1945 in England

Incumbent

• Monarch - George VI
• Prime Minister - Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee

Events

May

• May 8 – Victory in Europe Day is celebrated throughout the UK. Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes a victory speech and appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Street parties take place throughout the country.

Births

• January 21 – Martin Shaw, actor
• February 4 – Tony Haygarth, actor
• February 13 – Simon Schama, historian
• February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch, actor
• April 10 – James Bate, actor
• April 21 – Diana Darvey, actress, singer and dancer
• May 14 – Francesca Annis, actress
• July 10 – John Motson, football commentator
• July 26 – Helen Mirren, actress.
• August 1 – Laila Morse, actress
• August 5 – Martin Lambie-Nairn, designer
• August 6 – Ron Jones, director
• September 14 – Martin Tyler, football commentator
• October 14 – Lesley Joseph, actress
• October 18 – Juliette Slaughter, racing driver.
• November 30 – Hilary Armstrong, politician.
• December 17 – Jacqueline Wilson, children's novelist.
• December 30 – Davy Jones, singer
• Tom O'Carroll, paedophilia advocate

Deaths

• 26 March - David Lloyd George, politician
• 5 December - Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury