef, from the Fleet Air Arm,) called Eric Pickles, whose home town is Nelson, and he suggested you might care to communicate with some of his relatives at Colne as you are newcomers to the district. He gave me there [sic] addresses – Miss Mary Hartley, 18, Sutherland St. Colne (Aunt): Miss Annie Pickles, The Hartley Hospital, Colne. (Sister) & Mrs. Norminton, 19. Chapel St. Colne (Aunt). I gather he has written, or is in the process of writing to them all giving your address & suggesting they get in touch with you. It might be interesting. On several occasions I
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gave you Tony’s mother’s address – Mrs. L. A. Randall. 58 Sunny Road, Enfield, Middlesex, but I repeat it as it is so probable all these letters have gone astray. Tony in turn has given his Mother your address. I will also repeat that it is possible to send parcels by Air Mail here from England. They have been received in 12 & 18 days. Weight approximately 1 lb. postage 4s – 5d. If you could possibly send a little tea & soap I should very much appreciate it. We have received quite recently parcels from the Red Cross. Canadian Branch, also Scottish Branch, & I believe others are on their way. I hope so because they are tremendously useful, and we do appreciate them. I made the suggestion in my two earlier letters that if the wireless is still giving trouble you buy a new radio-gram and accept it as a present from me; as a belated Mother’s Birthday cum Christmas gift. I feel sure my credit will stand the strain, and should be very pleased if you would do this. I received a letter a few days ago from Mary by P. of W. post dated September 7th. Mary & Dorothy write to me fairly regularly and I am always pleased to hear from them and thank them for their letters. About two months ago I wrote a long communal letter to Calverley, addressed to Grandad, with the idea that it should be passed round. I am doubtful if it has arrived. The weather has not been very warm since we arrived at Laghouat. During the day it gets fairly warm but the nights are chilly & cloudless. To-day I have made some more of our date marmalade I spoke about a fortnight ago. It is made by straining & skinning a kilo of dates, making these into a pulp and adding the juice of four oranges. It makes quite a reasonable substitute for jam & keeps satisfactorily as long as we require it. Well I must say good-bye again until next letter. I shall be thinking about you at Christmas time & New Year, & send every best wish, also for Mother’s Birthday. As always, all my love & thoughts.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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According to most recent letter from them, none of his mail has arrived with them for eight weeks and he does not know why. Mentions a problem with their address and French post office. Mentions a fellow internee called Eric Pickles (Fleet Air Arm) who also comes from Nelson and passes on address of his relatives. Mentions again that it is possible to send small airmail parcels, and that they had received Red Cross parcels, Suggests again they get a radio as their Christmas present from him. Writes of other people who have sent him letters and ones he has sent home. Reports making more date marmalade.
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1941-11-21
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411121
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1941-11-21
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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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.
25-11-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
My last letter was written to you on Nov. 21st. On Nov. 23rd. I was very pleased indeed to receive your cable of the 22nd reading:- “Delighted cable seventeenth still await further news all love” to which I replied next day as follows:- “Delighted cable twentysecond continuing writing buy yourselves new radiogram as Christmas present from me all love wishes” The cable which you refer to as seventeenth was originally sent from here on the 11th, but I was advised from Berne that it could not be sent any further because the address could not be traced. Time was wasted accordingly in advising the postal authorities that the address was correct etc. hence the delay for which I am very sorry as I realise how you will have been wondering. I suggested in three letters that you should buy a new radiogram and accept it as a Christmas cum Mother’s birthday present from me. I am sure my account will stand the strain, and I believe from some of your letters in the past that the present set has been giving a certain amount of trouble and accordingly it would please me greatly for you to get a new one from me as a present. As letters are so uncertain I thought it a good idea to wire so that you could do something in time for Christmas. The last letter I received from you was on November 10th dated October 21st. together with two others from you of earlier dates and one from Dorothy. Since then I have not had any further letters from you, so the delay would appear to be
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working both ways now. Again I say thank goodness that we are still able to cable. I cannot offer any explanation why my letters of the past three or four months are not reaching you. I might have my own ideas, but they might be wrong. By just what route they are supposed to go now I cannot say. I have the opportunity to put Air Mail on the envelope but whether that will make any difference I cannot say either. There is very little to write to you about. I have mentioned so many times that parcels have arrived from the Red X for which we are always thankful. There is no need to keep repeating that my thoughts are always with you at home, and that I am constantly wondering how you are getting along. Winter will be with you now. I don’t think there is much of that here. It gets cool in the evenings, but up to now provided one keeps in the sun during the day time it is warm enough. This place gets unbearably hot in the summer time I am told, so hope to God I am not here then. Nowadays it gets increasingly difficult trying to forecast from events the possible outcome. It is not an easy war to follow. I am going for a walk in a few minutes so I shall just have sufficient time to finish this letter beforehand. We don’t go on many walks, but it is not a real tragedy as there is nothing much but desert all around. This letter will arrive too late for Christmas I fear but nevertheless my thoughts will be in the right place when the time arrives. There is just a sporting chance it might get to you in time for Mother’s birthday. In any case I send my very best wishes for both events. As always, all my love I send to you both [deleted] with [/deleted], and hope that good luck will be with you in the year 1942.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail received and sent including cable. Discusses problems with French post which caused delay with one of his cables to them. Again suggests that they buy a radio as his Christmas and mother's birthday present to them, he was sure his account would stand the strain. Also sends Christmas greeting as not sure what mail might get through. Discusses mail received and sent again and does not know why letters not getting through. Thankful that cable still work. Repeats news that was in previous letters and says he is off for a walk shortly.
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1941-11-25
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411125
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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1941-11-25
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algéria.
Afrique du Nord.
9-12-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very glad indeed to receive two letters from you to-day, dated Nov. 5th & 9th and also the book-mark calendar. Tony also received his and we are both very glad to have them together with the wishes. Tony is dropping a note to you. The only regret is that you are not receiving our letters. In my case I have been writing to you always twice weekly. I am wondering if you received my last pre-paid reply telegram sent about two weeks ago. I have not received a cable from you since & the usual fortnight is up. In this last cable of mine I asked you to buy a new radio-gram and accept it as a present from me for Christmas & Mother’s birthday and I am hoping most sincerely that you have adopted this suggestion, because I realise the value of a wireless to you during these days of loneliness & separation. I am sure that my credit is sufficiently good to stand the strain. I am glad to hear that Dad’s cold was getting better on Nov. 5th, but sorry to learn that Mother had the symptoms of one coming on. I hope that now you will be both well. I also hope that you will have success with the bulbs & strawberries you set in the garden. Yes I knew about Yates’s & the surroundings. I am wondering if you ever paid your week-end visit to Claytons. I cannot quite understand why John’s ambition has not been attained, & think that quite possibly it is on account of the lack of financial backing. Anyway, he does not have as much reason to feel fed up as I have. He has not arrived at the stage where
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clever, skilled grown men are exchanging with each other a few English cigarettes for 2 ozs of tea, or a loaf of bread for a tin of sardines etc. according to taste. Men who have had terrific responsibilities now arguing over a 1/4 lb of tinned butter. Which of us is really seeing life, I wonder? Well Mother you made some very beautiful [indecipherable word] in the first page of your letter of Nov. 9th, with reference to me, the anniversary of Nov 11th, & the letters you have received from me. So many times I am thankful for your sakes that things happened as they did, and as you say there is always that hope left; and chance to still look forward to the day when we shall be together again. That has not been denied us, it is true, & so perhaps we should be thankful & consider ourselves among the more fortunate ones. All the time I am here my mind is active and I never fail to think of, and about you both at home. There are pages and pages unwritten that I feel & I know you do as well. I just hope that my letters may continue to preserve the link between us, and let you know that I am well & safe and always thinking about you. The rest can wait until we are together again. Sometimes, when I write these letters I feel like a child trying to set down thoughts & impressions. My allowed scope is so limited. We are looking forward to the next Red Cross parcels which I believe are nearing their destination. Could you send me a little tea & soap by Air Mail? It has been done; has arrived in less than 3 weeks. I should very much appreciate it, if you can spare the tea. Well now I must say good-bye again for two or three days. All my wishes will be with you at Christmas, New Year, & on Mother’s birthday. As ever, all my love & thoughts.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up on mail received and notes they are still not getting his letters to them. Enquires whether they received his last prepaid reply cable sent two weeks previously. Hopes they have adopted his suggestion of buying a new radio as present to them from him. Catches up with family/friends news and gossip. Says that he is constantly thinking of them. Writes he is looking forward to next Red Cross parcel and asks if they could send him a small airmail parcel of tea and soap.
