William Ibbett

Commander William Ibbett (21 June 1886 – 28 June 1975) was an English submariner, and later a BBC Radio broadcaster.

Life Ibbett was born in 1886 at Oxted, Surrey, England. After growing up in Wiltshire, he joined the Royal Navy, serving during the First World War, including an attachment to the Russian submarine service, during which the October Revolution occurred, and, during the 1950s, appeared regularly on the BBC radio programme Woman's Hour, reminiscing about his career. He was also featured on a 1969 BBC record, Voices From Woman's Hour Past And Present. His radio work was credited simply as "Commander Ibbett".

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 21 October 1957.

He died in June 1975 at the age of 89 in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.