1943 in Scotland
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{{Year in Scotland| 1943 }}
Events from the year 1943 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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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 {{HMS|Vandal}} is lost with all 37 crew on sea trials in the Sound of Bute; she would not be located until 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.clydemaritime.co.uk/hms_vandal|title=The Loss of HM Submarine Vandal (P64) off the Isle of Arran in 1943|work=ClydeMaritime|first=Angus|last=MacKinnon|year=2010|access-date=2018-02-24}}{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/119151/details/hms+m+vandal+inchmarnock+water+sound+of+bute+firth+of+clyde/?date=asc|title=HMS/M Vandal: Inchmarnock Water, Sound Of Bute, Firth Of Clyde|work=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|location=Edinburgh|year=2011|access-date=2018-02-24}}
- 27 March – Royal Navy escort carrier {{HMS|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.{{cite web|title=The Aberdeen Mittwoch Blitz - Wednesday 21st April 1943|url=http://www.mcjazz.f2s.com/Blitzkreig.htm|work=The Doric Columns|date=2013-09-01|access-date=2018-02-24}}
- 30 May – Royal Navy submarine {{HMS|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.{{cite web|title=Jackie Paterson: World Champion 1943|work=A Sporting Nation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0032/page02.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=November 2005|access-date=2014-07-18}}
- 5 August – North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board established by Act of Parliament{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/sseinternet/assets/569CABFE-1165-4ED8-9419-CF3B5A64BC98.pdf|title=Power From the Glens|access-date=2010-06-18|format=PDF|location=Perth|publisher=Scottish and Southern Energy|year=2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018233304/http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/sseinternet/assets/569CABFE-1165-4ED8-9419-CF3B5A64BC98.pdf|archive-date=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.{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=The Scots Independent|access-date=2014-07-17|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|archive-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons|title=Dickin medal pigeons|publisher=PDSA|access-date=2010-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213211708/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons|archive-date=2010-02-13|url-status=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){{cite web |title=Margo MacDonald obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/04/margo-macdonald |website=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=23 November 2020 |language=en |date=4 April 2014}}
- 1 May – Ian Dunn, gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group (died 1998){{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Ian Dunn|work=The Independent|location=London}}{{cbignore}}
- 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.