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Born in Caerphilly, Weston joined the Welsh Guards in 1978, aged sixteen. In 1982 he was aboard RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Sir Galahad in Port Pleasant in the Falkland Islands when it came under fire during the Bluff Cove air attacks. Of his platoon, twenty two members lost their lives, and Weston suffered 46% burns to his body and face. He underwent more than seventy operations to reconstruct his face, and credits his family and old regiment with helping him overcome extreme psychological trauma. During the late 1980s and 90s Weston became a popular media personality, and is a writer and patron of a number of charities supporting people living with disfigurements, including the Healing Foundation.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Simon Weston (b.1961)

Date

2014

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 147 x W 101 cm

Accession number

NPG 6984

Acquisition method

commissioned jointly with the BBC, 2014

Work type

Painting

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Nicola Jane ('Nicky') Philipps

b.1964

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Mr Godfrey Farr, DL, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Luton (from 2000) University of Bedfordshire
Professor John Matthews, CBE, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Luton College of Higher Education (1989–1993) University of Bedfordshire
Right Honourable Barry Owen Somerset Maxwell (1931–2001), 12th Baron Farnham Museum of Freemasonry
William, Prince of Wales; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex National Portrait Gallery, London
Simon Weston (b.1961) National Portrait Gallery, London
Gavin Purser (b.1936), PSGW, President of the Board of General Purposes (1995–1999) Museum of Freemasonry