Jump to content

1944 in the United Kingdom: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
July – December: add Thwaites
Line 137: Line 137:
* 6 December – [[Jonathan King]], British music producer and convicted sex offender
* 6 December – [[Jonathan King]], British music producer and convicted sex offender
* 9 December – [[Neil Innes]], English comedian and musician (died 2019)
* 9 December – [[Neil Innes]], English comedian and musician (died 2019)
* 14 December – [[Denis Thwaites]], English professional footballer murdered in the [[2015 Sousse attacks]] (died 2015)<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/denis-thwaites-fast-and-skilful-footballer-who-played-for-birmingham-city-and-was-murdered-in-a-10359142.html</ref>
* 20 December – [[Anton Rippon]], journalist and author
* 20 December – [[Anton Rippon]], journalist and author
* 21 December – [[Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944)|Bill Atkinson]], English footballer
* 21 December – [[Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944)|Bill Atkinson]], English footballer

Revision as of 04:59, 6 April 2020

1944 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1942 | 1943 | 1944 (1944) | 1945 | 1946
Individual countries of the United Kingdom
England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Sport, television and music

Events from the year 1944 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the Second World War.

Incumbents

Events

Exercise Tiger: U.S. Army troops land on the beach at Slapton, Devon during rehearsals for the Normandy landings
Normandy landings: Landing craft cross the English Channel
A Spitfire using its wingtip to "topple" a V-1 flying bomb

Undated

Publications

Births

January – June

July – December

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ Beale, Nick (2005). Kampfflieger: Bombers of the Luftwaffe, vol. 4: Summer 1943–May 1945. Burgess Hill: Classic Publications. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-903223-50-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  3. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 392–394. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  4. ^ Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
  5. ^ Small, Ken; Rogerson, Mark (1988). The Forgotten Dead – Why 946 American Servicemen Died off the Coast of Devon in 1944 – and the Man who Discovered their True Story. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-0309-5.
  6. ^ Fenton, Ben (26 April 2004). "The disaster that could have scuppered Overlord". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  7. ^ Savill, Richard (26 April 2004). "Last of torpedo survivors remembers brave buddies". The Daily Telegraph.
  8. ^ Wasley, Gerald (1994). Devon at War, 1939–1945. Tiverton: Devon Books. p. 157. ISBN 0-86114-885-1.
  9. ^ Simons, Paul (2008). Since Records Began. London: Collins. pp. 33–5. ISBN 978-0-00-728463-4.
  10. ^ Foot, M. R. D. (1999). SOE: An Outline History of the Special Operations Executive 1940–46. London: Pimlico. p. 143. ISBN 0-7126-6585-4.
  11. ^ Stourton, Edward (2017). Auntie's War: the BBC during the Second World War. London: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-857-52332-7.
  12. ^ "Prefabs – Factory homes for post-War England". English Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  13. ^ "Education Act, 1944" (PDF). Retrieved 21 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Report on the Wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery" (PDF). Southampton: Maritime and Coastguard Agency. November 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  15. ^ "New Cross Woolworth's". Flying Bombs and Rockets. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  16. ^ Reed, John (1977). "Largest Wartime Explosions: 21 Maintenance Unit, RAF Fauld, Staffs. November 27, 1944". After the Battle. 18: 35–40. ISSN 0306-154X..
  17. ^ Marr, Andrew (2007). A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-4050-0538-8.
  18. ^ Brown, Stuart; Bredin, Hugh Terence (August 2005). Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers. ISBN 9781843710967.
  19. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/denis-thwaites-fast-and-skilful-footballer-who-played-for-birmingham-city-and-was-murdered-in-a-10359142.html