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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 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
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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
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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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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-01-30
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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
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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2015-06-16
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Royal Air Force 755052. Sgt J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
Afrique du Nord
3-2-42
My Dear Mother & Dad
I was delighted to receive your cable of January 31st on Sunday, Feb 1st which read as follows!- “Delighted two cables twentieth [sic] eight letters Saturday Caleot Noveux but 21 parcel rejected [indecipherable word] trying to obtain permit all love” to which I replied the same day:- “ Delighted you received eight letters mail received from you, John, E.W.T. Dorothy, Mary Crumpsall dated end December all love. This cable was returned to me today because the Deuxième Bureau were questioning the E.W.T. accordingly I had to change this to Tatham and the wire went off again with two days delay. I don’t think it is necessary for me to say just how glad I was to know that this second batch of letters had reached you. Nov 21st was not too bad a date and the eight weeks taken in transit shows an improvement on some of the earlier ones. Tony received a cable today saying that some of his December letters had got through so perhaps w can expect letters back in future. I also expect we shall be able to take advantage of the Consular route very shortly. Of late letters have bn going this way and that probably accounts for the delay. I received a letter from John & one from Mary on Sunday, both written at the end of December. Mary seemed pleased with the communal letter which arrived at Calverley, & John also received a letter from [indecipherable word]. A previous letter from E.W.T. acknowledged one form m as well, so it does appear that the mail position is Improved. There is one point
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In John’s letter that is ambiguous and I cannot understand whether it is Bill, or Dorothy’s husband, who is now a Captain. If it is Bill his promotion has been rapid in direct contrast to that of John. I hope you will be able to send the parcel that Nelson rejected. Soap would be very much appreciated because we are very short. This afternoon we are going to make fig jam. We have quite a lot of blue figs and we intend boiling them for about four hours. We haven’t any sugar and hope they will preserve themselves with their own juice. The weather is getting warmer gradually. The wind still persists but the days and nights are cloudless. In the sun it is warm enough by day and this afternoon I intend doing a little something. I hope to send a few photos very soon – I expect by Consular mail - when the films are ready. There is a shortage of cigarettes now and for nearly a month we have almost existed without. I hope that before long this situation will be eased when the next supply waggon arrives. This place is a difficult one to supply, with the existing shortage of fuel and other things. There is not much I can say until I hear further from you. Your latest letter to arrive was dated December 27th so I anticipate further arrivals any day. It must have been a very pleasant surprise when eight of my letters clattered through the box all together and I can imagine your excitement. It is really good to receive your cables telling of the arrival of my mail, because I have written so many times and it is disappointing the think they should go astray. Now I will finish my letter in the usual way by sending you both all my love & best wishes. Keep smiling
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest cable and his reply which was delayed due to address problem with the French. Glad that a lot of his letters to them have finally arrives after 8 weeks in transit. Hopes mail situation will improve now and they will be able to take advantage of the consul route in near future. Discusses other letters send and received and catches up with news from home. Hopes they will sent parcel with soap as he is short of it. Mentions weather and that they are still short of cigarettes and tobacco.
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1942-02-03
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420203
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-02-03
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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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Your letter of Jan 1st.
Is numbered I
Royal Air Force 755052. Sgt J. D. Hudson
c/o. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
8-2-42 Afrique du Nord
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Since I wrote to you last I was pleased to receive two letters from you on Feb. 6th dated December 30th & January 1st. I was also glad to learn from your cable received exactly a week ago that eight of my letters reached you. Th latest dated November 21st. So by now you will know a little of the conditions prevailing at Laghouat. The pipes that dangle in the rack at home are Dad’s own & I did persevere with them at one time or another. The Briars I bought I gave away. I have started making a pipe here and am managing successfully. It is a very nice pipe but unfortunately there is not much tobacco to go with it. Cigarettes are practically non-existent, & we feel this because previously we have had an excellent supply. At the present rate of rationing it will be a problem getting anything at all before long, except perhaps fruit and vegetables which grow here. This afternoon each [indecipherable word] twenty four English cigarettes which have just arrived from the Red Cross, also a half slab of chocolate. There are two Christmas Puddings to be divided as well which will result in an eighth of a pudding per man. I believe there is more stuff in larger bulk en route. It is raining today for the second time this year, after a spell of two or three weeks fine weather. The last few days have been warmer and enable us to form an idea of what to expect in July and August. Your letter of Dec. 30th gives a list of the various people I knew who have been married this year. This list confirms the names mentioned previously in other letters. The
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biggest surprise to me was learning that Geoffrey Holmes had made such a “big mistake”. That one can go to Calverly if you wish. Strange world, but nothing has tempted me during the past eighteen months until last Saturday when the boys have presented another “show”. It was a success throughout and the fair chorus girls were life-like enough in their war paint. One especially – a young officer of nineteen was a better “girl” than we could find in half the choruses in Britain. We have some real theatrical talent in our [indecipherable word] and the very best was made of the few props available. An old borrowed piano is all we have in the way of musical instruments. I mentioned before that Tony & I publish a weekly paper called the “Camp Echo”. He is the editor & I do the typing. We have been producing 28 pages each week containing stories, cartoons etc. in future we intend to publish a bigger & better paper but to issue it fortnightly instead. This will give the staff and contributors more time. The photo taken of the staff was a washout so we will have to try again. Sorry to hear that Mildred got pushed out of house and firm, but I was relieved to hear that no one got hurt. I have received two letters from her since I came to this country, but have not heard from Anne. It is a long time since any of the other girls wrote. A letter arrived from Aunty Dorothy two days ago posted on December 18th in answer to mine written some three months before. I thank you for your wishes for New Year and I hope you will get the letter with my wishes. I hope besides, as you say, that the next New Year we shall be able to see in together. I am tired of this place believe me. Well I will say good-bye until next letter and, as always, I send you every best wish and all my love. My thoughts are ever with you both.
[underlined] Douglas [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Reports arrival of latest mail and glad to hear that eight of his letters have arrived which would let them know a little of conditions at Laghouat. Mentions he is now smoking a pipe but there is a lack of tobacco. Writes of difficult supply situation and only being able to get locally grown vegetables and fruit. Writes of receiving 24 English cigarettes each from Red Cross as well as chocolate and Christmas puddings. Mentions it is raining and weather in general. Mentions recent show and describes some aspects as well as production of weekly newspaper. Concludes with catching up with family news and gossip.
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1942-02-08
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420208
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-02-08
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
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.
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
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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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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-02-23
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson.
℅. Consul Général des 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
[page break]
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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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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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.
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1942-02-26
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420226
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-02-26
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Alan Pinchbeck
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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[Front of envelope]
[PAR AVION]
[3 postmarks]
[postage stamp]
[underlined] JUSQU A MARSEILLES. [/underlined]
F.M.
[inserted] March 1st/42 [/inserted]
MR. & MRS. H.E. HUDSON.
191 HALIFAX ROAD.
NELSON.
LANCASHIRE.
ANGLETERRE.
CONTROLÉ CONTROLÉ
[page break]
[rear of envelope]
CONTROLÉ CONTROLÉ
[postmark]
FROM. SGT. J.D. HUDSON. 755052
BRITISH INTERNED AIRMAN
CAMP DES INTERNÉS BRITANNIQUES.
LAGHOUAT.
ALGÉRIE.
AFRIQUE DU NORD.
[page break]
Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson.
℅. Consul Général des États Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algérie.
