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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J.D. Hudson.
c/o Consul General des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. 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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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420403
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
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1942-04-03
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Waller
prisoner of war
Red Cross
sport
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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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No. 4. Lido 3rd April
My darling, thanks for you No. 3. I'm glad to hear your finances are so sound. I'm alright for the moment too, having been paid yesterday. I bought some material for recovering the dining-room chair & a net curtain for the lavatory, totalling 6/3 which I intend to recover from Grindlays a/c sometime, but I'll wait till I've bought the material for the bathroom curtains too. Frances has been given an appointment for Wednesday next to have her diphtheria immunisation carried out. On Tuesday we are going across to Edgware to tea with Mrs Lowe, who can no longer manage the petrol to come to us. I believe she is suffering very badly from
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2.
arthritis in the legs now, & has difficulty in getting about, & the poor thing has no domestic help!
It was a good show that Brighteyes got his commission. How about your visit to the C.O. which you promised you would make as soon as you got to your squadron? Have you seen your log book yet, whether or not you were recommended? I expect those blighters at Heyford forgot all about it in the turmoil of so many postings. Still, do try. I have been clearing up the rockery this morning, preparatory to transferring plants from my prospective back garden. Peter is due to arrive
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3.
for the night sometime this evening. We are not having our usual Easter celebrations, when it has been our custom to give each other lavish presents. I tried to get some more tobacco for you but have had no luck so far. Let me know if you are desperate for cigarettes or tobacco.
The gas bill has arrived & been paid, - viz £4.8.2. It seems very large, & doesn't leave an awful lot in House a/c. A girl came to read the electricity meter today & was quite disappointed that the reading was so small,16 against the usual 200 or so units. I am going to pack up your parcel this afternoon but it may not
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4.
go till tomorrow if the Post Office turns out to be shut. Did you hear Group Captain Helmore last evening? He does speak nicely, & reassuringly too. As for the Indian pickle, I'm glad I'm not Sir S.C. those Congress Wallahs really give one a headache, but personally I have a lot of faith in Nehru, & feel that they'll come to an arrangement yet. I've sent a birthday card (showing Blenheims in action) to Robert B-P do you remember us this time last year, impatiently waiting for Frances? It seems much more than a year ago.
All my love to you, my dearest, & a happy Easter - & good luck, yours always, Ursula
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Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
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Writes she is glad to hear finances are sound and about future plans around house. Continues with baby news and plans to visit acquaintance who is suffering from arthritis. Mentions someone who has received a commission and suggests how he might get his own. Continues with domestic news, the imminent arrival of brother and that there will be no Easter presents this year, but asks him to let her know if he needs more cigarettes or tobacco. Mentions arrival of rates bill and other domestic issues. Asks about radio program previous evening and discusses other family matters.
Date
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1942-04-03
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM420403
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
England--London
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1942-04-03
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ursula Valentine
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Cavalier, Reginald George. Album one
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57 items. Photograph album showing pictures taken during Reginald George Cavalier's service as a squadron photographer. It includes material from his photographic course training in 1940, and service with 76 Squadron at RAF Middleton St George, and with 88 Squadron and 226 Squadron with 2 Group and 2nd Tactical Air Force at RAF West Raynham. The album also includes target photographs, images of Christmas parties, visits by VIPs including Eisenhower and the King, as well as captured German ordnance and aircraft in France, the Netherlands and Germany.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-10
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Cavalier, RG
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RAF Middleton St George Photography Section
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Photograph 1 is of eight airmen in two rows and is signed by seven of the individuals. Captioned 'R.A.F. Middleton St George, S.H.Q. Photo Section. 3rd April 1942.'
Photograph 2 is of an airman in battledress carrying a Thompson machine gun and wearing a helmet and gas mask haversack. The photograph is signed and dated. Captioned: 'Ready for the invasion, 24th [blank] 1942, Bob Gleave'.
Photograph 3 is of five airmen lying on bunks and making 'V' signs with their fingers. Captioned 'Night Ops. S.H.Q. Photographic Section. Bill Maxwell Chris Carruathers [sic] Arthur Carr R.G.C. Bill Welesby. 22 Jan 1942.'
Photograph 4 is of three airmen in an office with a world map and training aids.. One is standing beside a camera, one is sitting in front of a screen with a name plate under his chin and the third is seated with an aerial camera in his lap. Captioned 'Lecture Room, S.H.Q. Photographic Section, Frank Ashworth R.G.C. Bill Welesby.'
Photograph 5 is of two airmen in helmets and haversacks, one with a Thompson machine gun. Reginald George Cavalier is on the left with a pipe in his mouth. Captioned 'On guard. Jack Cuthbert, Me. 24th April 44.'
Date
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1942-01-22
1942-04-03
1944-04-24
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Five b/w photographs on an album page
Type
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Photograph
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PCavalierRG17010031
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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1942-01-22
1942-04-03
1944-04-24
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Great Britain
England--Durham (County)
Language
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eng
ground personnel
military service conditions
RAF Middleton St George
training