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Events from the year 1943 in the United Kingdom.

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23 January - World War II: British forces capture Tripoli from the Nazis.^[1]
13 February - Nuffield Foundation established by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield.^[1]
3 March - Panic at the sound of new anti-aircraft rockets leads to a crush at Bethnal Green tube station, killing 183 people.^[2]
7 May - Capture of Tunis ends the campaign in North Africa.^[2]
17 May - Operation Chastise (the 'Dambuster Raid') takes place: the Royal Air Force use bouncing bombs to breach German dams in the Ruhr Valley.
19 May - Winston Churchill addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
9 July–17 August - World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily.
3 September–16 September - World War II: Allied invasion of Italy.
11 November - The Regency Act 1943 is passed allowing Counsellors of State absent during the Sovereign's absence not to be listed among the appointments; and that the heir-apparent or presumptive to the Throne need only to be 18 to be a Counsellor.^[3]
22 November - World War II: War in the Pacific - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.

Development of the Colossus computer by British to break German encryption (see History of computing hardware).

6 January - Terry Venables, English football manager
9 January - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
15 January - Margaret Beckett, politician
16 January - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
20 January - Mel Hague, English singer and author
29 January - Tony Blackburn, British radio disc jockey
7 February - Gareth Hunt, English actor
16 February - Anthony Dowell, ballet dancer and artistic director of the Royal Ballet
18 February - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
19 February - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
20 February - Mike Leigh, British film director
24 February - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (died 2001)
27 February - Graham Bowers, British musician, artist and engineer

March - John Leeson, British actor
8 March - Lynn Redgrave, English actress
21 March - Vivian Stanshall, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (died 1995)
22 March - Keith Relf, British musician (The Yardbirds) (died 1976)
29 March
- Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer
- John Major, British Conservative politician and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2 April - Frank Feather, British business futurist and author
8 April - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, former Labour Party MP and Minister for Sport (died 2006)
20 April - John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
25 April - Tony Christie, singer

5 May - Michael Palin, British comedian
8 May - Pat Barker, writer and historian
14 May - Jack Bruce, British musician and songwriter
22 May - Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
27 May - Cilla Black, singer-songwriter and television personality
8 June - Colin Baker, British actor
13 June - Malcolm McDowell, actor
29 June - Maureen O'Brien, British actress

17 December - Ron Geesin, British musician and songwriter (Pink Floyd)
18 December - Keith Richards, English guitarist and songwriter (The Rolling Stones)
27 December - Peter Sinfield, British lyricist and producer
28 December - Richard Whiteley, English television presenter (died 2005)
31 December - Ben Kingsley, English actor

^ ^a ^b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ ^a ^b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 391–392. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Official text of Regency Act 1943 (c. 42) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database