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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1942 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
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]
date unknown
Arts and literature
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
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Broadcasting
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]
Sport
Births
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]
Deaths
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
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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