1942 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1942 Events from the year 1942 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 19 January – a Catalina flying boat crashes on the hill above Burravoe on Yell, Shetland, killing seven of her ten passengers.Penrith, James Penrith, Deborah 2007 Orkney & Shetland The Scottish Islands 3rd Richmond, London Crimson Publishing 9781854583710 April – Allied commandos training with live ammunition accidentally cause a major pine forest fire at Loch Arkaig.Bid to buy and restore war-time damaged Loch Arkaig forest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35987886 BBC News 2016-04-07 2020-03-27 28 April – Strathpeffer spa hospital (a hotel until 1940) is destroyed by fire.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hk01AAAAIBAJ&sjid=96ULAAAAIBAJ&pg=4967%2C6825117 Spa Hospital Fire: £20,000 Strathpeffer outbreak The Glasgow Herald 1942-04-29 6 2019-01-20 15 May – Queen Mary arrives at Greenock with nearly 10,000 U.S. troops aboard.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 July – military scientists begin testing of anthrax as a biological warfare agent on Gruinard Island.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1457035.stm Britain's 'Anthrax Island' BBC 2001-07-25 2013-05-06 25 August – Dunbeath air crash: Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother of George VI, is among 14 killed in a military air crash near Caithness. South Ford Bridge completed, connecting Benbecula to South Uist.South Ford Causeway http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/techservices/bridgescausewaysferries/southford.asp Stornoway Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 2013-09-29 2014-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227131836/http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/techservices/bridgescausewaysferries/southford.asp 27 February 2014 dead dmy-all Monach Islands deserted. Lighthouse on Shillay unlit.Monach https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Monach/ Lighthouse Library Northern Lighthouse Board Edinburgh 2009 2016-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011630/http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Monach/ 5 March 2016 dead Births 5 January – Henry John Burnett, murderer, last man hanged in Scotland (died 1963) 24 January – Sheila Mullen, painter 2 February – Roger Hynd, footballer (died 2017) 21 February – Magnus Linklater, journalist 22 February – John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard, diplomat 24 February – Stuart Henry, disc jockey (died 1995 in Luxembourg) 27 February – Aimi MacDonald, actress and dancer 12 April – Bill Bryden, theatre director 28 April – Geoffrey Hosking, historian 8 May – Norman Lamont, Conservative politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 14 May – Prentis Hancock, actor 24 May – Fraser Stoddart, Scottish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 7 June – Aonghas MacNeacail, Gaelic poet (died 2022) 18 June – John Bellany, painter (died 2013)John Bellany obituary https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep/02/john-bellany the Guardian 21 June 2022 en 2 September 2013 12 July – Tam White, actor and musician (died 2010) 8 August – Dennis Canavan, politician 12 August – Iain Blair, actor and author (using the pen name Emma Blair) (died 2011 England) 23 October – Douglas Dunn, poet and academic 16 November – Willie Carson, jockey 24 November – Billy Connolly, comedian 9 December – Billy Bremner, international footballer (died 1997) 10 December – Ann Gloag, born Ann Souter, entrepreneur 12 December – Morag Hood, actress (died 2002 London) 13 December – Hamish Wilson, actor 22 December – Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw, businessman 27 December – Mike Heron, psychedelic rock musician (The Incredible String Band) Albert Watson, photographer Deaths 2 March - Charles Usher, ophthalmologist from whom Usher Syndrome is named (born 1865) 3 March - George Adam Smith, theologian (born 1856 in Calcutta) 10 August – Bob Kelso, footballer (born 1865) 4 December – Hugh Malcolm, Royal Air Force officer, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1917; killed in action over Tunisia) Andrew Allan, lithographic artist (born 1863) The arts Ena Lamont Stewart's first play, the one-act Distinguished Company, is presented by the MSU Repertory Theatre in Rutherglen. See also Timeline of Scottish history 1942 in Northern Ireland References Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1940s in Scotland Scotland