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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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[inserted] 53 [/inserted]
[inserted] 23.8.41 [/inserted]
191 Halifax Road
Nelson Lancs.
England.
Sunday July 27th. 1941
My dear Douglas.
This is the most beautiful Sunday morning & here I am sitting in the garden thinking of you so much & wishing we could enjoy all this beauty together. Dad has been out all night & had to walk home (took him 50 minutes) but it was a very lovely outlook when he got here at 6-50 a.m. really you know it is [inserted] was [/inserted] only 4-50, & the sun had risen over the hill top bathing this small industrial town in a pearly haze. Beyond, the hills were peeping through the drifting mists & as I said to you before we seemed to be in an enchanted world. Always at such times you feel very near to me, & I wonder if you can see similar beauties & if they bring memories & hopes to you, too. The last letter we had from you dated May 11th arrived last Saturday week July 19th. We had previously had a letter via Tangier dated June 15th which was a grand quick journey & seemed, in a strange way, to lessen the distance between us. And now love I am just looking forward each day for your next letter. I have not sent a cable since
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July 12th. It is rather an expensive proposition, the last two with prepaid replies cost 21/3 but you may be sure I shall try to keep in touch with you by this means, say once in 3 or 4 weeks & of course any special news would always be an excuse for an extra cable. A large ‘plane has just passed over here & it reminded me of a letter from Mrs Bell. She wondered if you were in the plane which came down very low over the farm to wave to 2 girls who were picnicking in the hayfield. That was about [inserted] rather more than [/inserted] a year ago – just about the time you were making the journeys there. Last year at this time you were at R. (just remembered I mustn’t write the name) & I just live once again those days of eager hope & anticipation of 7 days leave. – a leave which never materialized. I was very surprised to learn from your letter of June 15th that you had permission to go into town with a guard. That seemed to mean a big change from your former privileges in Algerie & I am eagerly awaiting news from you in Aumale. I wonder if it is worth spending your precious allowance on Air Mail stamps love. Your letter of May 11th took nine weeks to come & the Ordinary mails from Kef sometimes arrived here in ten or elven [sic] weeks & they do not seem to take so long from Algerie. I don’t want to feel that you are using money which might buy you food etc. on letters to us altho’ [inserted] as [/inserted] I have so often told you I just live for news from you & days of joyous reunion. Dad is busy hammering away trying to make a box (used for storing the surplus from the tool shed at Kensal.) water tight against the winter. All our love. Mother & Dad
755052 Hudson
Camp Militaire
Aumale
Algerie
Afrique du Nord.
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
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Writes of latest activities and a little about the local town. Discusses latest mail from him and mentions cost of cables. Continues with chat and gossip. Reminisces and then comments that they were surprised that he was able to go into town where he was previously. Awaiting news from new location.
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P Hudson
Date
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1941-07-27
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410727
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
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1941-07-27
1941-08-23
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Lido, Sunday July 27th
Darling Johnnie, I suppose it is only two days since you left, but it seems simply ages. How I do miss your smile, your kisses, your strong arms, your jokes, your presence & everything about you! I am already looking forward to your next leave, which I know is very bad policy because it makes the intervening time seem interminable and the leave itself ever shorter than it is. However there will soon be letters from you, & that will be lovely.
I seem to have been very busy today. The gardeners did turn up today, tho' I was half afraid they wouldn't, particularly as it was raining early this morning. Messrs Lilly, father & son are decent fellows I should think – it was probably the son you spoke to, & the father is going to continue to come to me at intervals. They brought their scythe this morning, & disposed of the hayfield satisfactorily. They cut the edges & tidied up a bit, & were here altogether about 2 ½ hours. I thought they were coming back in the afternoon but apparently that was all they intended to do, & they rushed me 15/-, which I considered a bit steep. I gave them a £1, as no one had any change, & the old father is coming back tomorrow or Wednesday to put in another half day for the other 5/-. It certainly has made a tremendous difference to the garden but there is still masses to be done. I'm not going on paying the old man at the rate of 5/- an hour. However, I sold your bicycle. Lilly junior asked me if I had any sentimental attachment to it because if not he would like it, because he needed a new back wheel on his old frame, so, as you had never been very keen about it, I told him he could have it for 2/6 which was cheap to him but clear profit to us, & wholly justified in my view considering the price he had charged for his services. I shall put the 2/6 into the P.O.
