Henry Tibbs

Henry Stanley Tibbs (1877 – 5 February 1943) was an Irish-British Anglican priest briefly interned in the Second World War under Defence Regulation 18B for his alleged pro-Nazi sympathies.

[4] During his time as parish priest, he became the subject of gossip and fell out with several people, some of whom started to spread rumours that he was a fascist.

He claimed that Tibbs once hid two "members of the Gestapo" in his rectory and that he was "conveying his Nazi views to his parishioners which had now developed into a defeatist theme by describing the losses made by the enemy on our Naval forces as of a far more serious character than that disclosed by the British official reports.

"[4] He was also accused of saying that Germany was "our natural friend",[4] that he had taken interest in local aerodromes and that "Tibbs substitutes Edward, Duke of Windsor for the name of the King.

He said that local people would often be found "gaping" at the planes at RAF Cottesmore and he claimed that he mentioned the Duke of Windsor because, "I thought he wanted praying for as much as anyone else.