1-3-42. Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you three days ago acknowledging receipt of four of your letters numbers 4, 10, 12, & 13 dated Jan. 10th 28th, Feb. 2nd & 4th, also one from Dorothy dated Jan. 26th. The only letters I have not received from you are numbers 8 & 11 out of the first thirteen written. In my last letter I made a mistake and said I had received all except number 8. This is not at all bad going. I hope you will continue to receive the mail from me more regularly and I am pleased that up to the end of January two letters from Laghouat reached you. I do appreciate the letters I receive from Mary & Dorothy and as they are very regular writers I shall send replies in the near future to them both. It is a fortnight since your last telegram arrived so I expect the next one any time now. As I said in my last two letters I think it very kind of you to send me a parcel by Air Mail and I thank you very much. However, [inserted] Red Cross [/inserted] supplies of tea and English cigarettes are now arriving quite regularly, and as the situation has improved regarding the purchasing of Algerian cigarettes I can say quite frankly at the moment that there is no scarcity in these two items. As you appear to be rationed in these things and as I appreciate the value they are to you, also taking into consideration the prohibitive Air Mail fee of postage, I don’t consider it worth while the trouble of sending either of these items in future. What I should still welcome would be soap & perhaps a few late books. I was very pleased to get my petrol lighter back from Alger this week.
[page break]
• Pause to light cigarette - It (the one you bought me for Christmas in 1935) had been in Alger since Padre Cummins visit over nine weeks ago, undergoing repairs, and thanks to this gentleman is in working order again. I treasure my lighter very dearly because it is one of the few personal belongings I still retain. Petrol is practically non existent & I began using Eau de Cologne. This was not very successful, but I managed to get some methylated spirits and am now enjoying better results. I am reading Warwick Deeping’s “Exile” at the moment and find it good. During the days when the “Camp Echo” goes to press I don’t get much time for reading. Recently we decided to publish it once a fortnight it allows more time and we can produce 32 pages fairly easily. I have written a short article (400 words) for next fortnights issue which I have decided to call “Sartorial Satire”. The varied “fashions” of [one indecipherable word] dress prompted this. Its a lot nonsense which can only be appreciated by those in our midst acquainted with the conditions. You appear to have experienced another severe winter with lots of snow. I believe it has been a fairly rough season in this part of the world - although I am not in a position to judge. Laghouat I am told has had it wetter than usual with about three days rain all told. The nights still remain very chilly and the day temperature has been low during the last few days. It was warmer at Kup. during the corresponding period last year. In spite of the miles that separate us my thoughts are always with you both at home. With the passing of time they seem to be even more so - if possible. This is one channel where my memory does not become dim. I cannot say how much I am pining for the day we shall be together again. Being confined is about one of the worst things that can happen to anybody. I often think of “Chatterer the Red Squirrel”. Well goodbye until next letter. All my love & best wishes. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail received and notes two of sequence have still not arrived. Pleased that they now have his letters written up to the end of January. Writes that there was no need now to send parcels as regular Red Cross parcels were now arriving. In addition, there was the prohibitive costs of air mail and the fact that some of the items requested were rationed anyway. He would still welcome soap. He was glad to get his cigarette lighter back from repair in Algiers as this was one of his few personal possessions. There was a lack of petrol so he was using mentholated spirit as fuel. Mentions production of camp newspaper. Comments on their bad winter as well as his own weather.
Date
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1942-03-01
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420301
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-03-01
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Alan Pinchbeck
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. 455052. Sgt J.D. Hudson.
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
5-3-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I last wrote to you about three days ago acknowledging receipt of your last batch of letters, the latest one received being dated February 4th. I was very pleased to receive your cable of Feb. 28th on March 1st reading as follows:-“Message received still await letters censors permit refused cigarettes despatched ordinary mail both well all love” to which I sent this reply next day:- “Received cable twenty-eighth Red Cross cigarettes tea arriving latest letter received dated February fourth writing always well all love”. From your cable I gather that you were refused permission to send cigarettes by air mail and that you accordingly despatched them by the ordinary route. My cable was intended to convey to you that we are now receiving cigarettes and tea from the Red Cross so that you would understand that at present I am not short of these items. I suggested in my last three letters that as there is so much difficulty in sending parcels to me, and as some of the items I requested must be so precious to you, not to bother in future sending tea, chocolate and cigarettes. I do thank you for your splendid endeavours to try and let me have these things and I do appreciate it. If you would care to send me some late book or books and soap I should be glad, but refrain from incurring ridiculous expense. The book which Mrs. Clayton sent has not yet arrived. This is not surprising as the arrival of books from England in the past, has in some cases taken a long time. I think that the
[page break]
greater part of the things actually sent from home to people here, eventually arrive, although oftentimes the journeys are very slow. One chap received a wristlet watch from home by Regd. air Mail in sixteen days – so it does appear possible to get certain articles here quickly. The very last letter I told you how pleased I was to receive my petrol lighter back from Algers after undergoing repairs. Once again it is in use but the only fuel I can obtain is methylated spirits, and that is difficult to acquire. I am enclosing a photo taken with Riddick (centre) & Tony. In all these photos I am generally wedged between two giants. I have just received another print, and Jimmy 6 ft. 2 1/2” is on my right, whilst the camp heavyweight champion 6 ft. is on my left. Another one taken indoors by electric light showing me typing the “Camp Echo” has also come out well after being taken by using a 3 seconds time exposure. When the extra prints come back I hope to send them out to you. Last week I sent a rather gloomy one of myself (head & shoulders) taken about New Year. One of our officers has a very good camera here, so I shall try and take further ‘photos during the warmer weather. I started P.T. again yesterday. I expect the proper sunbathing weather is on the doorstep again. Today has been the warmest this year with a south wind blowing from the desert. Potatoes appear to be in season again and we are pleased to see them on the menu again yesterday and on Sunday. They are not [underlined] quite [/underlined] as good as Mother’s but in these times where we cannot pick and chose almost anything is acceptable. We have destroyed two bitches on the camp as they were becoming a menace. Roy is still thriving and he is likely to continue being the camp mascot. Cheerio now, all my love thoughts and best wishes to you both. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Acknowledges receipt of latest mail and cable. Thanks them for efforts to send parcel with cigarettes but now no need as Red Cross parcels are coming through with them and tea, so no shortage of either. Suggest that they do not need to try and sent parcels with chocolate, tea and cigarettes any longer but books and soap would be welcome. Discusses length of time mail takes and mentions some items other have received. Says he is enclosing a photograph of him with two other men. Discuses photography and the weather.
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1942-03-05
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420305
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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1942-03-05
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Waller
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James Douglas Hudson
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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Royal Air Force. 755052.Sgt. J.S. Hudson.
c/o. Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
8th March. 1942.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Yesterday I was very pleased to receive your letter No. 15 dated February 9th. The following are the letters I have received from you written this year, in this order:- 1,3,5,6,7,9,2,4,10,12,13,15. Nos. 2 & 4 came via Italy. As you will see the ones which have failed to arrive to date are Nos. 8,11 & 14. Probably these will be coming via Germany. I have acknowledged all these letters previously, except for the last one, so I don’t think there is any need for further comment. According to yours of Feb. 9th there was still plenty of snow in England, and from the news regarding the weather in many of your previous letters I gather that you have had another rough winter. However, now I suppose there will be signs of spring and I know that this will make you feel happier, with the realisation that warmer weather, longer daylight and days in the garden are ahead. today is Sunday, and I am writing this letter at 12 o’clock, after lunch. As you know the French have their first meal of the day about 11.30 am. We make our own side meals and tea whenever we feel like them provided the Red Cross “gear” is to hand. The weather here is now fast becoming warmer, and shorts are to be seen, and many half nude bodies taking the sun which is still free. I shall join them when I have written this letter. I have started P.T. again and do it from 1.30 until 2 pm. Before long it will be too hot at this hour and if we continue the time will have to be altered to early morning. The weather is just about
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right to commence sunbathing. It is not too hot (the sun is but the chill wind still persists) and there are no flies. Some people can lie in the sun nearly all day, but not me. I don’t need to anyway, I brown easily enough. The message on your birthday card from Miss Chester about “Hope” is a very true one. It means a lot these days. This life makes one think a lot, it almost appears that too much time is spent thinking. You know about the “Camp Echo” now. One of the Australians wrote an article in last issue asking other people to write about their own countries I have already typed one reply on the “England” imagined by an Officer here. Next issue I think I shall write one of my “England” which to me is represented by :- fresh air, the sea, open spaces, hills, woods and green fields, so little to be found here. Here are open spaces truly enough, but no green, just sand & more sand. The air is fresh now but what will June July & august have to say, shall we still be here? The only thing England lacks is blue sky & sun, & too much sun only breeds flies and disease so next time it is foggy or too cold this may help to cheer you up. The only way to overcome the difficulty is to live in England from May until September and spend the rest of the year in N. Africa. That would be ideal – with plenty of money & no blocade [sic]. Latest Cous-cous recipe. Boil up again for one hour with Nestles milk (when in the larder) see Red Cross – add raisins – again see Red Cross – and serve with jam, home made or Red Cross. Excellent, better than boiled rice-pudding. To quote a popular saying here “Mother if you could only see me now” but we look too sunburned to require sympathy. So Cheerio until next letter. With all my love, thoughts and best wishes. Chins up. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Acknowledges receipt of all numbered letters apart from three which he suspects have gone via Germany. Comments on snow and rough winter in England but says spring and warming weather on the way there. Writes of lunch, Red Cross, weather and sunbathing. Philosophises on life a little. Mentions camp newspaper and article he is writing for it. Compares England to current location and concludes with mention of latest couscous recipe.
