Welsh bartender, DJ and AIDS patient Terrence (Terry) Higgins was BOTD in 1945. Born and raised in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, he was a talented athlete. After completing his education, he joined the Royal Navy, though was dishonourably discharged after revealing his homosexuality to a senior officer. He moved to London, immersing himself in the city’s gay scene, working variously as a personal assistant, computer operator, barman and DJ. He became involved in gay rights marches and protests, typically dressed as a leatherman, and holidayed regularly in New York and California. In 1981, he developed a mystery illness, progressively losing weight, and was hospitalised in April 1982 after collapsing on the dance floor at gay club Heaven. He discharged himself after doctors were unable to diagnose his condition, and was readmitted in June, diagnosed with parasitic pneumonia. He died in July 1982, aged 37. He was posthumously diagnosed as having AIDS, becoming the first person in Britain named as dying from an AIDS-related illness. In 1983, Higgins’ partner Rupert Whitaker and friend Martyn Butler established the Terrence Higgins Trust, to raise funds for research and awareness of HIV/AIDS. It became Britain’s oldest and largest HIV and sexual health charity, providing palliative care for AIDS patients, counselling, safe sex education and extensive lobbying of government and healthcare organisations to improve access to HIV/AIDS treatment.