First World War Sketchbook of S. R. Hibbard

This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 150 MS989
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1917 - 1918]
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

Sketches drawn during the First World War by Lieutenant Sidney Reynolds Hibbard, the volume being kept by Hibbard as a Prisoner of War at a camp at Hanoverisch Munden during 1917-1918.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sidney Reynolds Hibbard was born in 1875. He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve during the First World War and was captured by the German Army on 1 January 1917 when flying as an observer aboard a Handley Page aircraft piloted by Flight Lieutenant Henry Connell Vereker landed due to fog at a German airfield.

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Access Information

Open, Access to all registered researchers.

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 23 April 2020

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