1946 in Wales

none March 2020 1946 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1946 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 12 July – The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act is passed by Parliament. August Arthur Horner becomes General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers. Stocks of captured Nazi German bombs filled with Tabun (nerve agent) begin to be transferred from Llanberis to open storage at RAF Llandwrog. November – The highest ever temperature for this month in the UK is recorded at Prestatyn: 71 °F (21.7 °C). December – George Isaacs inaugurates the first Remploy factory, in Bridgend, with the aim of offering work to disabled ex-servicemen.Rehabilitation in Great Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=dzIoAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA15 1947 British Information Services, Reference Division 15 26 December – A serious collapse at Bryn Eglwys slate mine near Abergynolwyn causes its closure. A pneumoconiosis research unit is established at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff, in recognition of the damage being caused to miners' health. Arts and literature In the absence of a Prince of Wales, The Princess Elizabeth, heir presumptive to the throne, is admitted to the Gorsedd.National Library of Wales Annual Report – Presented by the Council to the Court of Governors https://books.google.com/books?id=sC0jAQAAIAAJ 1955 The Library Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mountain Ash) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Geraint Bowen National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Rhydwen Williams National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Dafydd Jenkins New books In Welsh Pennar Davies – Cinio'r Cythraul Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan) – Ffarwel Weledig Thomas Rowland Hughes – Chwalfa John Gwilym Jones – Y Goeden Erin In English Caradoc Evans – The Earth Gives All and Takes AllGeorge Watson The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=9e48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR303 2 July 1971 CUP Archive 303– GGKEY:64CF45KC7C0 Emyr Humphreys – Little Kingdom Dylan Thomas – Deaths and EntrancesJ. C. Bittenbender Gale Researcher Guide for: Dylan Thomas: The Natural and the Supernatural https://books.google.com/books?id=DZlqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP8 Gale, Cengage Learning 978-1-5358-5139-8 8 Gwyn Thomas – The Dark PhilosophersGwyn Thomas The Dark Philosophers https://books.google.com/books?id=XJf0CQAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 23 December 2005 Summersdale Publishers Limited 978-1-84839-717-0 3 Music 15 April – The Welsh National Opera makes its debut, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, with a double bill of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, with almost all the singers being amateurs. Daniel Jones – Scenes from the Mabinogion Film London Town featuring Tessie O'SheaK. Donnelly British Film Music and Film Musicals https://books.google.com/books?id=iZGHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 16 August 2007 Palgrave Macmillan UK 978-0-230-59774-7 107 Broadcasting June – The BBC's regional director for Wales tells Welsh MPs that there is "not enough talent... to sustain a full continuous programme".Asa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision https://books.google.com/books?id=ndvkTwjfP9kC&pg=PA92 1995 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-212967-3 92 Sport Boxing – Wales stages its first-ever world title fight, in which lightweight Ronnie James is defeated by Ike Williams. Births 10 January – Terry Cobner, rugby playerPeter Jackson Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=JqQeMae6VroC 1998 Mainstream 978-1-84018-026-8 210 15 January – Roger Davis, cricketer 31 January – Bobby Windsor, rugby playerChris Schoeman Legends of the Ball: Rugby's Greatest Players Chosen by Willie John McBride, Frik Du Preez, David Compese https://books.google.com/books?id=s9wnAQAAIAAJ 2007 CJS Books 978-0-620-36962-6 132 20 February – Mike Roberts, Wales and British Lions rugby player 21 March – Timothy Dalton, actorPeter M. Gareffa Ann Evory Newsmakers https://books.google.com/books?id=rWJmAAAAMAAJ 1988 Gale Research 9780810322035 2 April – Dai Llewellyn, socialite (died 2009)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5513488.ece Sir Dai Llewellyn dies aged 62 14 January 2009 14 January 2009 The Times Kaya Burgess LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic 5 April – Russell Davies, journalist and broadcaster 13 April – Della Jones, mezzo-soprano 19 May – Androw Bennett, writer 6 June – Hywel Francis, politician and historian (died 2021) 14 June – Glyn Berry, diplomat 6 August – Ron Davies, politicianCharles Roger Dod Robert Phipps Dod Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=9IGIAAAAMAAJ 2000 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 518 9780905702285 12 August – Andrew McNeillie, poet and literary editor 3 October – Richie Morgan, professional footballer and manager 18 October – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, politician (died 2025)Charles Roger Dod Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited Robert Phipps Dod Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=KbiIAAAAMAAJ 2005 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 567 9780905702513 30 October – Chris Slade, rock drummer 26 November – Brian Hibbard, actor and singer (died 2012) 27 November – Kim Howells, politicianValerie Passmore Dod's Parliamentary Companion: Guide to the General Election, 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=XhMWAQAAIAAJ 2005 Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited 978-0-905702-57-5 195 6 December – Martin Moore-Bick, judge 9 December – Mervyn Davies, rugby player (died 2012)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/16/mervyn-davies Mervyn Davies obituary 16 March 2012 Paul Rees The Guardian 21 September 2019 date unknown – Tony Curtis, poet Deaths 8 January – Dion Fortune, writer, 55Dion Fortune and the Inner Light Knight Gareth 2000 Thoth Publications Loughborough 978-1-870450-45-4 293 23 January – William Evans, Wales dual-code international rugby player, 62 25 April (in London) – Arthur Jenkins, MP for Pontypool, 64 14 March – Reg Thomas, athlete, 39 (air crash)https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2691771/reginald-heber-thomas/ Squadron Leader Reginald Heber Thomas CWGC 29 June 2023 16 April – Jack Jenkins, footballer, 54Tim Carder Roger Harris Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Goldstone Books Hove 1997 125–126 978-0-9521337-1-1 25 April – Arthur Jenkins, politician, 64 25 May – Ernest Rhys ("Mr Everyman"), writer, 86Terry Seymour A Printing History of Everyman's Library 1906-1982 https://books.google.com/books?id=DbUp4qfbE_sC&pg=PA263 2011 AuthorHouse 978-1-4678-7014-6 263 1 June – Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, politician, 80Michael Stenton Stephen Lees Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources https://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ 1981 Harvester Press 9780855273255 10 June – Humphrey Jones, footballer, 83 18 June – Thomas Llewellyn Jones, businessman and politician in Australia, 74http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50267632 Family Notices. The Courier-Mail Brisbane 19 June 1946 11 April 2015 10 National Library of Australia 4 July – Taffy O'Callaghan, footballer, 39 15 July – William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician, 75 20 July – Richard Thomas Evans, politician, 55/56 8 August – Miriam Kate Williams ("Vulcana"), strongwoman, 72 12 August – Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player, 82 25 August – Tudor Edwards, thoracic surgeon, 567 September 1946 A. Tudor Edwards, M.D. M. Ch. F.R.C.S. Br Med J en 2 4470 346– 10.1136/bmj.2.4470.346-c 2054255 0007-1447 Wakeley C. P. G. 26 August – Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs, 74https://biography.wales/article/s2-LEWI-RUT-1871 Lewis, Lady Ruth (1871-1946), a pioneering collector of Welsh folk-songs, and advocate of educational, religious, temperance and philanthropic bodies Evan David Jones Welsh Biography Online National Library of Wales 5 November 2020 15 October – David Percy Davies, newspaper editor,http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U224502/DAVIES_David_Percy DAVIES, David Percy Who Was Who 4 November – Bill Morris, Wales international rugby player, 77 5 November – Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, author and patron of the arts in Wales, 66Charles Kidd Christine Shaw Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=BDIZAQAAIAAJ 24 June 2008 Debrett's 978-1-870520-80-5 344 24 November – Sydney Nicholls, Wales rugby international player, 78 6 December – Charles Stanton MP, politician2-STAN-BUT-1873 Stanton, Charles Butt (1873-1946), M.P. for the Merthyr and Aberdare constituency, 1915-1922 Huw Morris-Jones 29 June 2023 date unknown William Egan, footballer, 73 or 74 Morris Williams, publisher, husband and collaborator of Kate Roberts, 46The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales University of Wales Press 2008 9780708319536 768 Ianto Davies, rugby player, ?48 See also 1946 in Northern Ireland References Category:1946 in Europe Category:1940s in Wales