Born in Surrey in 1894 Chief Meteorological Officer Maurice Giblett first served as a Meteorological Officer in the Royal Engineers in World War 1 and later moved to the Air Ministry. He took part in the trials of the R36, R38 and R80 and joined the RAW team in 1925. He was a member of the delegation sent to Australia, New Zealand and India to pave the way for the proposed routes of the new airship service. He also served on the R100 for it’s transatlantic journey to Canada.
He was appointed to the R.101 and tragically, lost his life in the loss of the R.101 on 5th October 1930.