Date
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1941-12-09
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411209
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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1941-12-09
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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.
18-12-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since last I wrote to you I received on the 14th December, your telegram dated December 6th. I was very glad to receive it, but sorry to learn two things, firstly that it had been delayed seven days, and secondly that the radio-gram I so much wanted you to have as a Christmas present was unobtainable. On the telegram form I received, four words had been mis-spelled and corrections added in red ink. A note was also added in red ink to the effect that these corrections had come from Nelson on Dec. 13th so you see how much delay had been caused. I wonder if the telegrams you receive from me are always quite clear? Anyway your message read:- “Deeply moved message twentyninth gift unobtainable still eagerly await letters eleven weeks all love” The telegram I despatched to you left my hands on December 23rd, that is the day your earlier one arrived, so the delay both ways is very annoying. In spite of all this it is good that the news has got through but let us hope that the telegram I sent to you on Dec. 15th is more speedy. It read as follows:- Cable received fourteenth still writing all love wishes Christmas New Year sorry gift unobtainable keep trying.” I am wondering why you are unable to buy this radiogram. If it is just a temporary shortage I hope you will get one as soon as they reappear for sale. Several Red Cross parcels arrived during the last two days but such a terrific percentage of items had been stolen that the whole lot had to be pooled and re-divided for each man. Consequently my shortage of soap, tea & milk has been
[page break]
remedied for the time being. In each of these items we came off quite well. Fortunately tastes vary and consequently quite sensible changes can be made. Sometimes the situation is [indecipherable word] and as a Lt. Commander here is particularly fond of [indecipherable word] Card a chap with a small tin can do a handsome exchange for a tin of salmon, etc. I reaped two tins of milk for a packet of oatmeal porridge & a small tin of Ovaltine. I have some Weetabix which will be useful with the milk, and our tea & cocoa should last a week, or so, thank goodness. The tea & milk will last longer, we have quite a lot now. At the moment our stocks run high because we made another 3 lbs of Marmalade taking advantage of a temporary supply of sugar. Fancy making headline news of “Grocery items” things one regarded as being commonplace, & when it came to buying them, rather a nuisance before the war – However, the changing face etc. Christmas is nearly here now, what will happen at Laghouat down in the desert where it does get cold in winter, I don’t know. We have no longer the aid of our dear friends of last year in Tunis, they cannot help us now. They were generosity itself last year and I shall never forget them. We bought some beer & wine the other day for festive occasions, but Jimmy & I have drunk the beer, so we have ordered some more in hopes. It is very difficult to get, and bad for the stomach being very much chemically prepared. From the tone of this letter it sounds as though we [deleted] lif [/deleted] live for nothing but our stomachs. This is far from being the case, but as there is so little I can tell you about in it all goes. Our small culinary preparations are our present high lights. There will be plenty to tell you about one day & it won’t be just Red X. parcels. With every thought and best wish for Christmas, New Year & Mother’s birthday. All my love, Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Updates them on mail received. Sorry that it had been delayed and that the radio he wanted them to get for Christmas was unobtainable. Writes about exchange of cables and mentions their content. Wonders why they cannot get the radio, if temporary shortage hopes they can get one when they reappear. Mentions arrival of Red Cross parcels but many items had been stolen so they pooled and redistributed. but shortage of tea, milk and soap. Writes of swapping food items and a little of what he has available. Mentions Christmas nearly there but no idea what will happen at Laghouat. Writes that they no longer have friends like at previous camps to help them and about obtaining some wine for festive occasions. Concludes with Christmas best wishes.
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1941-12-18
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411218
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1941-12-18
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James Douglas Hudson
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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 Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie. Afrique du Nord.
26-12-41.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I am writing this letter to you on Boxing Night, and I am very pleased to say that I received five letters on Dec. 23rd just as I finished writing my previous letter to you. They were:- Mothers dated Nov. 2nd 11th & 16th, Dad’s of Nov. 12th & Mary’s of Nov. 14th. I am also very glad to learn from your latest cable, to which I replied immediately, that you received six letters from me, the latest dated September 17th, after an absence of mail of about 14 weeks. Several people are receiving cables saying that the mail has started arriving again. Let us hope that this will continue, but that future letters will be more speedy in getting through. Mother mentions how much she misses me. I know this only too well, and I can so honestly say that I miss you both just as much. It will be the greatest day in my life when we meet again, and it cannot arrive too quickly. It is the main thing for which I live these times. Christmas is now over and I have been thinking about you all the time. Under the circumstances we didn’t do too badly. As you know wine is very cheap here and there is plenty of it. Accordingly we had plenty, also quite a stock of Mausseux, which is a cheap champagne. On Christmas eve, or rather Christmas morning it was 1. am, a few of us, at the suggestion of the British C.O. here who said “as we seem to be the only sober people at this stage of the proceedings, let us drink to Absent Friends,” did so, and I hope the message the toast contained made your ears burn, if you were still awake. We utilised many of our Red Cross Parcel items to supplement our food, and opened tins of stew, peas, ham etc. and
[page break]
made milk and cream to go with our home made rice pudding, & Red Cross sultana pudding. These Red Cross Parcels arrived just before Christmas and I am convinced we were just as excited as any normal kid is on receiving presents from Santa Claus. I don’t think it is necessary now for you to send the soap & tea I asked for as these have been supplied by the Red Cross. Just as you wish, however. Well, I was very pleased to learn from Dad’s letter that work & business are going well and do hope they will continue like that. Nobody knows better than I do that Dad deserves some real good luck. I am interested to learn that you got the book “In Lightest Africa” and that it tells about Laghouat. What you mention is quite fitting with the little I have found out. Tony & I both received the book mark calendars you sent, & in my last envelope I included a note of thanks written by Tony. He has received since a Christmas card from Mother for which he sends his thanks and appreciation. The large calendar has not arrived yet. It is good to hear that Dad gets his 50 or 60 cigarettes & 1 oz of tobacco. I smoke about 140 cigarettes weekly at 2 francs for 20. I don’t know the rate (if there is one) of exchange, but imagine 2 francs is about 2d. They are made from black tobacco which is very much stronger than the English cigs. & far less scented. To-day I received a cable from E.W.7 with a pre-paid reply & sent off an answer immediately to the [indecipherable word] Athenaeum. It was good to receive these greetings and I appreciate them no end. I will now say good-bye until next letter. Jimmy & I are going to prepare a supper dish of Cous-Cous (like Semolina) boiled up in milk (our own made) with juice to flavour. I have Lemon Curd, Bramble Jelly, Plum, Honey, & Plum & Apples in my selection. They are useful. Also tin of pineapples, & prunes. As ever all my love & thoughts. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Written on boxing night reports arrival of letters. Hope letters home have started to arrive. Catches up with family and friends news. Says he was thinking of them over Christmas day. Writes of availability of cheap wine and champagne and drinking to absent friends. Reports arrival of Red Cross parcels just before Christmas and use of items in them to supplement food. Continues with more family gossip and mentions how much he smokes and how much it costs. Concludes saying he is off to prepare couscous.
