page_title: 2013 in the United Kingdom
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Richard Briers at Memorabilia March 2009
context_page_description: Events from the year 2013 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 February – Robin Sachs, 61, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
  3 February
  Peter Gilmore, 81, actor (The Onedin Line, Carry On, Doctor Who).
  David Oates, 50, sports commentator (BBC Sport).
  4 February
  Pat Halcox, 82, jazz trumpeter.
  Reg Presley, 71, singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around").
  5 February
  Stuart Freeborn, 98, make-up artist (Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey).
  Gerry Hambling, 86, film editor (Pink Floyd—The Wall, Midnight Express, In the Name of the Father).
  Charles Longbottom, 82, politician, MP for York (1959–1966).
  Derek Yalden, 72, zoologist.
  6 February – Frank Stirrup, 88, English rugby league player. (death announced on this date)
  7 February
  Keith Marsh, 86, actor (Love Thy Neighbour) (death announced on this date)
  Jonathan Rendall, 48, author (death announced on this date)
  8 February
  Ron Hansell, 82, footballer.
  Patricia Hughes, 90, radio announcer.
  Ian Lister, 65, footballer (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic).
  Mervyn McCord, 83, army officer.
  Alan Sharp, 79, screenwriter (Rob Roy, Night Moves).
  9 February
  Robert Ashton, 88, historian.
  Mike Banks, 90, mountaineer and Royal Marines officer.
  10 February
  Pery Burge, 57, artist.
  Norman Crowder, 87, priest, Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1985–1993).
  Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, 68, soldier and aristocrat.
  Bill Roost, 88, footballer (Bristol Rovers).
  11 February
  Mark Dalby, 75, prelate, Archdeacon of Rochdale (1991–2000).
  Trevor Grills, 54, singer (Fisherman's Friends).
  Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys, 81, peer and landowner.
  Rick Huxley, 72, musician (The Dave Clark Five).
  12 February
  Bill Bell, 81, businessman, Chairman of Port Vale F.C. (1987–2002).
  Brian Langford, 77, cricketer (Somerset).
  Richard Orton, 72, composer and academic.
  Reginald Turnill, 97, aerospace correspondent (BBC).
  13 February
  John Ammonds, 88, television producer.
  George Finch, 82, architect.
  David Lister, 82, origami historian.
  Rita Ridley, 66, runner.
  Don Scott, 84, boxer, Olympic silver medal (1948).
  14 February
  Sir Montague Levine, 90, doctor and coroner.
  Peter Olver, 95, World War II fighter ace.
  15 February
  Hector Catling, 88, archaeologist.
  Pat Derby, 70, animal trainer.
  Ian Fowler, 73, journalist.
  Antony Speller, 83, politician, MP for North Devon (1979–1992).
  16 February
  Paul Rice, 64, cricketer.
  Tony Sheridan, 72, rock and roll singer, early collaborator with The Beatles.
  17 February
  Derek Batey, 84, English quiz show host (Mr. and Mrs.).
  Richard Briers, 79, actor (The Good Life).
  David Whitehouse, 71, museum executive (The Corning Museum of Glass).
  18 February
  Kevin Ayers, 68, psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft Machine, Wilde Flowers).
  Godfrey Hewitt, 73, evolutionary geneticist.
  James Irvine, 54, furniture designer.
  Elspet Gray, Baroness Rix, 83, actress and philanthropist.
  20 February
  John Downie, 87, footballer.
  Emma McDougall, 21, footballer (Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.).
  21 February
  John Clappison, 75, ceramic and glass designer.
  Raymond Cusick, 84, TV designer (Doctor Who).
  Bruce Millan, 85, politician, MP for Glasgow Craigton (1959–1983); Glasgow Govan (1983–1988), Secretary of State for Scotland (1976–1979).
  Dick Neal, Jr., 79, footballer.
  22 February – Bob Godfrey, 91, animator (Henry's Cat, Roobarb, Great).
  23 February
  Sylvia Smith, 67, writer.
  Sir Richard Worsley, 89, army general.
  24 February
  Dave Charlton, 76, racing driver.
  Sir Denis Forman, 95, television executive, Chairman of Granada Television (1974–1987).
  25 February – Ralph P. Martin, 87, New Testament scholar.
  26 February – Adrian Hollis, 72, correspondence chess grandmaster.
  27 February
  Robin M. Hochstrasser, 82, chemist.
  Molly Lefebure, 93, author.
  Terry Twell, 66, footballer.
  28 February
  Neil McCorkell, 100, cricket player.
  Seamus O'Connell, 83, footballer.
  Bruce Reynolds, 81, Great Train Robber
caption: Richard Briers
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