Key dates in the life and career of William Henry Blackburn (1918–1995), drawn from the family archive and surviving records.
Born in England.
Serves in Britain with the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Royal Engineers during the Second World War.
Conducts a School of Art for the Services under South East Army Command at Oxford.
Serves in India as detached Royal Engineers, attached to the Government of India's Information and Broadcasting Department.
Receives a signed personal photograph from Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, dated 21 March 1944.
Exhibits at India House, Aldwych, in a Royal India Society show of drawings from India, including studies from the Ellora Caves, alongside Frederick Harry Baines.
Art Director, D.J. Keymer & Co. Ltd., Bombay.
Works on the Festival of Britain Exhibition and Ship.
Art Director, D.J. Keymer & Co. Ltd., Calcutta head office.
Dies in England.