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1941-12-26
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE411226
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1941-12-26
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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 Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie. Afrique du Nord
2-1-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
At the time of writing this letter to you I think I can say we are experiencing the calm after the storm. In other words quietness reigns after the hectic arrival of the New Year. On New Year’s Eve some of our boys presented a Pantomime which they called Thumbs Up, and when all the limitations have been considered I can say the show was very cleverly produced. The chorus girls looked very attractive, and strangely they were all boxers, whilst the male chorus didn’t include a single pugilist. This show started the evening and afterwards the wine supply was attacked. Jimmy & I turned in to bed at 2.30 am which was quite early compared to certain other people’s times of retirement. As the lights go out before ten everything had to be conducted in the dark which probably explains why both Tony & Myself intercepted a bottle each on the forehead. From where they came neither of us know, but the effect was negligible and neither of us suffered. I suppose on these occasions, which are extremely rare, people in our position have a little more steam to let off than is normal so the whole thing is fairly understandable. Well now that the New Year is here let us hope that it will [inserted] have [/inserted] better things in store for us all than last, and most sincerely let us hope that our days of separation will soon be numbered. Jimmy and I, who, when we are together and undisturbed remain perfectly rational, drank a toast to all those at home near and dear to us, as soon as the New Year was ushered in. My last letter to you was written a few days ago and I acknowledged then receipt of your letters dated October 2nd, Nov. 23rd. 25th & 27th, and one from Mrs. Clayton dated Nov. 23rd. I was glad to receive them all, and wonder
[page break]
if you will express my thanks to Mrs Clayton & explain that I have only received two letters from John, & that I wrote to him last a four page letter about end of July. I will write again now. the weather has become bitterly cold. The sun has not appeared for two days which is unusual, and there is a wicked North East wind blowing. Frost shows its signs in the morning but it never rains, or snows. Just at present I doubt if it is any colder with you. The extremes in temperature here are amazing. We have to conserve our small supply of wood for essential purposes such as cooking & making tea, of course. Believe me it only requires a very small excuse this weather to put the pan on & do we say thank you, that we are able to do this. We have only one pan between the three of us & this has to perform many different roles. I wonder if when next you write to me after receipt of this letter you would give me an idea as to my bank account? I know what it was when I left England so if you tell me what has been added I shall know the position. Could you tell me what I pay in Income Tax? Do you know if A.M. are crediting me with my full flying pay? I am entirely ignorant on these matters, but I trust you still receive satisfactorily my increased allotment as from January last year. Re. the radiogram I wanted you to buy for Christmas. I do hope you will continue your endeavours and accept one as a gift from me as soon as you can. In the meantime I hope the relay will fill the gap of the old H.M.V. Today is Grandad’s birthday, so when you get this letter will you tell him I wished him at the appropriate time? At the bottom of the page I leave you once again until next letter writing day. As always you are in my thoughts and I send you all my love & best wishes.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that it is now quiet after hectic activities at new year. Mentions pantomime put on during new year's eve and antics on hitting the wine store afterwards and retiring at 2.30. Then catches up with mail received. Writes of cold weather and having to use their small supply of wood only for cooking and making tea. He ask them to let him know the state of his bank account and raises other issues on pay and allotments. Hopes they are all well.
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1942-01-02
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420102
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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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1942-01-02
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
9-1-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
The last letter I wrote to you was on January 6th and the day after I was very pleased indeed to receive four letters from you dated December 3rd. 6th. 10th & 12th also your Christmas Card. I was terribly sorry to learn of the death of Mr. Clayton & I shall write a letter of sympathy and condolence to Mrs. Clayton. If you receive this letter first will you convey to both Mrs. Clayton & John my deepest sympathies? As you said you would cable if you spent Christmas at Horsforth I presume you were unable to go. Will you thank Uncle Walter & Auntie Una for their kind enquiries and also for their greetings telegram? I hope that Uncle Walter is better & that they will get good news of Joe. I am glad that [deleted] the [/deleted] Mula have got me down in the category to which I belong. It will be the day where I can give them my old address again in England. I do hope that the apple tree Mother planted will merit the labour & will bear good fruit. I wish it might bear good tidings as well. It gives me great pleasure to learn that your “roses” are still in bloom, and I urge you both to continue keeping up your chins & spirits. The day may not be as far away as we think, when all will be well again. The profusion of beautiful flowers which grow riotously in the gardens of Laghouat according to the book “The Lightest Africa” doubtless will not appear until Spring. At present it is far too cold. Your remarks about the cold winds of January & February will be very true I should imagine. The weather is
[page break]
very cold now with bitter northerly winds & frost in the mornings. I imagine it is colder here than it was at Kef last winter, & this place is one of the hottest in North Africa in summer. Our fortnights wood supply arrived this afternoon, but we use it chiefly for cooking & making our Red Cross tea and cocoa. This afternoon Jimmy & I made four lbs marmalade. We have no sugar so used as a substitute “sucre de raisin” which is a syrup obtained from grapes. It acts as a good preservative & sweetener but alters the taste slightly. Reverting to the gardens in Laghouat. It is very probable they will be beautiful in spring because in late autumn I noticed, Oranges, Lemons, Pomegranates, Figs, Grapes, Dates etc. but there are none of these which are in any way more beautiful than an English garden & orchard. I have seen both & I know which I prefer. The only thing our country lacks is more blue sky. I thank Dad for the kindly thought of sending me the 100 Player Cigarettes which he received from the traveller as a Christmas present. Cigarettes have been received by Air Mail but I don’t know if it is very reliable. I am sure that most of your letters are arriving and I do hope that you will get mine. I always write twice a week and it is disappointing to think that they should go astray. It was comforting to receive your fairly recent telegram saying that six letters arrived on one day and I trust that this is only a preliminary to others which will follow. You ask about musical instruments. No we do not possess any in the camp but we borrowed a piano for the New Year Pantomime which was produced by some of the boys. Once again I must say good-night. As always I send all my love, thoughts and best wishes.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail, sorry to hear of death of acquaintance and asks condolences be passed on. Catches up on family news and gossip. Mentions cold weather with frost in the morning and reports arrival of fortnightly issue of wood which they use for cooking and making Red Cross tea and cocoa. Comments on cooking activities thanks his father for present of 100 players cigarettes. Hopes they are getting his letters and answers their query about musical instruments of which they have none.