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1942-03-08
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1942-03-08
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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 Gereral des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
11-3-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I have not received any more letters from you since I wrote on the 8th. Out of the first fifteen you have written, that is up to Feb. 9th, the only ones which have not arrived as yet are Nos. 8, 11 & 14. I don’t think we can grumble at this. No. 14 is not much overdue and may arrive in the next batch. Nos. 8 & 11 are probably wandering around Germany & may arrive in another war[?] this time. I have not very much to say to you to-day. In most of my letters there is a lot of repetition in case some get lost on their way to you. We have just finished this fortnight’s issue of the “Camp Echo” (we are publishing it fortnightly now instead of weekly) and I am quite satisfied that it is the last one produced up to date. 32 pages in all, of articles, poems, drawings of cathedrals and cartoons, and a photo page of camp life. It was rather strange that your letter of Feb. 8th should include the Daily Mail cartoon of the clothing store “clerical[?] error”. I had written one article for the “Echo” which I called “Sortorial[?] Satire” dealing facetiously with the camp clothing system, [deleted] of [/deleted] & the styles of British Military [indecipherable word] clothes. Our article reproduced the D.M. cartoon at the foot of my second page and thereby added to the glamour. I do wish I could send you a copy of this journal[?]. We produce two [deleted] weekly [/deleted] [inserted] fortnightly [/inserted] (Randell edited & myself printing press) The internal[?] demand for copies as souvenirs is very great. Perhaps when we get back to England the whole series will be published in
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The form of one big book as the principle of the B.O.P. Maybe a few slight modifications will be necessary if it [deleted one word] [inserted] is [/inserted intended for public exhibition. Spring is here at Laghauat[?], or mid-summer as far as England is concerned. It is warm enough to sunbathe from 9 am until 5 pm and just after mid-day it is hot enough to warrant care being taken. This change of temperature has been rather sudden. You can imagine the weather, not a cloud in the sky from sunrise at 7 am until sunset at 6 pm, then a starlight night until the sun rises again next day. This is very pleasant because there are no flies, and the old yellow, remains of last year’s tan, is beginning to assume a darker shade. Pickles had a letter from his sister which he showed me the other day. Mrs Hudson is a very nice person the letter ran, and from its tone I gather that Miss Pickles had really enjoyed her visits to 191. Eric seemed very [indecipherable word] about it. We have been doing P.T. for just over a week in the afternoons, but on account of the present heat we have changed the programme to 7.30 am. It is difficult to decide whether to be in favour or not. One of our officers received a few Players by Air Mail yesterday. It appears rather strange but as you remark probably just good luck. However, I am waiting for the ones you sent by Ordinary Mail & wonder how long they will take to arrive. Our cigarette shortage problem has been settled fortunately, and we are also getting small supplies from the Red Cross. I will say cheerio for the present and prepare for a little sun-bathing. Shorts, sun helmet & glasses, [inserted] in [/inserted] other words the human mushroom. All my love and thoughts as ever.
Douglas.
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Notes he has not received any mail since he last wrote. He writes that there is a lot of repetition in his letters as he is not sure which will get through. Writes of camp newspaper, 32 pages which is published fortnightly. Mentions an article he wrote called sartorial satire about clothing. Comments that spring has arrived at Laghouat and it was now warm enough to sunbathe but wondered what it would be like in July and August. Mentions doing PT and that he was waiting for a parcel from them wondering how long it would take.
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1942-03-11
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1942-03-11
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James Douglas Hudson
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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 General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
13-3-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
Yesterday I was very pleased to receive your letters dated Feb. 11th & 19th Nos. 17 & 18, but I was sorry to learn that Mother has not been well and hope she is quite better now. By the same mail I received a letter from Mollie dated Feb. 12th enclosing a photo of Baby Andrew, and a jolly little fellow he is. Congratulations Mollie on a “bonny bairn”. In her letter Mollie recalls the days when she and I used to play “engines” up and down the garden patch and suggests that it wont be long before Andrew is doing the same. The results of time – and mentioning time Mother says that the old man with the scythe is beginning to take his toll. I think she was not feeling too good at the time and I am sure that old age is not really to blame. I cannot imagine you being old, and surely I am right, when Dad says he does not feel any older than he did 20 years ago. Wait until I am home again & we can go places together – that will banish that old age feeling. Some really good chering[sic] up will be a great tonic, and believe me one of these days I’ll do all in my power to see that you get it. In spite of my long sojourn here, physically I feel younger, doubtless due to the combined effect of plenty of bed and a fair amount of P.T. (I’ve still got some “tummy” to reduce yet due to the ridiculous idleness enforced at Le[?] [indecipherable word]). Mentally, I feel older – yes – but better equipped, if you understand what I mean. You are sending luxury cigarettes “555” & “444”. I do hope they will arrive. Thank you ever so much. You must not
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try and send tea or chocolates, especially as the tea will be probably further rationed. It may get lost in transit anyway, and I know just how much you appreciate what little you have. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to know how you like living at 191, and I am glad that spring is here so that you will be able to enjoy your garden once more. I have not received Mrs Clayton’s book yet. The story you have heard about the pages being torn out of books in transit is a bit “tall” I think. It has not happened to the books received here so far. You ask if I hear what is going on in the outside world. I think I get as accurate information as you do in that respect, but naturally I miss the first hand news of actual detailed happenings in England. In general, I am prepared to belive[sic] I get a possibly clearer conception of events than you do. Bear in mind there is more than one point of view to any argument. I am afraid that the more complex things will have to wait until we are together again, before we can express our ideas. I know, only too well, that if we could write more general letters – to quote you – “the labour of love might be simpler”. It would be simpler. But what can we do? The French say “Qu’est a que nous pousons faire”? You have your thoughts and memories, I have mine. For the time being we must live as these[?] and place our faith in the future. There is a lot I could write about – pages & pages – not just concerning P.T. & Red Cross parcels. I must forbear. Do write to Mrs. Randall. As yet Tony has not received replies to his letters requesting his mother to communicate with you, so it is doubtful if she has received them. Yesterday I wrote to Mary & Dorothy; for your ears alone, I can write “ad lib” nowadays, but I don’t necessarily wish to, except home. Cheerio until next letter, keep smiling, all my love & thoughts to you both.
Douglas.
