Sir William Angus Boyd Iliff

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Sir William Angus Boyd Iliff

by Walter Bird
bromide print, 30 March 1961
6 1/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (155 mm x 112 mm) image size
Commissioned, 1961
Photographs Collection
NPG x168523

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  • Walter Bird (1903-1969), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1429 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published internationally, inspiring the founding of the human rights organisation, Amnesty International.
The philosopher and peace activist Bertrand Russell is imprisoned for inciting civil disobedience during a sit down demonstration at the Ministry of Defence and Hyde Park.
The farthing coin - used in Britain for the last 7 centuries - ceases to be legal tender.

Art and science

Rudolf Nureyev defects from the USSR fearing that the KGB would arrest him for being gay and for fraternising with foreigners. After seeking asylum in Paris he set up home in London at the Royal Ballet and began his famous partnership with Margot Fonteyn.
The satirical magazine, Private Eye is first published.

International

The East German government erects the Berlin Wall, ceasing free movement between East and West Berlin. The barrier prevented citizens of Soviet controlled East Germany from crossing the border into West Germany to work, or to defect.
Yuri Gagarin, the soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first man in space orbiting the earth on the 12th April.

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James Galloway

03 October 2018, 19:29

Sir W.A.B. Iliff. Kt. CMG. MBE was born in Kircubbin, Co.Down. He served with the Indian Army during WW1 being Commissioned on 18th June, 1917 as a Lieutenant in 36th Sikhs and also served with Dunsterforce in Persia post WW1 (Captain, 36th Sikhs). During WW2 he was re-called to service as a Major in the Royal Artillery and told the story of being on a ship rescued from Dunkirk which was sunk by German aircraft - however he managed to get back to the UK successfully. He was prominent in negotiating the Indus treaty of 1961 and was Knighted for his part in this. He died in 1972.