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1942-01-09
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420109
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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North Africa
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1942-01-09
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
14-1-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote to you last I have been pleased to receive three further letters from you dated December 1st, 14th & 17th and one from Dorothy dated December 20th. Your letter of December 14th said that Auntie Gladys had started going to business, and that John was stationed in South Africa. He is very fortunate. Your letter of the 17th acknowledged receipt of six of my letters after such a long absence, and I do hope that these will continue to arrive regularly now. I was glad to learn from Dorothy’s letter that the communal letter I wrote to Calverley arrived at its destination. I also wish to thank both Dorothy & Mary for the letters I receive from them quite regularly, I do appreciate them. To-day I sent off the following telegram for Mother’s birthday:- “Many happy returns Mother’s birthday all love wishes” and I sincerely hope it will arrive in time. There is no need to say just how much my thoughts will be with you on the 19th. My thoughts are always with you really so you may say that we are not separated in the very sense of the word. I am enclosing with this letter a photo taken when the Padre visited us before Christmas, it was a little warmer then, than it is now. Just at present the weather is particularly cold. I hope to send another small photograph soon showing how we did cooking at Aumale. It will give you an idea of the primitive methods employed. There appears to be a temporary (we hope) shortage of cigarettes and we are having to roll our own from Arab pipe tobacco which is being supplied in very small quantities. My method is to
[page break]
moisten the gum of an envelope and run the cigarette paper edge along this, then wrap it round the stem of a pencil so that it forms a hollow tube, and stick the gummed edges. By using a small piece of cotton wool in one end a useful “filter tip” is provided, and this also serves to prevent tobacco from dropping out. The whole idea is very unorthodox and doubtless would hurt a seasoned cigarette roller, but it serves a useful purpose for me. Tony, who was interested in advertising & press work in civilian days started producing a weekly paper which he called the “Camp Echo” It includes articles written by different people in our midst, based on all kinds of things. Some experiences, others informative, or comical etc. Also cartoons & limericks. We have just acquired a typewriter from Algiers, & as I appear to be the only person who has had much typewriter experience the lot of “printing” has fallen on my shoulders. This week we produced 24 pages & believe me the task was no light one as several of the copies we receive have to be cut, punctuated & generally reconditioned. It is interesting & quite informative. I wish I could send you an issue because some of the artists’ drawings are excellent. However, I hope to retain a copy as souvenir & we shall be able to go over it together on some future happy day. Reverting to the enclosed photo. The dog in front of me is not Raf but a later addition brought from Aumale. The jackal disappeared ages and ages ago when still a baby. We are re-cooking our Cous-Cous to-night in Red Cross milk, as we always do these days as it is thus rendered far more palatable, so I shall soon be occupied once again in the culinary category. Am writing a letter of sympathy to Mrs. Clayton & John. And now as ever I say good-night by sending you all my love, thoughts and best wishes.
Douglas
P.S. Jimmy is sitting immediately behind me in the group, wearing civilian jacket.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail and catches up with family news. Sends thanks to all others who have written to him. Says he has just sent cable for his mother's birthday and hopes it arrives in time. Writes he is enclosing a photograph taken when padre visited before Christmas. Is hoping to send another photograph showing primitive cooking while at previous camp. Reports temporary shortage of cigarettes and they are having to roll their own. Writes that they are producing a weekly paper, covers some content and that that week's was 24 pages. He hopes to keep a copy as memento. Signs off saying having to reheat couscous.
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1942-01-14
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420114
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North Africa
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1942-01-14
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James Douglas Hudson
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Tricia Marshall
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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 Consoul General Les Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algeria. Afrique du Nord.
18-1-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote my last letter to you I was very pleased to receive your cable of Jan. 14th three days ago, reading as follows :- Delighted cable eighth did calendars arrive awaiting letters latest dated September seventeenth. Written to-day all love, to which I replied immediately :- “Delighted cable fourteenth already wired greetings Mothers birthday bookmarks received latest letter dated December seventeenth all love”. The very day before your cable arrived I sent a telegram message for mothers birthday as follows :- Many happy returns Mothers birthday all love wishes. I hope this arrived in time for the day; perhaps both cables will have arrived in time, I do hope so. Tomorrow, being the nineteenth my thoughts will be with you both very much and I trust that Mother will have a good birthday and get lots of greetings. I have received one letter from E.W.7 dated December 21st informing me that he has now obtained a full time job in the Fire Service. Also a letter which I was very pleased to receive from Dorothy tells me that the communal letter written to [indecipherable word] addressed to Grandad, arrived. I am very pleased to learn this. Dorothy’s letter was written on December 20th so you will see that the mail from England is getting here quite quickly and fairly regularly. I wish the same could be said about the letters written from here, but even if the mail is uncertain rest assured that I have not forgotten you and try and be consoled by knowing that I have written always twice a week, and that I shall continue to do so unless any order comes
[page break]
through restricting the number of letters, which I don’t think will. In my last letter I sent a post-card size photo tableau of a small group of us when Padre Cummins visited us before Christmas. I hope it will get through. I mentioned also in my last letter that Tony was the Editor of a paper which we have started publishing weekly called the “Camp Echo” it includes articles, humorous and serious, stories, poems, cartoons and drawings done by those in our midst, and as we have recently acquired a typewriter I have undertaken the task of typing all the copy. This is a big job as each issue contains about ten thousand words, and each article has to be studied carefully for errors in spelling, punctuation and phraseology. I wish it was possible to send you an issue but I am afraid it is not. I should like to take a few close up photographs of one weeks copy – if this can be done may be I could send a print to you. At an early date I hope to send you a small photograph showing the primitive method of cooking we employed at [indecipherable word] I wrote a letter of condolence and sympathy to Mrs. Clayton and John a few days ago. In case it does not arrive perhaps you would inform them of this and tell them how sorry I was to learn of Mr. Clayton’s death. I too have taken up pipe smoking again. I bought rather an expensive pipe (50 francs) perhaps this is a good thing because the tobacco is very inferior. The pipe is quite the most satisfactory I have possessed and I am hoping that finally I shall be able to manage. Tony and I both received your bookmark calendars and Christmas cards but no large calendar. Tony wrote a letter of thanks to you and enclosed it with one of mine before Christmas. Now I must say good bye once again. Every best wish for tomorrow, and all my love for all time.
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of their latest cable and writes of the last one he sent them. Hopes mother would have good birthday. Reports arrival of other letters but still worries that his are not getting through. Assures them he has not forgotten them and is writing twice a week. Hopes the photograph he sent in the last letter got through. Mentions that they are publishing a weekly paper and list some content. He is typing all the copy for it and wished he could send them a copy. Hopes to send photographs various in the future. Comments that he has taken up smoking a pipe again.
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1942-01-18
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420118
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-01-18
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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[postmarks]
[postage stamps]
[EXAMINER 4755]
[inserted] Jan. 26th/42 [/inserted]
MR. & MRS. H. E. HUDSON.
191. HALIFAX ROAD.
NELSON.
LANCASHIRE.
ANGLETERRE.
[page break]
FROM. SGT. J. D. HUDSON. 755052.
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN.
CAMP DES INTERNÉS BRITANNIQUES.
LAGHOUAT.