This afternoon I put in a spot of work on my own account in the front garden, & cleared up the long bed by the lawn & hoed it. It looks much tidier now. While I was doing it, Mrs Hazard turned up with the cherries, & inspected Frances who had just woken up, & chatted for a while. This evening I made jam with the cherries, it turned out quite well, though it boiled down rather a lot. Mrs Hazard hasn't been able to do anything more about a maid yet, but will keep on trying. Bridget is coming in on Tuesday & Thursday this week but can't come regularly unfortunately. The rush of applications from the advertisement continues unabated, as it did when you were here. However, if I can get a char one or two days a week it won't be too bad. I have started on the job of turning out the cupboards, & when once that is done I shall be able to cope with the rest, thought it will be rather a grind.
Barbara had a cable from my people today, saying they hoped she would take the WAAF photographic job, & also saying that Daddy's appointment has been extended to 1943, so Frances will be quite a grown-up young lady before Mother sees her. Barbara is rather pleased in one way, because it increases her chance of going
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out to India when the war is over, that is, supposing it finishes this winter (snorts of derision from John!) You will be glad to hear that I have been drinking oodles of milk, either cold or in cocoa etc. It was quite chilly yesterday & this morning, while it rained incessantly, but this afternoon turned out blazing hot again. It ought to make things grow, if anything will. I had a letter yesterday from a woman who was interned with Mrs Stenzel & wanted to tell me about her. So I rang her up, & she reported that Mrs Stenzel is well & working hard to her various self-imposed tasks, but she considers that Mrs S. may crack up if kept there for another winter. She hasn't yet heard the result of her tribunal, but if it is unsuccessful this Mrs Hazard suggested that perhaps I might write to the Home Secretary on Mrs Stenzel's behalf. Do ask her if she gets enough to eat & whether there is anything I could send her in that line. Now I must trot off to bed, I get pretty weary these days by 9.30 but still it is a healthy life, I suppose. Only I do so wish you were still here, my darling. I will leave this open just in case there should be a letter from you tomorrow morning, though I don't really suppose it is possible to get one yet.
Monday morning 7.45 am
Bless you darling, your letter from Fleetwood has just arrived. I'm sorry you had such a hot & restless journey – I wonder if you met Bob Stewart after all. We had an air-raid warning last night, much to our disgust. At first I thought I wouldn't bother about it, but then we heard gun-fire, so I took Frances downstairs & put her in the corner of the drawing room with the desk stool over her to protect her a bit & I slept on the divan. Barbara didn't come down as she hasn't had a good night's sleep for some days & was determined to get one last night. There was a little local gun-fire, but I didn't hear any bombs, nor the all-clear. Frances wasn't at all put out, & I took her upstairs at 6 am for her feed as usual. She is still being as good as gold. I do hope you will be successful in your efforts to overcome your “besetting sin” I wish I could help you, but you know that I am at any rate keenly interested in your success & I really will try to help you when we are together again. I'm afraid its largely my fault then. With all my love, Ursula & a seraphic smile from Frances
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Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Description
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Writes she is sad he has left but looking forward to his next leave. Mentions gardeners and other activities as well as catching up with news and gossip. Writes of Ba's prospective Woman's Auxiliary Air Force photographers job and other family news. Mentions and woman who is interned. In addendum thanks him for letter and mentions air raid warning, gun fire and protective measures taken.
Date
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1941-07-27
Format
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Two page typewritten letter with handwritten addendum
Language
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM410727
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
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1941-07-27
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ursula Valentine
civil defence