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Acknowledges receipt of latest letters and sorry to hear mother has been ill. Mentions letter he has received from another correspondent and catches up with comments on news from home. Writes about how he feels and how well he is. Thanks them for trying to send parcel with luxury cigarettes and hopes they will arrive soon. Asks them not to send parcels with chocolate and tea as these will probably be rationed at home and they should keep stuff for themselves. He is glad to know how much they like their new home. Mentions that he does get news of the outside world but misses first hand information about England.
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1942-03-13
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420313
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-03-13
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James Douglas Hudson
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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 General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique de Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
It was a great pleasure to me to receive your cable yesterday of the 14th, but at the same time a disappointment to learn that you have not received any letters from me since the one dated November 25th because I continue to write to you regularly twice a week. “Your cable read as follows: -“ Delighted message fourteen eagerly await letters latest dated November 25th daffodils snowdrops bring memories all love” and I am replying today “Delighted cable fourteenth ‘photo Andrew latest letter eighteen written Mary Dorothy writing you always well all love thoughts.”. As I mentioned in my last letter I received a very good photo of Baby Andrew & a letter from Mollie dated Feb. 12th. I wrote to Mary and Dorothy about two days ago, thanking them for letters etc. received in the post. The last letter I received from you was No. 18 written on Feb. 19th the ones which have not yet arrived are Nos. 8, 11, 14, 16. I cannot quite understand your yesterday’s cable because I did not send a telegram on the fourteenth. The last one was sent off on March 2nd. The one before that I despatched on Feb. 14th which you acknowledged as the 17th. Doubtless it was detained here three days and, therefore, it is probable then that my cable of March 2nd did not leave until the 14th. I shall try and investigate. I do not know the price of sending cables from here. Your “[indecipherable word]” or prepaid replies vary in value. Recently they have been for 94 francs. To-day’s is worth 97 francs. I generally send fifteen to twenty
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words and if it comes to more than the price of the “[indecipherable word]” the French debit my account. So far it has worked fairly satisfactorily. I receive nowadays 500 francs a month from the American Consul, but I cannot tell you what the rate of exchange is. We get a ration of cigarettes from Alger and this (at the moment) comes to 76 francs a month. The money spent on letters is negligible. The balance is spent on anything that can be obtained – items which it is not worth enumerating but which all serve their small [inserted] yet [/inserted] useful purposes. I can well understand that the daffodils and snowdrops will bring memories. They appear at the time when the world, or perhaps in this sense the earth, suggests new life and hope. The time when all those who have eyes and can see [indecipherable word] what is in store for the months to come. To be a little more to the point, it is not so easy just now to foresee what is around the corner, but I am beginning to feel we shall emerge from this darkness before long into a light which will be all the brighter. This cannot last indefinitely, and as we appear to have guessed incorrectly every time so far, maybe the break will come from a source which nobody suspected. I am afraid I am making unsatisfactory progress with this letter – the real trouble lies in not having sufficient space – I don’t know what the official ‘quota’ is, but given 20 pages and no censor I could just about cope. Have just read “Women also Dream” by E. (indecipherable] & have just started another Deeping[?] “Old Wine[?] & New”. I feel that “Dream Prevails” is not in our library. My bed is outside (we have had a room swill out – Monday morning) so I shall wander along and lie in the sun now. Good-bye until next letter, as ever I send all my love, thoughts and best wishes to you both.
Douglas.
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Pleased to get recent cable but disappointed that they had had no mail from him since the end of November. Goes on to include text of his reply. Mentions letters received from others and list the cables that he has sent them. Discusses the cost of prepaid replies they send. Talks of his allowance of 500 francs a month and what he spend it on. Writes that it is difficult to see what the future holds and Philosophises a bit. Says not getting on well with this letters and is not sure what the allowance for number of pages is.
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1942-03-16
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420316
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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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1942-03-16
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
19-3-42
My Dear Mother & Dad,
On the 17th I received two letters from you, Nos. 8 & 14, dated Jan. 21st & Feb. 6th respectively, the former had come via Germany & the latter via Italy, hence the delay. As I have kept all the letters and envelopes received from you since my arrival, I can honestly say that I have a remarkable and varied collection of stamps and postmarks which I hope we shall be able to peruse[?] at leisure, together, in the happier future. Of the first eighteen letters written by you this year they have all arrived with the exception of Nos. 11 & 16, and it is quite probable that these will turn up at a later date, doubtless bearing a [indecipherable word] censor’s mark. It is a pity that the two cables arrived on Jan. 20th and not on Mother’s birthday. I sent one on Jan. 14th & the other (your prepaid) on Jan. 16th so they would arrive in time. It is the people at this end who hold them up and it is a very annoying habit. I am sorry to hear that Mother has been suffering from neuritis and I do hope she is better now. My tummy trouble was over before Christmas and it might have been responsible for my looking queer on those photos. They are so criterion especially of me now. I have been doing P.T. regularly for the last three weeks and at the moment am feeling quite fit. The weather has been ideal and I am getting brown all over again. It has been as hot as you ever get it in England and for about a fortnight the average hours of sun per day must [inserted] have [/inserted] been between ten and eleven. It’s all right now, but what June, July & August will be like God
[page break]
knows. I am thankful I have spent a complete summer in Africa and hope to be seasoned. I am trying to avoid drinking water. As the Red Cross parcels have been frequent since November we have been able to make about four cups of tea per day. It is possible to buy Vichy[?] water which is safe, and although the wine bill may appear out of proportion it is definitely advisable to drink wine instead of water. The price of the wine we buy is 20 francs a bottle (1 litre = 1¾ pints) Daily normal consumption is about half a bottle. Some times we don’t drink any at all & when we feel particularly cheesed[?] some evening swig the lot. I gather from your recent letters that the weather has been exceptionally cold and that winter has really made itself felt. I wish you could have a month of our present weather. I have started having a bath outside under the tap every afternoon, and swill down with a large jug. At present I paddle around in short underpants from 2 pm until nearly 5 pm. We have to make the most of this season. Have entered for a Bridge Competition commencing[?] shortly. I haven’t played for months. The “Camp Echo” typing occupies a lot of my time these days. I have not yet received the book Mrs. Clayton sent. The cigarettes you sent are luxury brands and I am looking forward to their arrival. I asked you in several recent letters not to send tea and chocolate in future as it is so scarce in England. The Red Cross have sent liberal supplies of tea so we are not short of this commodity at present. I do thank you for your efforts in the past and appreciate your kindness & thoughts. Well I must say good-bye again now. I hope you will both keep fit and well and until we meet again I send you all my love, thoughts & best wishes.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Mentions receiving two letters one via Germany the other via Italy and says almost all their letters that year had now arrived. Writes of cables he had sent and mentioned that some were held up by locals at his end. Sorry mother had been ill and explains that he might have looked odd in the photographs he sent because he was suffering from stomach problems. He was now doing PT and feeling fit. Mentions the weather. Writes that they were avoiding drinking water but as Red Cross parcels were regular they we able to make 4 cups of tea a day. Also that wine was available and better that water. Mentions having a bath and describes what he normally wears. Says he had not yet received the book or parcels with cigarettes they sent. Comments on his camp newspaper work.
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1942-03-19
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420319
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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1942-03-19
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
Red Cross
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
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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 Couseel General des Etats Unis.
Rice Michelel.
Algar. Algerie.