ALGERIÉ.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
[inserted] 17 [/inserted]
[postmarks]
[OPENED BY]
[page break]
Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
26-1-42 Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very pleased to receive your letter of Dec. 21st on Mother’s birthday, the time when my thoughts were very much at home. I was also very pleased to receive your letter dated December 27th on January 23rd telling that you had spent a happy Christmas week-end at Horsforth. Will you thank all the people who sent me money for Christmas? I cannot remember the style of Jaffés, whether it is Co, Ltd. or Sons, or whatever it is. It is kind of Mrs. Clayton to send me a book along and I hope it will arrive safely. Your idea to number all the letters you write is a good one and should enable a check to be made on all those received. Regarding the wireless I asked you to buy, I don’t believe there is a shortage at all, & I repeat that it would give me a lot of pleasure if you would still buy one. We can get another one when I come home. I am glad to hear that my communal letter reached Caburley and I am now awaiting the inundation of replies, but I do wish something could be done to improve the delivery of my letters to you. I mentioned in my last letter to you that I had written to Mrs. Clayton & John expressing sympathy at Mt. Clayton’s death. I was really sorry to hear this news. It was a good show for Mother to receive 22 letters and 30 cards for Christmas and shows that many people are thinking about you. On Jan 23rd I received Miss Morton’s Christmas card which you sent along. I do hope that the apple tree Mother planted will have blossom, for her own sake, because she sounds so very thrilled about it.
[page break]
It was a very kind gesture on your part to offer to send boxing gloves out here, but like all other things it is forbidden, or perhaps I should say like most other things. As you remark it is difficult to send anything. The boxing instructor here, ex-Naval Lt. Weight Champion, D.F.C. D.S.O. wishes me to express to you his thanks. I had two ‘photos taken the other day – one alone, ie. Head & shoulders, and another with Riddick & Tony. I mentioned in two earlier letters that Tony, who has had press advertising experience, started running a weekly paper here which he calls the “Camp Echo” We recently acquired a second hand typewriter so I have taken on the task of typing the articles. We are doing the third typed issue this week and turn out about 10,000 words each time, together with drawings and cartoons. The other afternoon it was warm enough to work outside so we took a photo of the three of us at work – typewriter as well. Hope all these photos come out, then I shall send them along to you. We hope to be able to have [inserted] always [/inserted] our own private room for this journalistic enterprise of ours which is receiving 100% support from our officers & men. Cigarettes have suddenly disappeared from our horizon & pipe tobacco is practically non-existant [sic]. I have started pipe smoking to try & even things out but we are still very short – I hope this will be only temporary. I hear there are further Red Cross Parcels for us at Algar, no doubt awaiting transport, which is no small problem here. We received a terrific batch of parcels from them at Christmas & do we appreciate them? They form the basis of so much supplementary cooking. We can buy now from the town, carrots, turnips & onions so once again the stew campaign is in full swing. And now good-bye until next letter. With all my love, thoughts and best wishes
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined].
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of mail and asks them to thank everyone who sent him money. Agrees that they should number their letters to help identify any missing. Reiterates that they should buy themselves radio as he previously suggested. Catches up with family/friends news and gossip. Writes about his boxing, mentions that he has had photographs taken. Writes of weekly newspaper they are producing of 10000 words with drawings and cartoons. Mentions that tobacco and cigarettes have disappeared, hopes temporary. Reports they have heard that there are Red Cross parcels in Algiers awaiting transport.
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1942-01-26
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420126
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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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1942-01-26
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Algar. Algérie. Afrique du Nord.
Jan. 30th 1942.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I have not received any further news from you since your letter of Dec. 27th arrived on Jan. 23rd. The mail does arrive in batches. A few letters came together and then there is an absence of about 10 days One letter made a good trip being posted in England on January 15th and arriving here yesterday. I wonder if you are receiving any more letters from me? I have a group photograph taken in the late summer at Aumale and another showing the simple method of corking on a window ledge which we employed at Aumale. I am not sending them today because I hope that soon we shall be able to use the Consul route again, which should be much quicker and more reliable. I have three more ‘photos “coming up” – one a head and shoulders – another taken with Tony & Riddick and a third showing the editorial staff of the “Camp Echo” at work. When these are ready I shall send them out to you. The “Camp Echo” as I explained in earlier letters, is a paper of 30 pages, containing approximately 10,000 words, and cartoons etc. which we are producing weekly. Tony is the Editor and I do all the typing (we got a second-hand machine from Algar). Articles are submitted by anybody in the camp with a flare [sic] for writing, or any particular knowledge of interesting subjects. We hope that one day it will go down in history as being something “unique”. I wish I could send a copy to you. The next best thing would be to take a few close-up ‘photos of an issue and send these out. This I hope to do shortly. Another section of the
[page break]
boys are rehearsing a pantomime to be presented tomorrow evening. This is being done as a result of a similar previous success produced at New Year. The only musical instrument is a ancient piano which we have obtained on temporary loan. The talent is good, and the whole show is praiseworthy when we consider the obstacles and limitations. We made some more marmalade yesterday. Process is – grate up skins of nine oranges and cut up the pulp etc, also cut up five tangerines but do not include skin. Boil for four hours and add one cup-full of saccharine to sweeten, and four spoons of sugar to preserve (No more sugar available from stock – await next Red Cross Parcels which are on the way containing, we believe & hope, cigarettes & food) Cigarettes & tobacco are scarce and I think I might say nearly non-existant [sic]. We may be able to arrange for a supply in due course, once again we hope. This happens just when I am tackling with success a smart new pipe. At the moment we are existing almost entirely on Cous-cous & carrots & turnips. Oranges are plentiful too. We have still [deleted] got [/deleted] some tea from the last R.C. parcel & powdered milk, also a little jam. The weather has been rather warmer during the past few days. The sun is quite hot from 11am until about 4pm but the wind is cold. I did about half an hour’s sun-bathing away from the wind the day before yesterday. My chest and back have gone a pale yellow, all that is left of last year’s tan. The bottom of the page is almost reached so I must say good-bye once again until next letter. My thoughts – you know – are constantly with you, and I hope everything will go well. As ever, all my love and good-luck to Mothers small apple tree, [deleted] about [/deleted] [inserted] of [/inserted] which she is so proud.
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined].
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Reports arrival of recent letters and records the time some have taken. Has some photographs but not sending them until the have the consul route available for mail as this is more reliable. Explains production of the camp weekly newspaper. Writes that they are rehearsing a pantomime despite many limitations. Says they are making more marmalade but running out of sugar until next Red Cross parcels. Mentions they are still short of tobacco/cigarettes. Writes they are existing on couscous, carrots and turnips.
