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30 January – Scarweather lightvessel in Swansea Bay sinks.[3]
28 March – St Nazaire Raid : Lt-Commander Stephen Halden Beattie steers HMS Campbeltown through an enemy attack, winning the Victoria Cross for his courage under fire.
13 April – The Cardiff East by-election , caused by the appointment of sitting National Conservative MP , Owen Temple-Morris , as a county court judge is uncontested, under an agreement between the Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties, who are participating in a wartime coalition .[4]
25 April – A Nazi German Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 crashes into a hill near Builth Wells . Two crew members are killed, the other two taken prisoner.
25 May – A breach in the Glamorganshire Canal near Nantgarw is inspected but it is decided not to do any work on it; the canal closes permanently later in the year.[5]
10 June – The Llandaff and Barry by-election, caused by the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Patrick Munro , is won by the Conservative candidate Cyril Lakin . The official Labour Party does not contest the seat.
26 June – Rudolf Hess is moved to Maindiff Court Military Hospital and POW Reception Centre near Abergavenny where he will remain for 3 years.[6]
17 July – An RAF Lockheed Hudson crashes near Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd , killing thirteen crew.[7]
30 July – A Heinkel He 111 crashes on Pwllheli beach, killing three crew; the survivor is captured.[8]
11 August
18 August – The body of a German pilot is washed ashore at Newton on the South Wales coast. He is buried in the village of Nottage .
September – A USAAF Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft crashes off the coast near Harlech .[10]
18 October – An RAF Vickers Wellington bomber ,[11] based at RAF Talbenny , Wales, crashes at 16:08 near Ruislip station while on approach to RAF Northolt , England, killing all 15 on board and six on the ground (including four children).[12]
22 October – The Welsh Courts Act is passed, allowing the Welsh language to be used in courts of law.[13]
31 October – An RAF Wellington collides in mid-air with an RAF Bristol Beaufort near Bangor , killing seven crew.
16 November – An RAF Lancaster bomber crashes into Dolwen Hill, Llanerfyl , near Welshpool , killing seven crew.[14]
December – The South Wales Coal Dust Research Committee produces its first report.[15]
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Awards
National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardigan )
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Herman Jones
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
Welsh-language broadcasting
The radio series Caniadaeth y Cysegr is launched by the BBC, and soon proves unexpectedly popular with listeners in other parts of the UK. The hymn-based series celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2017.[24]
March:John Cale
July:Spencer Davis
2 January – Billy Hullin , Wales international rugby union player (died 2012 )
31 January – Euros Lewis , cricketer (died 2014 )
1 February – Terry Jones , writer, comedic actor and director (died 2020 )[25]
15 February – Leslie Griffiths , Methodist minister and politician
18 February – John Hughes , footballer
9 March – John Cale , experimental rock musician[26]
13 March
21 March – Owain Arwel Hughes , orchestral conductor[27]
28 March – Neil Kinnock , politician[28]
1 April – Karl Francis , film-maker
5 April – Peter Greenaway , film-maker[29]
1 May – Geoff Evans , rugby union player
20 May – Lynn Davies , athlete[30]
21 May – David Hunt , Secretary of State for Wales 1990-93[31]
25 May – Ron Davies , footballer
1 June – Bruce George , politician (died 2020 )
8 June – Doug Mountjoy , snooker player (died 2021 )[32]
13 July – Hywel Gwynfryn , television presenter
17 July – Spencer Davis , musician[33]
18 July – Roger Cecil , painter (died 2015 )[34]
20 July – Sylvia Heal , politician
27 July – Colin Lewis , cyclist[35]
25 August – Michael J. Morgan , academic
5 September
16 September
12 September – Delme Thomas , rugby player[36]
7 October – Allan Lewis , rugby player[37]
24 November – Craig Thomas , thriller writer (died 2011 )[38]
28 November – Jeffrey Lewis , composer
2 December – Brian Evans , footballer (died 2003 )
4 December – Anthony G. Evans , mechanical engineer (died 2009 )[39]
1 January – John Baldwin Hoystead Meredith , Welsh-Australian soldier and doctor, 77[40]
7 January – Edward Arthur Lewis , historian[41]
27 January – Tom Barlow , Welsh rugby player and cricketer, 77
10 February – Felix Powell , musician, 63[42]
15 February – Frank Treharne James , lawyer, 80[43]
22 March – Ebenezer Griffith-Jones , academic, 82[44]
24 March – Will Osborne , Wales international rugby union player, 66
22 April
John John Evans , journalist
James Morgan Pryse , Welsh-descended American author, publisher, theosophist and founder of the Gnostic Society, 96[45]
5 May – David Milwyn Duggan , Welsh-born Canadian politician, 62[46]
14 May – Walter Watkins , footballer
10 July – Sydney Curnow Vosper , artist, 75[47]
22 July – Gilbert Joyce , Bishop of Monmouth, 76[48]
4 August – Arthur Vernon Davies [49]
6 August – Francis Green , antiquary, 97[50]
12 September – Valentine Baker , pilot, 54 (killed in flying accident)[51]
24 September – David Walters (Eurof) , minister and author
14 October – Jem Evans , Wales international rugby union player, 75
26 October – Richard Mathias , politician, 79
12 November – Hubert Prichard , Glamorgan cricketer, 77[52]
7 December – Lionel Beaumont Thomas , businessman, British Army officer and politician, 49
22 December – Elias Henry Jones , British Army officer, educationist and author, 59[53]
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Loucký, František (1989). Mnozí nedoletěli (in Czech). Praha: Naše vojsko. p. 65. ISBN 80-206-0053-1 .
FRS (1971). "Gwynedd Topics". Ffestiniog Railway Magazine (54: Autumn). Ffestiniog Railway Society.
Mitchell, Tim Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale , 2003, p. 24
Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records . London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:33. ISBN 0-460-07003-7 .
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"Dr. G. C. Joyce, formerly Bishop of Monmouth". The Times . London, England. 23 July 1942. p. 7 – via The Times Digital Archive 1785–2008.