Volume. Journal No.3 of Reverend Nibbs

Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen) > Donated Individuals' Records > Records of Reverend C.A.J. Nibbs > Volume. Journal No.3 of Reverend Nibbs

Reference No:: U DMS/20/2/3
Dates:: Mar 1915-Dec 1920
Description:: Journal kept by Reverend Nibbs whilst working as a Missions to Seamen chaplain in Hull and Belgium. Enclosures: press cuttings and extracts from publications; photographs including a passport photograph of Nibbs taken 1919 and a photograph of the HMS Vindictive at Ostend; examples of foreign currency, including Belgain francs and cents; invitations to various events including one organised by the Hull Mariners' Church and Sailors' Rest Society; plan of Ghent showing the location of the institute; lists, including one of food rations and another of trips taken across the Channel between 1919 and 1922. Includes references to: end of Nibbs' chaplaincy at Calcutta; Nibbs succeeding Mr Tongue as chaplain at Hull; cadets of the Wilson Line at Hull; Nibbs making attendance at morning prayers optional; slang phrases and the origin of the word 'Blighty'; sending of clothing to the Hull Seamen's Union; lecture given by Nibbs at the Soldiers' Club on Tiger Lane; Christmas on the lightships; merchant service and the war; talk given by Nibbs on Calcutta; difference between Hull and Calcutta; Zeppelin sighting and attack; Hull Naval Hospital; experience of Nibbs' successor at Calcutta; appointment of Reverend M.L. Couchman as assistant chaplain for the duration of the war at the port of Hull; Miss Marion Christina Judd and the Heaton Moor branch of the Missions to Seamen; appointment of Nibbs as Chaplain RN for duty at Hull; appeal for books and reading material for the Seamen's Institute in Posterngate; appeal for £10,000 towards a new home for seamen in Hull; ending of work at the Royal Naval Hospital in Hull; Nibbs' appointment in Belgium, departure from Hull and arrival at Ostend; impressions and experience of work on the Belgian Coast; the church and huts on the Mole at Zeebrugge; the presence of Wrens at Ostend; salvage work on the Belgian coast. Note: Nibbs served as Chaplain in Calcutta, Honorary Chaplain with the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteer Corps, Chaplain at Hull, and Chaplain of the Belgian Coast Ports.
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull University Archives
Collection:: Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)