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1942-01-30
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420130
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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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1942-01-30
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
entertainment
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
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord
3-2-42
My Dear Mother & Dad
I was delighted to receive your cable of January 31st on Sunday, Feb 1st which read as follows!- “Delighted two cables twentieth [sic] eight letters Saturday Caleot Noveux but 21 parcel rejected [indecipherable word] trying to obtain permit all love” to which I replied the same day:- “ Delighted you received eight letters mail received from you, John, E.W.T. Dorothy, Mary Crumpsall dated end December all love. This cable was returned to me today because the Deuxième Bureau were questioning the E.W.T. accordingly I had to change this to Tatham and the wire went off again with two days delay. I don’t think it is necessary for me to say just how glad I was to know that this second batch of letters had reached you. Nov 21st was not too bad a date and the eight weeks taken in transit shows an improvement on some of the earlier ones. Tony received a cable today saying that some of his December letters had got through so perhaps w can expect letters back in future. I also expect we shall be able to take advantage of the Consular route very shortly. Of late letters have bn going this way and that probably accounts for the delay. I received a letter from John & one from Mary on Sunday, both written at the end of December. Mary seemed pleased with the communal letter which arrived at Calverley, & John also received a letter from [indecipherable word]. A previous letter from E.W.T. acknowledged one form m as well, so it does appear that the mail position is Improved. There is one point
[page break]
In John’s letter that is ambiguous and I cannot understand whether it is Bill, or Dorothy’s husband, who is now a Captain. If it is Bill his promotion has been rapid in direct contrast to that of John. I hope you will be able to send the parcel that Nelson rejected. Soap would be very much appreciated because we are very short. This afternoon we are going to make fig jam. We have quite a lot of blue figs and we intend boiling them for about four hours. We haven’t any sugar and hope they will preserve themselves with their own juice. The weather is getting warmer gradually. The wind still persists but the days and nights are cloudless. In the sun it is warm enough by day and this afternoon I intend doing a little something. I hope to send a few photos very soon – I expect by Consular mail - when the films are ready. There is a shortage of cigarettes now and for nearly a month we have almost existed without. I hope that before long this situation will be eased when the next supply waggon arrives. This place is a difficult one to supply, with the existing shortage of fuel and other things. There is not much I can say until I hear further from you. Your latest letter to arrive was dated December 27th so I anticipate further arrivals any day. It must have been a very pleasant surprise when eight of my letters clattered through the box all together and I can imagine your excitement. It is really good to receive your cables telling of the arrival of my mail, because I have written so many times and it is disappointing the think they should go astray. Now I will finish my letter in the usual way by sending you both all my love & best wishes. Keep smiling
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest cable and his reply which was delayed due to address problem with the French. Glad that a lot of his letters to them have finally arrives after 8 weeks in transit. Hopes mail situation will improve now and they will be able to take advantage of the consul route in near future. Discusses other letters send and received and catches up with news from home. Hopes they will sent parcel with soap as he is short of it. Mentions weather and that they are still short of cigarettes and tobacco.
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1942-02-03
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420203
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-02-03
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
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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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Your letter of Jan 1st.
Is numbered I
Royal Air Force 755052. Sgt J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
8-2-42 Afrique du Nord
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote to you last I was pleased to receive two letters from you on Feb. 6th dated December 30th & January 1st. I was also glad to learn from your cable received exactly a week ago that eight of my letters reached you. Th latest dated November 21st. So by now you will know a little of the conditions prevailing at Laghouat. The pipes that dangle in the rack at home are Dad’s own & I did persevere with them at one time or another. The Briars I bought I gave away. I have started making a pipe here and am managing successfully. It is a very nice pipe but unfortunately there is not much tobacco to go with it. Cigarettes are practically non-existent, & we feel this because previously we have had an excellent supply. At the present rate of rationing it will be a problem getting anything at all before long, except perhaps fruit and vegetables which grow here. This afternoon each [indecipherable word] twenty four English cigarettes which have just arrived from the Red Cross, also a half slab of chocolate. There are two Christmas Puddings to be divided as well which will result in an eighth of a pudding per man. I believe there is more stuff in larger bulk en route. It is raining today for the second time this year, after a spell of two or three weeks fine weather. The last few days have been warmer and enable us to form an idea of what to expect in July and August. Your letter of Dec. 30th gives a list of the various people I knew who have been married this year. This list confirms the names mentioned previously in other letters. The
[page break]
biggest surprise to me was learning that Geoffrey Holmes had made such a “big mistake”. That one can go to Calverly if you wish. Strange world, but nothing has tempted me during the past eighteen months until last Saturday when the boys have presented another “show”. It was a success throughout and the fair chorus girls were life-like enough in their war paint. One especially – a young officer of nineteen was a better “girl” than we could find in half the choruses in Britain. We have some real theatrical talent in our [indecipherable word] and the very best was made of the few props available. An old borrowed piano is all we have in the way of musical instruments. I mentioned before that Tony & I publish a weekly paper called the “Camp Echo”. He is the editor & I do the typing. We have been producing 28 pages each week containing stories, cartoons etc. in future we intend to publish a bigger & better paper but to issue it fortnightly instead. This will give the staff and contributors more time. The photo taken of the staff was a washout so we will have to try again. Sorry to hear that Mildred got pushed out of house and firm, but I was relieved to hear that no one got hurt. I have received two letters from her since I came to this country, but have not heard from Anne. It is a long time since any of the other girls wrote. A letter arrived from Aunty Dorothy two days ago posted on December 18th in answer to mine written some three months before. I thank you for your wishes for New Year and I hope you will get the letter with my wishes. I hope besides, as you say, that the next New Year we shall be able to see in together. I am tired of this place believe me. Well I will say good-bye until next letter and, as always, I send you every best wish and all my love. My thoughts are ever with you both.
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail and glad to hear that eight of his letters have arrived which would let them know a little of conditions at Laghouat. Mentions he is now smoking a pipe but there is a lack of tobacco. Writes of difficult supply situation and only being able to get locally grown vegetables and fruit. Writes of receiving 24 English cigarettes each from Red Cross as well as chocolate and Christmas puddings. Mentions it is raining and weather in general. Mentions recent show and describes some aspects as well as production of weekly newspaper. Concludes with catching up with family news and gossip.
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1942-02-08
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420208
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-02-08
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Morgan
prisoner of war
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
Date
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2015-06-16
Rights
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
10-2-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very pleased to receive this afternoon three letters from you numbered 3, 5 & 6 and dated January 7th, 12th & 14th, also one from Auntie Maud Hudson dated November 3rd with Christmas, card came via ordinary mail. I received your Christmas card and bookmark Calendar a long time ago, so did Tony, but the large Calendar you mention has not yet come to hand. You ask if the spring-time here is anything like the English. No there is little comparison and as all around is desert we cannot observe the return to life of the green things. They only grow in gardens which are walled off. You also ask do I ever picture the home-coming. I do that every day. I suppose we shall notice differences in each other, but not basically. In that respect we shall always remain the same. What a day the home-coming will be – when it arrives! We did not receive any clothing from the Red X, but we have received quite an amount of food for which we have been thankful. More particularly for the drinks, ie, cocoa, tea and powdered milk. No, there is no Padre here. Mr Cummil came from Alger once before Christmas, and I sent you a ‘photo taken of the service group. You say that you do not think I shall care much for your small house. Have you imagined what it will feel like for me to be in a house again, with all the facilities and conveniences and everything that goes to make a home life? This should put your mind at rest in this respect. So you persuaded Dad
[page break]
to buy a pair of rubber boots. I can well picture the look on his face if he was not thrilled with them. I did not know Dad understood Bridge – but as he does he should give Mother lessons in preparation. It is a good game and in a letter recently received from John he told me he had taken it up as well. I have not played for some time, as we have been fairly busy publishing the “Camp Echo” which I explained in earlier letters. Also the primitive supplementary cooking we so often do takes up quite a lot of time in a pleasant manner. Yes we go to bed fairly early – generally between nine & ten. During the winter we have been getting up about 8.30. There is not much point in getting up earlier when the mornings are cold. In summer it will be different & we shall probably be up at 7am. We were at Aumale. It gets dark about 6-30pm & light about the same time in the morning now.. The summer [inserted] during [/inserted] the longest day [inserted] it [/inserted] is light from about 5am to 8-30pm. There is not the same difference here as in England. It makes me glad to understand that by reading my letters you are able to bridge the distance which separates us. I can say the same applies to me. I hope my letters will continue to reach you regularly again. R.A.F. is a mongrel terrier, & Wimpy is also. He is rather like Bunty used to be. Raf. is smaller & black and white. Wimpy was christened after the name of the aircraft Wellington which is so often referred to under that name. I am glad to hear that you do not have to queue for rationed articles. That is a saving of time and trouble. And now once more I will say good bye until next letter. As ever I send you both all my love, thoughts & best wishes.