24-3-42 Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very pleased to receive your letter dated Feb 23rd, No. 19, today. This is the first to arrive since Nos. 17 & 18 came on March 12th. Of the first nineteen letters you have written this year, all except Nos. 11 & 16 have been delivered, which I consider is quite good. I wish mine would arrive as satisfactorily although from now on I am hoping for better results for beginning from today letters from here are to go Air Mail via the Consulate once again. We understand they will take six weeks. If this is so it will be a great improvement on the 12-14 weeks, or never principle, which appears to exist at present. In your letter which came to-day you mention more cold & snow and say it is weeks since you last saw the water of the now frozen lake. I gather you must have experienced one of the coldest winters for years. But now Spring is here and you will be able to look forward to better weather and days in the garden. for the past three weeks the weather here has been hot mid-summer English, probably hotter on occasion. It must be remembered that here the sun is nearly always hot even in the want [sic] winter months and the temperature is largely governed by the wind. For example to-day there is a N.W. wind which is cool. The sky is cloudier and therefore if you get in any position sheltered from the wind an hour’s sunbathing is sufficient. You can lie naked in the sun (now in March) & be too hot. You can walk about fully clothed and be quite comfortable, and you can sit in the rooms and be –
[page break]
well, almost cold. It is during the real summer months where there is only a south breeze, or none at all where it becomes unbearable almost everywhere. I am sorry to hear that Dad has got a cold and hope it will not be persistent. They are beastly things it carry around when the weather is good, but when it is snowing & foggy – I know I am as surprised as you to learn that John is still in the same position. It is truly amazing. As soon as the cigarettes arrive I shall cable, but I expect they will be some time yet. I do wish you to understand that if there is any scarcity of cigarettes – if it means Dad going short – or any difficulty whatsoever in obtaining them – that I do not wish you to make further sacrifices. At the moment we are extremely well off for cigarettes again. The shortage only lasted for a few weeks earlier in the year. Your soap rationing sounds sure [sic]. Have you to do your own laundry with it as well? Since last September we have been issued with 2 ays [sic] & it is impossible to buy any. The Red Cross have sent us muall [sic] supplies fortunately. When I think of those days at Winsly where soap seemed to be everywhere. We used sceend [sic] it wash plates with and all cooking gear. Jenning [sic] & I got knocked out of the Bridge Tournament. The C.O. & a Naval Lt. Commander beat us only to suffer defeat themselves at the next hurdle. All the games were exceptionally close. We had a Whist Drive last night but I did not have my usual luck and the preyes [sic] went elsewhere. Beunos Ares [sic] Red Cross have sent us a few tins of Braised Steak. This and their butter are the luxury items we receive. Well the limitation of space compels me to say good-bye again.
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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Lists letters recently received. Wishes his would to them would arrive sooner but hopeful as mail would now go by airmail via the consulate again and would take 6 weeks rather that the current 12-14 weeks. Comments on weather in England. Mentions their current weather and what he wears during the day. Says he will cable them when the parcel of cigarettes arrives but reminds that that as they no longer have shortages, they should not send any more parcels. Red Cross supplies are holding up. Mentions bridge tournament and whist drive,
Date
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1942-03-24
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420324
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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1942-03-24
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Anita Raine
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. Sgt. J. D. Hudson 755052.
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
27.3.42. Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother + Dad,
I have not received any more letters from you since I wrote last about three days ago. The latest to arrive was No. 19. and the only ones missing so far are Nos. 11 + 16 out of the first nineteen you have written. I mentioned in my last letter that I hoped the mail from here would now reach you sooner, in about six weeks, because the Consulor route is now open to us again. Today, I am sending brewith [sic] three photos, the one of myself I sent ages ago and I admitted at the time that I was looking a trifle surly and unshaven. This was taken about New Year when the weather was cold. Sending a duplicate may not be out of place because it is quite probable that the original will have gone astray. The other photos were taken indoors during our last pantomime. One is of the “Crazy Gang” and the other shows the sage. This was taken in our dining-room. In fact you can see some of our “dining” tables in the foreground. The chairs dont belong to this room, however, but are taking the place of the usual benches which have gone to make up the platform for the stage. In next letter I will send you a photo of the chorus & the “rocket machine”; others will follow. I think it better to send a few at a time in case they all go astray in one letter. I believe there is a shortage of printing paper in haghunal [sic] and this is holding up the prints of ‘photos taken earlier’ which I hoped to send to you of myself & Jeninget [sic]. Our Dramatic Society is producing “Snowhite & the seven Dwarfs” tomorrow night, Saturday, and this will be the last performance
[page break]
of the sesson [sic]. It will be too hot to produce before long. As I have said before there shows are excellent and a credit to the producer who has to work with so little material. We took several photos of the “Camp Echo” and I am very glad that they all came out splendidly. I have ordered three small & three enlargements of each, and I do hope that it will be possible to send these a to you at a later date. I am not quite sure whether the typed pages will pass the censors. It is possible that the enlargements will be legible, so maybe this will overcome the difficulty. I will repeat, just in case my earlier letters have not arrived, that the ‘Camp Echo’ is Edited by Tony & typed by myself. We produce it fortnightly and it contains about 10,000 words, drawings, cartoons & photos of camp life. After finishing “Gd [sic] Wine & New by Daying [sic], which I considered good – I like his books – I read “Vile Bodies” by Evelyn Waugh which did not appeal to me very greatly. At present I am reading “After Many a Summer Dies the Swan” by Aldous Huxley, which is different to either of the others. My fountain pen so laugd [sic] functions as a fountain pen because the inside rubber is broken. The nib is beautifully twixed [sic] and as many an upstroke it catches abmirably, have the spray of blots. It has been cooler again for three days but still quite bad enough to sunbathe. Incidentably [sic] we have been warned against too much sunbathing. Possibilities of sunstroke, and T.B. because it dries ones chd [sic]. I am going out in a few minutes. Must take advantage of these days before it gets too hot. Before I say good-bye I hope that all is going well with you both at home & that Dad’s late Feb. cold is better. As ever I send all my love, thoughtlets & best wishes.
[underlined] Douglas. [/underlined]
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Comments that he has received no new mail. Says he is enclosing three photographs taken some time ago and describes content. Says he is only sending a few photos at a time in case letters go missing. Writes that dramatic society are producing "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" the next night and comments on how good shows are but this is last before it gets too hot. Mentions taking some photographs for the camp paper and describes a little about its production. Concludes with description of what he has been reading.
Date
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1942-03-27
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420327
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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1942-03-27
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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prisoner of war
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-16
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson
c/o. Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
30-3-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you three days ago enclosing with my letter photographs of the last show, and as I promised I am enclosing three more now, one of the “Cowboy & Lady” another showing our “Mad Scientist” and a third one of the “Chorus”. All the wheels and levers of the “Mad Scientists” Machine worked by means of a gramophone motor secreted in the “innards”. It was amazingly built and certainly a queer contraption. On Sat. the boys presented a pantomime called “Snow-white & the 7 Dwarfs” the last show of the season. Doubtless photographs will be available at a later date. Snow-white was played by the centre girl of the chorus, in the enclosed ‘photo. She is an excellent “Girl”. On Saturday your letter No. 16. written on Feb. 11th arrived, a little out of sequence. The only one missing of the first nineteen written is No. 11 and I am quite prepared to believe it will come along one of these days. So you see your mail is arriving quite satisfactorily. I do wish my letters reached you equally well, but I am hoping there will be an improvement now because we are once again enabled to use the Consular route. This is the third letter sent this way and we are told that the time of delivery may be six weeks. I am anxious to know if this will be the case. I believe there is a new scheme afoot whereby we can cable from here and the expenses are paid at the other end. I have put my name down on the list to take advantage of the scheme in case of emergency, but I much prefer to
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continue with the present pre-paid system. So far this has served its purpose ideally, and therefore, as I say, I shall only revert to the new idea in the event of something unusual arising. You seemed worried about my “thinner” because of the photos Pickles sister showed you. I was specially weighted with the boxing team the other day, & in shorts & shirt weighed 10 stones 1 lb. This should put your mind at rest. I’ll try & get a few close up ‘photos taken when we can get fresh negatives, in shorts alone. I have been doing P.T. regularly for over a month, taking advantage of the opportunities offered before the arrival of the hot weather. The last few days have been considerably cooler with plenty of cloud, and this has exterminated the few flies which the previous hot weather had started. There has been quite a batch of new arrivals and a certain amount of shifting about has resulted. We are still in the same rooms but a Naval Petty Officer has moved in with Tony in place of the R.A.F. Flt. Sgt. Believe me we are hanging on to this room like grime death. It means nearly everything to us here, and were it not for the privacy and quietness it affords the “Camp Echo” would not be possible. I am hoping to send close up photos of this magazine we are running as soon as the prints I have ordered return from the town Photographer. I hope you will be having warmer weather now. You do appear to have experienced a rough winter, and I realise how much you will be looking forward to the days in the garden again. My thoughts are always with you both and I imagine just how you are jogging along. I hope you will continue to keep fit, we shall have a lot to make up for, one day. Until then, all my love & thoughts & best wishes as always. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that he is enclosing three more photographs and describes them and the shows during which they were taken. Hopes for improvements in time taken for his mail to reach them. Describes new scheme where cables sent from Laghouat are charged for at the recipient. He says he prefers current pre-paid reply system. Writes of their concern over how he looks in photographs but is trying to get more close ups of him taken. Mentions he is now doing regular PT and writes of weather. Mentions there has been a batch of new arrivals which has caused some changes in accommodation but they are desperately trying to hold onto their room.
