1944 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1944 Events from the year 1944 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 17 February – Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election is held. The Scottish National Party candidate Douglas Young comes close to winning the seat (which is retained by Labour candidate, Thomas Hubbard).House of Commons Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page 2008-03-28 http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 usurped 2014-07-17 6 June – World War II: Normandy landings – Brigadier Lord Lovat leads the 1st Special Service Brigade ashore with his personal piper Bill Millin.Bill Millin The Economist London 2010-08-28 76 https://www.economist.com/obituary/2010/08/26/bill-millin 2011-09-20 26–30 June – World War II: the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division spearhead Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, during the Battle of Normandy. 17 July – Church of Scotland missionary Jane Haining is killed in Auschwitz concentration camp following her pastoral work among Hungarian Jewish children.McDougall David Jane Haining of Budapest 1949 Church of Scotland Jewish Mission Committee Glasgow 607693615 September – Churchill Barriers on Orkney completed, together with the Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm. 9 November – The House of the Binns (near Linlithgow) becomes the first estate house given to the National Trust for Scotland (by Eleanor Dalyell). 12 November – World War II: sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz at Tromsø by Lancaster bombers of No. 9 and 617 Squadrons flying from RAF Lossiemouth.History http://www.raf.mod.uk/raflossiemouth/aboutus/history.cfm RAF Lossiemouth 2014-05-23 30 November – Vanguard 23 is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank by the Princess Elizabeth. The Royal Navy's largest, fastest and last battleship, she was laid down in October 1941 and will be in commission from 1946 to 1960.McCart Neil HMS Vanguard 1944–1960: Britain's Last Battleship Maritime Books Liskeard, Cornwall 2001 0-907771-83-1 December – 97 Italians tunnel out of a prisoner-of-war camp at Doonfoot but are quickly recaptured.PoW Camp Summary WW II http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/PoWCampSummaryWWII Secret Scotland 2013-07-31 2014-09-03 Births 23 January – John McCluskey, boxer (died 2015) 31 January – Robin Murray, psychiatrist 19 February – Ron Mathewson, jazz double bassist and bass guitarist (died 2020) 25 February – Campbell Armstrong (born Thomas Campbell Black), novelist (died 2013 in Ireland) 2 March – Stuart McGugan, actor 11 March – Graham Lyle, singer-songwriter 23 March – Maoilios Caimbeul (Myles Campbell) writer of poetry, prose and children's literature in Scottish Gaelic 19 April – Andrew Welsh, Scottish National Party politician (died 2021) 3 May – Carl Forgione, actor (died 1998 in England) 13 May – Vivien Heilbron, actress 17 May – Jimmy Boyle, sculptor, writer and murderer 5 June – Jim Brogan, footballer (died 2018) 3 July – Paul Young, actor 7 July – George Logan, entertainer (died 2023 in France) 8 August – Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin, businessman, chairman of the Green Investment Bank 11 August – Ian McDiarmid, actor 17 August – Bobby Murdoch, international footballer (died 2001) 22 August – Tom Leonard, poet (died 2018) 13 September – Leslie Harvey, rock guitarist (died 1972) 21 September – Susan Fleetwood, stage, film and television actress (died 1995 in England) 21 September – Christopher Harvie, historian and Scottish National Party politician 23 September – Eric Bogle, folk singer-songwriter in Australia 30 September – Jimmy Johnstone, international footballer (died 2006)Glanville Brian Obituary: Jimmy Johnstone https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/14/guardianobituaries.football The Guardian 23 February 2018 en 14 March 2006 3 October – Harry Hood, footballer (died 2019) 17 November – Malcolm Bruce, Liberal politician 23 November – Christopher Rush, writer 28 November – James Smillie, actor and singer 12 December – Kenneth Cranham, actor 29 December – Gilbert Adair, novelist, poet, film critic and journalist (died 2011 in London) Alison Fell, poet and novelist Shena Mackay, novelist Deaths 8 February – John Watson, advocate and sheriff, Solicitor General for Scotland 1929–31 (born 1883; dies on train to Scotland) 29 February - Durward Lely, opera singer and actor (born 1852) 16 March – David Prain, botanist (born 1857) 23 June - J. Storer Clouston, author and historian (born 1870 in Cumberland) 5 July – Robert William Hamilton, Liberal politician and MP (born 1867) 6 July - Alexander Lorne Campbell, architect (born 1871) 11 July – Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, shipbroker, Liberal politician and philanthropist (born 1851) 11 August – William Fife, yacht designer (born 1857) 16 August – Walter Robberds, Bishop of Brechin and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (born 1863 in the British Raj) 27 September – David Dougal Williams, painter (born 1888 in England) See also Timeline of Scottish history 1944 in Northern Ireland References 1944 Category:1940s in Scotland Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Scotland