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined].
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail as well as Christmas card and bookmark calendar. Answers their question comparing spring in North Africa to home. Mentions not receiving any clothes from Red Cross but had received considerable amount of food for which grateful especially cocoa, tea and powdered milk. Says they do not have padre and ensures them he will like their new house when he gets home. Catches up with family news. Says he has not played much bridge lately as he is tied up with production of weekly newspaper. Describes his day.
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1942-02-10
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eng
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1942-02-10
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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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2015-06-16
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord.
14-2-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Today is St.Valentines Day and my thoughts are very much with you when your cable arrived dated Feb. 13th reading as follows:- “Our Valentine brings all love and thoughts parcel cigarettes despatched to-day both well eagerly await letters” and I am sending the following telegram reply with this letter this afternoon:- “Delighted cable thirteenth love thoughts reciprocated await parcel latest letter received dated January fourteenth writing always.” Yesterday a letter arrived from you dated November 19th which had come via Germany. This is the second letter which has come this way, the previous one took about eight weeks longer than the usual route and I attribute it to carelessness in our postal authorities who I imagine included these letters with the German P.ofW mail. Yes I remembered on Nov. 21st that it was nineteen years since Mother first took me to school. As she remarks we have travelled many roads together, rough and smooth, and memory does single out the smooth and happy ones. Just at present we are tackling another rough but, on our own this time, but the smooth will appear to be even smoother when we reach the crest of the uphill fight. You will remember in the days of the two-stroke that many times the hills proved difficult, but we always managed to reach the top. To draw what is perhaps an unusual comparison – what the little two-stroke could do I know that we can – our
[page break]
difficulties will be overcome one happy day. On [deleted] January [/deleted] [inserted] February [/inserted] 10th I received three letters from you dated Jan. 7th. 12th & 14th and one from Auntie Maud Hudson – via ordinary mail – enclosing a Christmas card, dated Nov. 3rd. Your letters were numbered 3, 5 & 6. I received letter No.1. on Feb 6th. I answered most of the points in those letters when I last wrote to you three or four days ago. From your telegram received today I was very pleased to note that you had been able to despatch a parcel of cigarettes. I presume this is in reply to a request of mine doubtless made in one of the letters received in the last batch of eight, and I expect that it is coming by Air Mail. I do thank you and I am waiting eagerly for it to arrive. Fortunately our recent shortage of cigarettes has been alleviated and we have got back to the one packet a day basis. I do not know whether this will continue. Talking about our dogs Raf & Wimpy, another bitch who wandered into the camp some time ago has just given birth to five of the ugliest pups I have ever seen. Quite a number of other dogs come and go and consequently we are overrun. I consider the original two sufficient and am in favour of suppressing the remainder. I am writing this letter out of doors. The sun is quite hot shining from a cloudless sky but a very cool wind blows making it too dangerous to sunbathe. My face and hands are very tanned but my body gone pale yellow as a result of last year’s sun. The difference between day and night temperatures at this time of the year is very great. I must say good-bye again until I write my next letter. The phrase is getting old but it still rings as true as ever when I say all my love thoughts and best wishes to you both.
[underlined] Douglas {/underlined].
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of Valentines day cable and his reply as well as other letters received, some via Germany, probably included in German prisoner of war mail. Catches up with home news and reminisces. Reports arrival of letters from other people. Glad parents were able to dispatch parcel of cigarettes which he awaits eagerly. Writes that cigarette shortage was now over and mentions dogs in who have come into camp. Comments on weather.
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1942-02-14
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eng
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-02-14
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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[Front of envelope]
EXAMINER 4501 [postmark]
MR. & MRS. H. E. HUDSON
191 HALIFAX ROAD
NELSON.
LANCASHIRE
ANGLETERRE
[/Front of envelope]
(Back of envelope]
FROM. SGT. CHEF J. D. HUDSON. 755052
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN.
CAMP DES INTERNES BRITANNIQUES
LAGHOUAT.
ALGERIE
AFRIQUE DU NORD
[inserted] Group photo enclosed [/inserted]
OPENED BY
[/Back of envelope]
[page break]
Royal Air Force. Sgt. J. D. Hudson 755052
c/o Consul General des. Etats Unis
Rue Miichelet. Alger. Algerie.
Afrique Du Nord.
18-2-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Yesterday I was very pleased to receive your letter No. 7. dated January 18th. So far I have received your letters Nos. 1: 3: 5: 6 & 7 written this year, and these I have acknowledged in my earlier letters. On Feb. 14th I was pleased to receive your cable of the 13th and I wired a reply immediately. Your letter of Jan. 19th was written just before my last batch of eight letters reached you so I am expecting a reply to them any day now. I do wish you could receive my mail as quickly as I receive yours. Each letter takes about three to four weeks to arrive. You mention reading a book by Warwick Deeping. It is rather strange because I have just finished one of his called “The Malice of Man[?]” and I am waiting to read another called “Exiles” I enjoyed the last one immensely. You say that the weather was very cold about mid-January. The past few days have been warmer here but yesterday there was a terribly cold wind and isolated flakes of snow appeared, but in the sun it was nearly warm enough to sun-bathe sheltered from the wind. I did about five hours reading in the sun the other day but I developed a headache as a result which is only just beginning to clear. I shall exercise a little more care in future. Red Cross parcels continue to arrive regularly and in the recent issues I acquired two tins of bacon which Jimmy & I shared. This is the first bacon I have had since my arrival in Africa eighteen months
[page break]
ago. We still continue with our amateurish cooking and the latest efforts have been puddings. I will quote the recipe of the last one, made yesterday. Contents were bread crumbs, ground[?] up dry Arab biscuits, dates, figs, home-made marmalade, saccharine and a glass of sweet aperitif. This mess was placed in an empty Red Cross tine and the whole affair boiled for one hour. Afterwards we dried the pudding by placing the tin on the embers of the fire for half an hour. We made a primitive sauce of milk powder, cocoa and saccharine. The result was a terribly rich rather stodgy affair which must have splashed as it went lower[?] I am sending a small photo showing our cooking arrangements at Auncale[?]. They show somebody cooking on a charcoal & wood fire in a bowl on the window sill. Here we cook in a fire place; the only fuel is wood which is very scarce. I am also sending a photo taken at Auncale[?] shortly before we left. I cannot remember whether this has been sent earlier, or not. However, I have duplicates of them all, so one day I expect we shall be able to go through them all together. I have just been looking through the photos you sent me taken in the garden last summer. They are very good ones and your garden does look splendid. I am ever so glad to have these with me because you both look very well and at the moment, they are very dear to me. I have quite a number of photos with me taken of John, myself, the motor bikes and the girls and it is good to be able to glance through them. I am just waiting for that day when we are together again, when I shall be able to tell you all that has happened. The little I could tell you from Hut 190 is nothing compared with my present inability. So good-bye until I write my next letter. Keep smiling and may everything go well. Until we meet again you will be always in my thoughts. All my love and best wishes to you both.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of recent mail and wishes his mail to them would be as quick as theirs to him. Writes about books being read and a little of his daily activity. Mentions that Red Cross parcels were still arriving regularly and recently contained tins of bacon which was the first he had. Goes on with considerable discussion of his cooking efforts and mentions including a photograph showing cooking facilities at previous camp. Says he has been looking at photographs he has to remind him of them and others.