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1942-03-30
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Algeria
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1942-03-30
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James Douglas Hudson
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James Douglas Hudson
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529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson.
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
3-4-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
To-day is Good Friday, & yesterday I was very pleased to receive your cable and greetings for Easter. I was also especially pleased to learn that you had received a further six letters from me. Your cable read as follows:- “Delighted six letters dates December nine January nine Whitworth Street eighty-one expect slight improvement Easter greetings all love.” I gather from this that the six letters you received were dated from Dec. 9th to and including Jan. 9th, & that the P.O. in [indecipherable word] hold out hope of better deliveries in future. This news all round is good and gives more encouragement to write. I too, am hoping that you will receive the mail quicker in future because the Consular route is available to us once again. This will be the fourth letter to go this way. I sent the following cabled reply to you yesterday:- “Delighted cable thirty first pleased six letters received by you Easter greetings reciprocated all love thoughts” I am enclosing two more photos of our previous show, of “Crazy Gang & Chorus”. These are the last: I hope the others arrived. To-day is just another day for us. I suppose Dad will have holiday and that you will be spending the time in the garden. I guess you are glad that summer is on its way. We have had more summer this year already than England gets in two years. Some of the nights have been marvellous and the sunsets magnificent. We are on the threshold of the hot weather, but the last
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month has been very nice. We were trying to guess the temperature yesterday and assumed it would be about 85° in the afternoon. Padre Cummins is visiting us on Monday. It is a long and extremely arduous journey from Alger. The railway finishes at Djelfa and the rest of the journey has to be done by road. I mentioned in my last letter – to set your mind at rest – that I was weighed with the boxing team about a fortnight ago and in shirt and shorts was 10 stones 1 lb. I said I should endeavour to have a few close up ‘photos taken in shorts to still further try & put your mind at rest. I have been doing P.T. every morning for 5 weeks, and doing a little sunbathing most days. I am beginning to get sunburned again. It is particularly noticeable when a new crowd arrives. Incidentally we have a Naval. Petty Officer sharing our two rooms with us now, and we prefer this arrangement. He is a “Geordie” and gets along quite well with us. Further supplies of Red Cross food have been received from Buenos Aires. Meat. Jam & Butter. The Argentine produce is by far the finest quality received. I envy [indecipherable word]. I fear that most of my letters are repetition and are not very interesting. I have received all except No.11. out of the first nineteen written by you. Another batch is due, in fact some letters are overdue, based on times of previous deliveries. I am fairly well occupied these days with typing the “Echo” and camp correspondence for the C.O. concerning general administration. We have received quite a number of Educational books from the Red Cross. What an organisation! Well it is lunchtime now (11-15 am) so I will say good-bye. I hope you will spend a happy weekend, my thoughts are always with you. All my love & wishes. Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Was pleased to receive Easter greetings cable and that they had received more of his letters. Speculates on what they might be doing and mentions sunsets, nights and weather. Comments on visit by padre from Algiers a long and difficult journey by train and road. Writes that he was weighed for boxing team and that he would try and send photographs to show them he was okay. Writes of doing PT and sunbathing and that a new arrival was sharing their room. Mentions frequent Red Cross food parcels. He apologises for much repetition in letters and says he is well occupied with help on the camp newspaper.
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J D Hudson
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1942-04-03
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eng
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1942-04-03
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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 General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alget. Algerie.
4-4-42 Afrique du Nord.
Dear Mother & Dad
I wrote to you yesterday, Good Friday, confirming the telegram I sent the day before in answer to yours of March 31st, but I am writing again today because I have just received your letter No 24, of March 11th. I was very glad to hear that you received six of my letters dated from Dec. 9th to Jan. 9th and pleased to think that the P.G. anticipates slight improvements in future deliveries. With your letter today came one from John dated Jan. 23rd, by Air Mail, but this had the misfortune to go via Germany, and the envelope was gaily decked with Eagles & Swastikas. Johns letter was a “do you remember” letter concerning things we did and enjoyed together in the past, so my reply which I have just written was based on the same style. I think I recall all the good times we all used to experience more strongly than ever with the letters arriving at Easter time. Remember the Leeds United – City match, the Horse Shoe Pass, the visit to Derby, washing the bird bath at Worsby, & the Rockery at Moorside road? What days, what memories! Now of your letters written this year, I have received all except no 11 out of the first [?] and then no 24 made a bit of a record by arriving on it’s own today. I do hope the State Express cigs. arrive after all the trouble you have taken, and I thank you both ever so much. Mrs. Clayton’s book is not yet to hand. Yes I received the cuttings announcing [2 indecipherable words]
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Chadwicks respective marriages. What a winter you are having! Contrasting very strongly with the weather we are experiencing here. Yes it’s going to be very hot shortly. The flies are beginning already. The beautiful gardens of Layhaureat [?]you mention keep[?] themselves to themselves and are behind high walls making it very difficult to see what there is behind. We are allowed two walks a week, but I have stopped going. Having once seen what is about the place I don’t think it worth going out. I hate anything organised as you may remember, and am equally content to wander about the camp when I feel like it instead. I been during P.T. fairly systematically for the past five weeks, first thing in the morning. As you say there are things we should be thankful for, I realise this quite well, and admit that often times it is difficult to appreciate. Nevertheless, one day, one very happy day, we shall be all really be thankful, no doubt. Padre Cummuir[?], who I thought was visiting us on Easter Monday, is not coming apparently until Monday week.
You were asking if we have birds in the camp. There are quite a lot of sparrows, they are very clean, and they are always about. Occasionally a small coloured species will present itself, but, somehow they appear out of place in this part of the land. Give me England with it’s air of freshness and wholesomeness. Youi can drink the water safely there – what I would give to see some green grass and a real clear sparkling stream with a pebbly bottom? One of these days, and until then I shall be thinking about you always. All my love, thoughts and best wishes
Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writing again one day after previous to announce arrival of letter number 24. Glad to hear they had received another 6 of his letters. Tells of another letter arriving via Germany, envelope covered in eagles and swastikas. Reminisces and catches up with news from home. Mentions he had received all letters now apart from one and hopes the cigarette parcel they sent would arrive soon. Comments on weather and the arrival of flies. Talks of gardens in Laghouat being behind walls. Writes of doing PT and that they would be together again eventually. Mentions birds seen in camp.
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1942-04-04
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420404
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
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Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-04-04
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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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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie
Afrique du Nord.
