1943 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 thumb|right | Polish 1st Armoured Division tanks Mk VI Crusader in Haddington, Scotland, Great Britain 1943. 1943 Events from the year 1943 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Tom Johnston Law officers Lord Advocate – James Reid Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir David King Murray Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Normand Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cooper Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events 11 February – At the Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election, the radical socialist Common Wealth Party candidate Tom Wintringham comes close to winning the seat (which is held for the Unionist Party by Sir David King Murray). 24 February – Royal Navy submarine Vandal is lost with all 37 crew on sea trials in the Sound of Bute; she would not be located until 1994.http://www.clydemaritime.co.uk/hms_vandal The Loss of HM Submarine Vandal (P64) off the Isle of Arran in 1943 ClydeMaritime Angus MacKinnon 2010 2018-02-24http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/119151/details/hms+m+vandal+inchmarnock+water+sound+of+bute+firth+of+clyde/?date=asc HMS/M Vandal: Inchmarnock Water, Sound Of Bute, Firth Of Clyde Canmore Historic Environment Scotland Edinburgh 2011 2018-02-24 27 March – Royal Navy escort carrier Dasher D37 is destroyed by an accidental explosion in the Firth of Clyde, killing 379 of the crew of 528. 21 April – "Big Blitz" bombing of Aberdeen.The Aberdeen Mittwoch Blitz - Wednesday 21st April 1943 http://www.mcjazz.f2s.com/Blitzkreig.htm The Doric Columns 2013-09-01 2018-02-24 30 May – Royal Navy submarine Untamed P58 is lost with all hands on a training exercise in the Firth of Clyde. 19 June – Jackie Paterson wins the world flyweight boxing title by a knockout in the first minute at Hampden Park in Glasgow.Jackie Paterson: World Champion 1943 A Sporting Nation http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0032/page02.shtml BBC November 2005 2014-07-18 5 August – North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board established by Act of Parliamenthttp://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/sseinternet/assets/569CABFE-1165-4ED8-9419-CF3B5A64BC98.pdf Power From the Glens 2010-06-18 PDF Perth Scottish and Southern Energy 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071018233304/http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/sseinternet/assets/569CABFE-1165-4ED8-9419-CF3B5A64BC98.pdf 2007-10-18 (with headquarters in Edinburgh). 11 November – Total evacuation of an area near Portmahomack in Easter Ross begins, to make way for rehearsal of the Normandy Landings.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-17 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 2014-05-23 2 December – Broughty Ferry pigeon Winkie, serving with the Royal Air Force, is among the first recipients of the Dickin Medal, instituted to honour the work of animals in war.http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons Dickin medal pigeons PDSA 2010-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100213211708/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons 2010-02-13 dead The last crofting family leaves the island of South Rona. Ferranti open a plant at Crewe Toll in Edinburgh, originally to manufacture gyro gunsights for aircraft. Births 23 January – Ernie Hannigan, footballer (died 2015 in Australia) 31 January – Peter McRobbie, screen actor in the United States 18 February – Graeme Garden, author, actor, comedian, artist and television presenter, one of The Goodies 1 March – Witold Rybczynski, Canadian American architect, born in Edinburgh 3 April – John Hughes, footballer (died 2022)) 16 April – Morris Stevenson, footballer (died 2014) 19 April – Margo MacDonald, politician (died 2014)Margo MacDonald obituary https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/04/margo-macdonald The Guardian London 23 November 2020 en 4 April 2014 1 May – Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group (died 1998)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Ian Dunn The Independent London 5 May – Kay Ullrich, politician (died 2021) 10 May – Jack Bruce, rock musician (died 2014) 22 June – J. Michael Kosterlitz, Scottish-born condensed matter physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 16 July – Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins, comedy writer 18 July – Robin MacDonald, pop guitarist (died 2015) 20 August – Sylvester McCoy, born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith, actor 16 October – Tommy Gemmell, footballer (died 2017) 24 November – Robin Williamson, acoustic musician 28 November – George T. Miller, film director (died 2023 in Australia) Alan Bold, poet and biographer (died 1998) G. C. Peden, historian D. R. Thorpe, biographer Deaths 17 June – Annie S. Swan, novelist (born 1859) 8 September - Anderson Gray McKendrick, military physician and epidemiologist, (born 1876) 15 October – William Soutar, poet (born 1898) 23 December – George Henry, painter (born 1858) Ann Scott-Moncrieff, author (born 1914) The arts November – Sorley MacLean's first collection of Gaelic poems, Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile, is published. Glasgow Citizens Theatre founded. Poetry Scotland magazine founded in Glasgow by Maurice Lindsay. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1943 in Northern Ireland References Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1940s in Scotland Scotland