* 2005 – Cliff Allison, British race car driver ( b. 1932 )

* Sir Maurice de Bunsen ( 1852 – 1932 ), British diplomat

* 1932 – Dennis Skinner, British politician

Ottoman rule ended with World War I, and Iraq came to be administered by the British Empire until the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932.

In 1922 British officials concluded the Treaty of Mohammara with Abd al Aziz ibn Abd ar Rahman Al Saud, who in 1932 formed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It became a protectorate known as Iraq, and it gained official independence from Britain in 1932, although the British still dominated their politics until 1952.

* 1932 – Peter Redgrove, British poet ( d. 2003 )

* 1932 – Richard Lester, British director

* 1932 – Russ Hamilton, British singer ( d. 2008 )

Earlier, speaking of Ribbentrop's activities and of the views of his British friends, Leopold von Hoesch, the German Ambassador in London from 1932 – 36, warned that Berlin should "... not pay any attention to the Londonderrys and Lothians, who in no way represented any important section of British opinion ".

* 1880 – Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer ( d. 1932 )

In 1907, a union of smaller groups with the Methodist New Connexion and Bible Christian Church brought about the British " United Methodist Church ", then the three major streams of British Methodism united in 1932 to form the current Methodist Church of Great Britain.

* 2007 – Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist ( b. 1932 )

* 1932 – Keith Wickenden, British politician ( d. 1983 )

* 1932 – John Grant, British politician ( d. 2000 )

The committee was appointed in 1932 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science to investigate the possibility of quantitatively estimating sensory events.

Her seminal book The Psycho-Analysis of Children, based on lectures given to the British Psychoanalytic Society in the 1920s, was published in 1932.

Australia agreed to give tariff preference to British Empire goods, following the 1932 Imperial economic conference.

* February 25 – Patricia Haines, British actress ( b. 1932 )

* March 1 – Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer and biographer ( d. 1932 )

* November 29 – Gertrude Jekyll, British garden designer, writer and artist ( d. 1932 )

The BBC World Service began as the BBC Empire Service in 1932 as a shortwave service aimed principally at English speakers in the outposts of the British Empire.

Earliest research towards what became known as the phase-locked loop goes back to 1932, when British researchers developed an alternative to Edwin Armstrong's superheterodyne receiver, the Homodyne or direct-conversion receiver.

Between 1932 and 1936, the Cipher Bureau took on additional responsibilities, including radio communications between military-intelligence posts in Poland and abroad, as well as radio counterintelligence — mobile direction-finding and intercept stations for the locating and traffic-analysis of spy and fifth-column transmitters operating in Poland.

In 1932 Dorset received its own exchange, which made business easier for the Manchester office, but it was not until February 1953 that area service was extended to include Manchester and Dorset.

In 1931 he appointed Reinhard Heydrich chief of the new ' Ic Service ' ( intelligence service ), which was renamed the Sicherheitsdienst ( SD: Security Service ) in 1932.

She was used for harbour service from 1881, as a barracks from 1905, was renamed HMS Calcutta in 1909, HMS Fisgard II in 1915, and was sold in 1932.

As the Purple Heart did not exist prior to 1932, records of the decoration are not annotated in service histories of those veterans who were wounded or killed by enemy action prior to the establishment of the medal.

In the summer of 1932, Himmler appointed Heydrich chief of the renamed security service — the Sicherheitsdienst ( SD ).

Commercial RTTY systems were in active service between San Francisco and Honolulu as early as April 1932 and between San Francisco and New York City by 1934.

Commercial RTTY systems were in active service between San Francisco and Honolulu as early as April 1932 and between San Francisco and New York City by 1934.

In June 1932, the new government of Franz von Papen, much to the satisfaction of the service chiefs lifted the ban on the SA and the SS.

In spring 1932, he did his military service in the Royal Yugoslav army.

* SS Normandie, an ocean liner in service 1932 – 42

The last scheduled passenger ship service ended in 1932, supplanted by highways.

It was brought into service in 1932.

On 1 February the following year, the carrier acquired South West African Airways, which had since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail service between Windhoek and Kimberley.

By 1932, the council's service area was firmly established, and since that time, the council service area has been consistent to the present.

Passenger rail service to Otoe was discontinued in 1932 ; despite this setback, the town continued to grow, reaching its maximum historical population of 298 in the 1940 census.

In September 1932 he was made head of the Drahtloser Dienst ( the wireless news service ).

The ABC line, as it was known, was in service from 1895 until 1932.

The Red Electric passenger service to Forest Grove ended in 1929 and Oregon Electric's ceased in 1932.

A weekend service between Highgate ( Archway ) and Downham via Brockley ran until 1932.

To provide a different service from the domestic audience the Corporation started BBC Empire Service on Short Wave in 1932 originally in English but it soon provided programmes in other languages.

For some months in 1932 experiments were carried out on the SMJR with a Ro-Railer-buses converted to run on rails — although these were not successful and the service was withdrawn in June 1932.