8-4-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I wrote to you last on Sunday, April 5th, and since then have not heard from you. I will repeat that only your letter No. 11 has failed to arrive out of the first nineteen written. On Saturday I received yours of March 11th, No. 24 which made a quicker journey than most. I expect the others any time. To-day, I have very little to write about. I was pleased to receive your cable of Easter Greetings and I sent a reply immediately, that would be four or five days ago. It was good news to learn that you had received six letters dated from Dec. 9th to Jan 9th this makes twenty four since I arrived here, although some of those were written from [indecipherable word]. Since I arrived at Laghauat[?] I estimate that up to date I have written about fifty letters, so there are quite a number on the way at some place or other. The second[?] Easter spurt[?] in N. Africa is over – thank God. I hate holiday times – probably on account of their direct contrast to those spent in England before this wretched upheaval commenced. On Easter Monday there was a Gym Display & Boxing Tournament arranged. Both were excellent, but the weather was ridiculously hot in the early afternoon. It became considerably cooler for the boxing towards evening. I didn’t take part. I couldn’t make up my mind for some time but finally decided against. The gloves are getting very rough through usage and you cannot afford to take chances in this place. To-day we received our first typhus inoculation. Two more are to follow at intervals of about seven days. The French
[page break]
stick the needle into the left shoulder. I think this is less painful than the R.A.F. method of injecting into the arm. We had two inoculations at Kef.[?] fifteen months ago, and believe me you need them here. It is almost twelve months since we left Kef. For our very short time of freedom at Media.[?]
Little did we know then what we know now, could I kick[?] myself when I think back? It is considerably hotter here now, than it was at Media when we left. The sun just sits in the sky and shines. There are a few trees about the camp and by some miracle they have just burst into an extremely green foliage. It is remarkable because there isn’t a drop of water or [inserted] other [/inserted] vegetation anywhere, except outside where the ground has been irrigated. I guess that river you read about, and which I noticed was fairly full in November, must be getting a bit low now. There are, I believe, quite a number of Red Cross supplies just arrived. I hope they include plenty of tea & milk, because I still maintain that tea is the only real drink that will cure[?] all ills. When the war is over they can keep the red wine, provided the Japs don’t claim priority rights to [underlined] all [/underlined] the [indecipherable word] & [indecipherable word]. I wonder what the Russians drink to keep warm & buy[?] back the “Strength through Joy?[?] brigade? Perhaps Hitler wants his share of Vodka? I’d love to be back and listening to the views and opinions in England. You should hear some of the talk that goes on here. We wonder if they sing the Red Flag at home. By the way broad beans are in season again, although they are difficult to recognise as being the same as those we had before 1939. Even the vegetables change, or do they? Perhaps I am tending to be a little too [indecipherable word] so I will say good-bye. I send all my love, thoughts & best wishes to you both, as always. Keep smiling.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Lists letters he has received but still missing one. Mentions that he had written about 50 letters to them so far and that many were still on the way. Glad that Easter was over as he hated holidays as they made him think of past times. Writes that they had a gym display and boxing tournament on Easter Monday but he did not take part as his gloves were getting rough and he believed he could not take chances in a place like that. Recalled his time at previous camps at El Kef and Médéa and some description of camp at Laghouat. Writes of expected arrival of more Red Cross food parcels and discusses drinks.
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1942-04-08
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420408
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria--Algiers
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North Africa
Algeria
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1942-04-08
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James Douglas Hudson
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Sue Smith
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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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson
c/o Consul General des Etats. Unis.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
12-4-42.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
To-day is Sunday, and it is about four days since I wrote to you last. On Thursday I received your letter No. 20 of March 2nd. Of the letters written this year I have received all the first twenty with the exception of No. 11, and letter 24 arrived on its own some days ago making an especially quick journey. I think we may consider this is all good going. I was glad to learn from your last cable that you received six letters from me dates between Dec. 9th & Jan. 9th & also to learn that the Post Office anticipated slight improvements. This is quite probable because for the past two or three weeks letters have been going by the old Consular[?] route again. I hope this will continue. Our numbers since yesterday have been trebled and the inundation, besides being awkward, was unexpected. I hope we shall still be able to enjoy the same mail privileges, & wonder if the position will alter now there are hundreds to deal with. Lets hope not. I don’t see any real reason why it should. With the new arrivals there had to be a terrific reshuffle and extension and in consequence we were moved from our last small rooms to give way to officers. However, we very fortunately were able to secure a room for four, so the only difference is that instead of being in two rooms of two we are together. The difference is negligible and our present room affords more ventilation. As it is we are the most privileged N.C.Os on the camp and
[page break]
shall be able to continue with the fortnightly productions of the “Camp Echo” but I fear we shall have to try and turn out more copies. The weather is getting increasingly hotter and I am afraid we are in for a hot summer – hotter than anything I have ever known. Probably by the time this letter reaches you the height of summer will be reached, or past. In your letter of March 2nd you mention the rather disappointing stay of Mrs. Clayton, during which period she apparently expressed at regular intervals, much[?] surprise of you chosing[sic] such a place as Nelson to live in. Perhaps Hobson’s choice is a term with which she is not acquainted, but I always imagined you were very comfortable and as happy there as it is possible to be under the present conditions. In the same letter you say I shall feel a sense of almost personal loss to learn[?] – and the rest is censored. This is annoying as the essence[?] of the information is missed and surely if it is only the name of somebody I knew it would hardly be necessary to censor. Perhaps you would tell me again in a manner not to offend the blue pencil [indecipherable word]. I cannot understand in what capacity [indecipherable word] is engaged by the R.A.F. I do not know of any branch requiring [underlined] extraordinary [/underlined] mathematical knowledge. [two indecipherable words] have put up a good & long[?] show & will doubtless have earned his rest. I am sorry if my writing is getting more & more difficult to read. My pen is getting more & more difficult to write with, & I don’t see much chance of getting a new one, especially now. So good-bye once again until next letter. Keep smiling and of good cheer. As always I send you both all my love, thoughts & best wishes.
Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail sent/received. Acknowledges fast delivery due to consular route. Writes that numbers in camp have trebled and hopes they will retain mail privileges despite increased numbers. Mentions rearrangement of living quarters as they have had to give up their small rooms to officers but they have managed. Mentions camp newspaper and that weather was getting hotter. Catches up with home news and gossip and warns them to take care about censors.
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1942-04-12
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420412
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Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-04-12
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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-
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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.
17th April 1942. Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
On the 14th I was very pleased to receive four letters from you dated March 4th, 8th, 13th & 16th, numbered 21, 23, 25 & 26. The only letters I have not received of the first twenty-six written are Nos. 11 & 22, so I think you will agree with me that delivery has been really good. Ten minutes ago I was delighted to receive your cable of the 15th April acknowledging mine of the 8th (actually sent by me on the 2nd – there is always that annoying few days delay for some unaccountable reason, at this end). Your cable read as follows:- “Delighted cable eighth latest letter dated January 9th did parcel arrive. Grandad staying two weeks all well love” to which I am replying to-day:- “Delighted cable fifteenth latest letter dated March sixteenth no parcel received can you send soap towels socks via Red Cross well all love” It is too early to expect the arrival of the cigarettes they take months to get here via the ordinary route, but I assure you I am eagerly awaiting them and thank you for arranging to have them sent. The reason I am asking you in my cable to-day to send soap, socks and towels is because these are most difficult to obtain, and most essential. Tony & a few others here received parcels containing such items two days ago. Sent from home via the Red Cross & leaving London on December 22nd. I should be very pleased if you could arrange a parcel accordingly.
[page break]
There is no need for me to say how sorry I was to learn about Louis in your letter of March 4th and I am glad you sent my sympathies to Mrs. Murray. There is just nothing I can say, but I feel it nevertheless. I am sorry to learn that Uncle Jim has been ill with asthma and hope he will be better now. What a winter you appear to have experienced! We had a spell a few days ago of ridiculously hot weather, as close as late June last year. We are now experiencing a reverse in temperature – it is colder than it has been for about six or eight weeks, a pleasant interlude, and it is rather like English April weather, windy & clear but no rain. Yes the Red Cross continue to send food. At present most of it is coming from the Argentine. We had tinned sausages last night – the first I have tasted since coming to this country. The Argentine send these, & butter, steak, cornbeef [sic] , prunes, stews, & jam of excellent quality. They have a large community to cater for now as our numbers trebled a week ago. What a crowd now! We are working & living in our Orderly Room & “Camp Erks” Office (four of us) thank God. You say that “the days pass quickly away and age relentlessly takes it’s toll”. I suppose we must be prepared for inevitable changes, but as you add “our deep love will ever remain” This is true and cannot be altered. Nobody can destroy that. So you do not like the broad Lancashire accent? Wait until I get home and I will take you away from all that. I am away from that down here myself & doubtless it will sound strange when I get back. Enclose small photo of the “Echo” front page, earlier edition. Sorry space is ended & I must finish so abruptly. Good-bye until next letter. All my love & thoughts as ever, to you both. Douglas
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with letters and cable received. Says no parcel received yet but eagerly expecting the cigarettes they sent. Says he is asking in his reply cable for soap, socks and towels and gives reason for request. Notes other have received parcels with similar content from home via the Red Cross and asks them to try the same method. Catches up with news from home and mentions the latest weather. Writes that Red Cross ate still sending food parcels mostly from the Argentine at present and mentions contents. Comments on their latest living accommodation situation.
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1942-04-17
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420417
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-04-17
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Peter Bradbury
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
22-4-42. Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
It is a year ago today (by the day) [deleted] that [/deleted] [inserted] since [/inserted] we left Kef. for the brief respite of Médéa, and it is rather strange but after a spell of hot weather the temperature had dropped to the same as Médéa’s temperature at this time last year. It is very welcome and puts the summer off temperorily [sic], whilst at the same time it does not encourage the flies which were beginning to make their presence felt. In my last letter I acknowledged your telegram of April 15th which I was so pleased to receive and I sent a reply the same day. I also acknowledged four letters received on April 14th, nos. 21, 23, 25 & 26. So far I have received twenty-four of the first twenty-six you have written this year, the two missing ones being nos. 11 & 22. I also enclosed a photo of the front cover of an early edition of the ‘Camp Echo’ I hope it arrived. I have ordered several copies of other photos of this journal and when I receive them I hope to be able forward them to you. With this letter I am sending a photo of Raj, our little dog and the [indecipherable word] little fellow in the camp. Since this photo. was taken several of the dogs have been destroyed – a good move because there were too many and they were fast multiplying. The other photo I am sending is of me at work on the “Camp Echo” It was taken about 2 months ago, indoors in electric light. Taking this into consideration the result is not bad. This shows our old rooms but does not
[page break]
give much detail. I have been inoculated again today, being the third time in 2 weeks. The first dose was 10% fourteen days ago, followed by 30% last Wed. & 60% to complete, today. (Anti-typhus) The after effects of the 10% were the most unpleasant but I appeared to be more fortunate than the majority. I anticipate other inoculations at a later date for typhoid. As mentioned previously we all had two inoculations over 12 months ago at Kef, and as these followed up the four I had in England in June 1940 I imagine I shall be pretty well stocked up with serum. It is fairly essential to be done out here – nobody refuses. If you suffer any cut out in this climate it does not heal as in England, but goes dry & crusty and takes a very long time. A rather interesting point but true [deleted] e [/deleted] , the chaps who have been out here a long time compare more than favourably with the new arrivals for fitness and in the majority of cases they appear to be in far better condition. It does not pay me to say these things really, but if it is comforting to you to know I feel it is my duty to tell you. Of course a sunburned body appears far more healthy and pleasing to the eye than the white English nakedness and maybe this has something to do with it. I cabled a few days ago asking you to send via the Red X. soap, towels [symbol] and socks. Soap is ridiculously scarce and I changed [indecipherable word] cigarettes (also scarce again) for a bar yesterday. Being a Yorkshireman I have a small reserve; [deleted] but [/deleted] it does pay to have a little on one side. As soon as your cigarettes arrive I will cable if possible. I will bid you au revoir for the present and end as usual by sending you both all my love, thoughts and best wishes. Douglas.
[symbol] Tony recd. these last week from his mother.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Writes that it was a year since they left El Kef. Comments on a welcome drop in temperature but that flies were making themselves felt. Catches up on mail received. Writes that he is enclosing photographs including one of the cover of the camp newspaper and others of them working on its production. Mentions being inoculated again with more to come and comments that this is essential and no one refuses due to climate and conditions. Writes that those who have been there a long time look sunburned and fitter than new arrivals. He asks again for them to send soap, socks and towels via Red Cross as these are ridiculously difficult to get.
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1942-04-22
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420422
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1942-04-22
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Peter Bradbury
prisoner of war
Red Cross
-
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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 General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet
Alger. Algerie
Afrique du Nord.
My Dear Mother & Dad,
I was very glad to receive your letters Nos. 28 & 30 dated 22nd & 28th March, on Saturday, April 25th but the bad news came as a shock, concerning Ted Hole, following so closely on Loui’s[?] death. I do hope they will have[?] news that Ted is safe, and I know how Mr. & Mrs. Hole will be feeling about it all. We of all people realise this most forcibly after [inserted] our [/inserted] own experience nearly two years ago. I am very sorry indeed and hope you will express my sympathies to them all at Skipton if no good news is received. The news seems to be a succession of tragedies, and I was also sorry to learn of Mrs. Holme’s death, and here[?] also I send my sympathies to Shipton. You mention that my cable dated about March 18th was unintelligible and that you asked the P.O. to request a repetition from Laghauat. I will repeat the message here in case the correct version has not been received. “Delighted cable fourteenth (March) photo Andrew Letter eighteen written Mary Dorothy writing you always well all love thoughts”. I received at this time a letter from Mollie with a very good photo of her baby, also your latest letter was No. 18. I had just written to Mary & Dorothy to thank them for the many letters received, and it was roughly this information I tried
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to convey in my cable. Up to date all letters up to No. 30 have been received with the exception of Nos. 11, 22, 27 & 29. The last two are not overdue and may arrive any time. I am enclosing two photos with this letter, one, a time exposure taken indoors of Jimmy & myself, and another showing the barbecue when we bought a sheep[?] about January. This will give you an idea of the poorly nourished animals of this district, when you view its scragginess on the pole. Last[?] letter I enclosed a photo of myself typing the “camp echo” & one of Raf. This poor little dog has since been shot by the French, and it has caused no end of a bad feeling. You ask if we have spring flowers. I am afraid we have nothing beyond an expanse of sand and small stones. The world of greenery does not exist, except a little outside in the gardens which are behind high walls. I cannot write in these letters as I should like to. Expression – true expression is difficult when one visualises the channels through which these letters go before they finally reach their destination. The things and ideas we wish to discuss must wait. You know my views concerning National Prayer as urged by the King, and also my outlook towards the whole present day system of prayer or professed religion. Can you tell me what we should pray for these days? Who is right & who is the source of the troubles? That is the first problem, but I cannot discuss it here. Until we meet again let’s be thankful for what we have not lost, and possibly for a great deal we have gained. As ever I send you both 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 latest mail received and comments on content. Notes news from home of missing and killed friends is a succession of tragedies. Discusses a garbled cable. Says he is enclosing two photographs including one of a barbecue they held for which they got a local sheep. This would allow them to see how scraggy the local animals were. Mentions a pet dog was shot by the French causing bad feeling in camp. Describes some aspects of local area and philosophies.
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1942-04-27
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420427
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-04-27
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James Douglas Hudson
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
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prisoner of war