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1942-02-18
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eng
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
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North Africa
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1942-02-18
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James Douglas Hudson
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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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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet
Algar. Algerie
Afrique du Nord.
23.2.42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote to you last I have received two letters from you; one dated Jan 4th (No. 2) arrived via Italy on Feb. 21st. and the other dated Jan. 25th (No. 9) arrived on Feb. 19th. The following are the letters I have received which have been written this year and the dates they arrived I have put at the side. 1, 6-2-42; 3, 10-2-42; 5 & 6 10-2-42; 7, 17-2-42; 9, 19-2-42 and 2, 21-2-42. To complete the sequence I am still waiting for letters 4 & 8. There is not very much to answer in your letter No. 2. As you presume, I expect my income tax will be deducted by the R.A.F. automatically. Where is Mrs. Clayton going to live? I received a letter from John a week or so ago in reply to mine of September. I shall write again shortly. I am very glad to learn that where you are living now it is possible to [indecipherable word] your usual evenings again. Although I had a fair[?] idea, I did not realise that it had been quite so bad. Now I realise just what did happen. I was very touched to learn from your letter of Jan. 25th that you proposed trying to send me chocolate, tea and soap by Air Mail. When I made this request I did not realise that you only received two ounces of chocolate weekly or that your tea ration was a small one. Since I made my request the Red Cross parcels have arrived fairly steadily and as we are now well known to the Organisation we can always expect them to continue. At present my tea supply is good, with more to be distributed, so I implore you to save all your precious tea now – I really do not need it. I should be
[page break]
the last person to take chocolate from you under these circumstances. Here again supplies are coming in from the Red Cross. The soap will be useful – it has been a scarcity but once again “Hats Off” to the Red Cross who have sent us supplies. You will understand that since the time my request letters were written the position has improved greatly. The tea shortage is worst[?]. If cigarettes are also difficult to come by, again I suggest most firmly that you do not send them. We have recently received 100 each (Gold Flake & Terfani[?] Kings Guard, also arrangements have been made whereby a better supply of Algerian cigarettes can be obtained for us. I was very glad to learn that my letters describing this place had reached you. Together with these and the book you secured you now have quite a good idea of Laghauat[?] I mentioned in my last letter that I had just read Warwick Deeping’s “Malice of Men[?]” At this time your letter arrived saying Mother had been reading “No Hero[?] This” by the same author. I am now completing Sylvia Scarlett by Compton Mackenzie, but as the “Camp Echo” is in the process of being typed I have not much time at the moment. We sent a copy of an earlier edition of the “Camp Echo” to the Red Cross the other day, so keep your eyes and ears open it may be mentioned by them in some publication. In my next letters I will mention the book of the day I am reading. There is not much space left now so I will bring my letter to a finish. As you will see from the envelope it is going by Air Mail again. With all my love, thoughts and best wishes to you both, good-bye until next letter.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of recent letters and notes that two of sequence had not arrived yet. Answers questions raised on income tax and other family news. Touched that they are trying to sent parcel with chocolate (despite it being rationed), tea and soap. However they were now getting a good supply of Red Cross parcels so less need to be supplemented from home. Praises Red Cross. Shortages, particularly cigarettes were no over. Mentions books being read but he lacked time at present due to production of camp newspaper. Writes that an edition of paper was sent to the Red Cross so they should keep eyes open in case red cross published it anywhere.
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1942-02-23
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Tow page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420223
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-02-23
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
prisoner of war
Red Cross
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Title
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
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529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson.
℅. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie
26-2-42. Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very pleased to receive four letters from you to-day and one from Dorothy. Your letters were dated as follows :- Jan. 10th & 28th, Feb. 2nd & 4th and Dorothy’s Jan. 26th. The numbers of your letters were 4; 28th not marked but presumably 10; 12 & 13. This means that of the thirteen letters you have written this year, ie, up to Feb. 4th, all have been received except No. 8, which is not bad going. I am glad you have received ten letters from Laghouat, latest November 25th, at last you must now [sic] something about my present situation. I am glad that Mrs. Baggaley wrote to you at Christmas and I thank her for her wishes. How I should like to be able to spend a fortnight there, and I hope the time will arrive where we shall be able to carry out that wish again. The last two books I read were “Malice of Men” by Warwick Deeping and “Sylvia Scarlett” by Compton MacKenzie. At present I am reading “Twenty years a-growing” by Maurice O’Sullivan. Translated from the original Irish. I have not read Farnol’s “John o’the Green” and fear it is not in our “library”. I always appreciated his books and have read two or three during my sojourn in North Africa. The book Mrs. Clayton sent has not arrived yet. Incidentally, I wrote another letter to John about three days ago. I gave you the addresses of three of Eric Pickles relatives, but it appears that a letter he wrote to his sister arrived first. I naturally don’t know anything about his people, but Eric is a very intelligent “lad” with a lot of experience, because he has done about twelve years service with the Navy. However, I note
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your remarks. I don’t know which photo she showed you but I gather it would be a group picture (I have since forwarded one to you) taken when I had a “goatee”. I explained at the time that I appeared very thin with an elongated face due to the beard which appeared on my chin. I can assure you that I am not going thin bodily, on the contrary, and I should imagine that if I were to meet you now you would think I had toughened up quite a bit. I was very touched to hear about the parcel you were trying to send via Air Mail, but sorry to hear of the great inconvenience at appears to cause. Where I learned that 12/5d was required as postage I was sorry I ever made the request. I wish to insist most firmly, that unless something can be done in future to reduce this fee, you do not trouble to send any thing else. As the Red Cross have been fairly constant with their supplies of tea, chocolate and cigarettes recently the shortage has practically ceased to exist, and as these articles are so necessary for you under the rationing emergencies, I would rather you kept these. If you were to see me [deleted] to [/deleted] now - weather beaten as a result of the January & February winds - you would think I was well looked after. The diet here - granted a war time diet - is very different in character from what I have been used to, but provided we can cope with vegetables and rice and macaroni body & soul remain together. The Red Cross is never far behind. Enclosed a photo, in dismal mood and [inserted] with [/inserted] slightly unshaven chin, but compensated for by quantities of wavy hair. I bet it will make Dad a bit envious. Note the position of the belt fastened in peg number 1. I’ll send these photos along as and where they are taken. This was taken just after the New Year when it was very cold. It is possible to get extra prints from these if you require them. The negative is not necessary. Well, goodbye until next letter. All my love and thoughts for you both. Keep mailing and chins up. Douglas.
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Title
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
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Reports arrival of mail and notes all sent up to 4 February apart from one had now arrived. Glad his letters had also gotten to them. Writes about books he is reading. Mentions correspondence with family of Eric Pickles a navy man in the camp. Discusses photographs and talks a little about himself. Was surprised at cost of air mail parcel they tried to send and says not to bother in future as it was too much and the supply situation was now improved, with less shortages, from when he originally requested they send him parcels. Mentions the weather and talks of their diet and that he was enclosing photographs.
Date
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1942-02-26
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
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Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420226
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-02-26
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Contributor
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Alan Pinchbeck
prisoner of war
Red Cross