1945 in Wales

none 1945 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David's Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Crwys Events 1 January – Three months before his death, former prime minister David Lloyd George is created Earl Lloyd George of DwyforTravis L. Crosby The Unknown David Lloyd George: A Statesman in Conflict https://books.google.com/books?id=MIW9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA379 30 January 2014 I.B.Tauris 978-1-78076-485-6 379 and Viscount Gwynedd. He never takes his seat in the House of Lords. 18 January – Winds of 113 mph are recorded at St. Ann's Head Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire.Great Britain. Meteorological Office Climatological atlas of the British Isles https://books.google.com/books?id=ZP0uAAAAMAAJ 1952 H.M. Stationery Office 7 March – German submarine U-1302 is sunk off St David's Head. 10 March – Sixty-seven German prisoners of war tunnel their way out of Island Farm Camp 198 at Bridgend, the biggest escape attempt by German POWs in the UK during the Second World War.Herbert Williams Come Out, Wherever You are: The Great Escape in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=kkc-AAAACAAJ 2004 Gwasg Gomer 978-1-84323-199-8 15 April – Brigadier Glyn Hughes leads the 11th Armoured Division in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. April – German submarines U-242 and U-325 are sunk off The Skerries.Innes McCartney Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel https://books.google.com/books?id=j6ooZdh1rlkC&pg=PA28 December 2002 Periscope Publishing Ltd. 978-1-904381-04-4 28 15 May – At the Neath by-election, a Trotskyist candidate contests the constituency, the first time in any UK election.Llafur https://books.google.com/books?id=MWDtAAAAMAAJ 1980 Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History. 5 July – In the United Kingdom general election, which sees a landslide Labour victory across the Great Britain: For the last time in a general election, a candidate in Wales is elected unopposed — Will John, Labour MP for Rhondda West. Ambrose Bebb stands as a Plaid Cymru Parliamentary candidate. Hugh Dalton becomes the new Chancellor of the Exchequer and Aneurin Bevan Minister of Health. W. J. Gruffydd retains the University of Wales seat for the Liberals, the last time it will be contested before abolition. 27 July – The cause of an outbreak of typhoid in Aberystwyth is traced to locally made ice cream.Great Britain. Ministry of Health Annual Report of the Ministry of Health https://books.google.com/books?id=g3oXAQAAIAAJ 1945 H.M. Stationery Office 2 August – Clement Davies becomes leader of the Liberal Party. 12 September – Newspaper publisher Gomer Berry is created Viscount Kemsley.http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/kemsley1945.htm Kemsley, Viscount (UK, 1945) Cracrofts Peerage 4 June 2019 2 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181002180515/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/kemsley1945.htm live 8 October – Rudolf Hess is flown to Nuremberg to stand trial, ending his three-year internment at Maindiff Court Military Hospital, Abergavenny.James Leasor Rudolf Hess: The Uninvited Envoy https://books.google.com/books?id=kq55SZBSjfwC&pg=PA203 2001 House of Stratus 978-0-7551-0041-5 203 October – Stocks of captured Nazi German bombs filled with Tabun (nerve agent) begin to be transferred to the RAF ammunition store near Llanberis. 13 November – Explorer Edward Evans is created Baron Mountevans.37348 13 November 1945 5535 date unknown Closure of the Benallt manganese mine, near Aberdaron.Frederick John North National Museum of Wales Mining for metals in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=f763AAAAIAAJ 1962 National Museum of Wales 100 Broadcaster Wynford Vaughan-Thomas is awarded the Croix de Guerre for his exploits in following the invading troops into France during 1944. Kayser Bondor open an underwear factory at Pentrebach. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhosllanerchrugog) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Tom Parri Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – withheld New books Idris Davies – Tonypandy and other poems D. Gwenallt Jones – Detholiad o Ryddiaith Gymraeg R. J. Derfel Huw Menai – The Simple Vision Music National Youth Orchestra of Wales formed, the world's first such organisation. Ivor Novello – Perchance to Dream Mansel Thomas – "Y Bardd"National Library of Wales Bibliotheca celtica https://books.google.com/books?id=8vw4AQAAIAAJ 1944 The Library 140 Film Ray Milland wins an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Lost Weekend. Broadcasting The BBC issues the first Welsh edition of Radio Times.Royal Television Society Wales – Historic Dates https://web.archive.org/web/20140308213011/http://www.rts.org.uk/historic-dates-wales 2014-03-08 . Accessed 8 March 2014 Sport Football – The first post-war match between Wales and England ends in a 1 – 0 victory for Wales. Births 120px|thumb|12 Feb: Gareth Thomas 120px|thumb|8 May: Mike German 6 January – Barry John, rugby player (died 2024) 7 February – Gerald Davies, rugby player 12 February – Gareth Thomas, actor (died 2016) 19 February – Huw Llywelyn Davies, broadcaster 3 April – Gary Sprake, footballer (died 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/20/gary-sprake-obituary Gary Sprake obituary Peter Mason The Guardian 20 October 2016 21 October 2016 7 April – Martyn Lewis, TV journalist 2 May – Eddie Avoth, boxing champion 8 May – Mike German AM, politician 9 May – Malcolm Nash, cricketer (died 2019)Howell Andy Malcolm Nash, Glamorgan star hit for a record six sixes in one over by Garry Sobers, has passed away https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/cricket/malcolm-nash-glamorgan-star-hit-16674956 31 July 2019 WalesOnline 31 July 2019 walesonline-death 15 July – Rachel Lomax, economist 13 August – Howard Marks, drug trafficker (died 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/10/howard-marks-dies-aged-70 'Mr Nice' Howard Marks dies aged 70 The Guardian 10 April 2016 29 August (in Cromford) – Sue Essex AM, politician 7 September – Max Boyce, entertainer 15 September – Clive Merrison, actor 30 November – Roger Glover, musician 21 December – Alan Williams MP, politician date unknown – Lyn Evans, physicistSir Norman Lockyer Nature https://books.google.com/books?id=Th0Ts4O3H4sC 2008 Macmillan Journals Limited 865 Deaths 3 January Edward Peake, Wales international rugby union player, 84 Sir William James Thomas, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 77 9 January – Dennis O'Neill, murder victim, 12 11 January – Caradoc Evans, author, 66https://biography.wales/article/s2-EVAN-CAR-1878 Evans, Caradoc (1878-1945), author Gwyn Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2019 16 January – Robert Griffith Berry, Congregationalist minister and writer, 75Robert Griffith Berry https://biography.wales/article/s2-BERR-GRI-1869 Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 5 April 2016 17 January – Reginald Clarry MP, politician, 62 6 February – Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet, 43https://biography.wales/article/s2-RHYS-PRO-1901 Rhys, Edward Prosser (1901-1945), journalist, poet and publisher Katherine Williams Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2019 17 March – Sir Thomas Lewis, cardiologist, 63https://biography.wales/article/s2-LEWI-THO-1881 Lewis, Sir Thomas (1881-1945), physician Owen Elias Roberts Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2019 26 March – David Lloyd George MP, politician, 82 12 May (in Brighton) – James Walker, MP for Newport (1929–31), 61 (in a road accident) 16 May – Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player, 69 11 June – Owen Evans MP, politician, 69 14 June – John Hugh Edwards, MP, 76https://biography.wales/article/s2-EDWA-HUG-1869 Edwards, John Hugh (1869-1945), politician and writer William Llewelyn Davies Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2019 22 June – William Williams, Wales national rugby union player, 78 29 July – Cecil Griffiths, athlete, 44 (heart attack) 29 September – Evan James Williams, physicist, 42 (cancer)Royal Society Obituary Notices 5 1947 386 15 November – John Lloyd Williams, botanist, 91https://biography.wales/article/s2-WILL-LLO-1854 Williams, John Lloyd (1854-1945), botanist and musician Robert Alun Roberts Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 15 October 2019 21 November – Thomas Rhondda Williams, Congregational minister and politician, 84/5Williams, Rev. Thomas Rhondda Oxford University Press 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U233516 1 December – Tom Graham, Wales international rugby player 26 December – George Travers, Wales international rugby union player, 68 date unknown – Len Davies, footballer References See also 1945 in Northern Ireland Category:1945 in Europe Category:1940s in Wales