1942 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1942 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the Second World War.

1942 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1940 | 1941 | 1942 (1942) | 1943 | 1944
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Popular culture

Incumbents edit

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  1. ^ "The Sneyd Colliery Explosion 1st Jan 1942". HealeyHero. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Sneyd Pit Disaster". BBC. 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Typography versus Hitler – The Book Production War Economy Agreement". Chris Forster. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ Shaw, Antony (2005). World War II Day By Day. Staplehurst: Spellmount. ISBN 1-86227-304-9.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  6. ^ "Liverpool and its Chinese Seamen". Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Women's Timber Corps Memorial". Forestry Commission Scotland. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Tried to dig a way out with pick head". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 27 April 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2016. (subscription required)
  9. ^ "Britain's 'Anthrax Island'". BBC. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  10. ^ O'Donnell, Conal (11 November 2004). "Breckland Exodus - The Forced Evacuation of the Norfolk Battle Area 1942". WW2 People's War. BBC. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Mrs. Miniver (1942)". Reel Classics. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
  12. ^ "The Brains Trust". Radio Days. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  13. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  14. ^ "Nazi Atrocities". The Times. No. 49380. London. 30 October 1942. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Hats – New Church 'Rule'". Daily Herald. London. 7 November 1942. p. 3.
  16. ^ Sir Frank Williams, 1942-2021 – F1’s champion-maker remembered
  17. ^ Lynn Davies
  18. ^ Boris Johnson's mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, dies aged 79
  19. ^ "Patricia Brake obituary". The Guardian. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  20. ^ Obituary: Ernie Ross
  21. ^ Tribute to ‘true gentleman’ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  22. ^ "Jones, Elias Henry". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2013.