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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to
Wales and
its people.
- 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
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Football – The first post-war match between Wales and England ends in a 1 – 0 victory for Wales.
12 Feb: Gareth Thomas
8 May: Mike German
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6 January –
Barry John, rugby player (died
2024)
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7 February –
Gerald Davies, rugby player
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12 February –
Gareth Thomas, actor (died
2016)
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19 February –
Huw Llywelyn Davies, broadcaster
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3 April –
Gary Sprake, footballer (died
2016)
[13]
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7 April –
Martyn Lewis, TV journalist
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2 May –
Eddie Avoth, boxing champion
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8 May –
Mike German
AM, politician
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9 May –
Malcolm Nash, cricketer (died
2019)
[14]
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15 July –
Rachel Lomax, economist
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13 August –
Howard Marks, drug trafficker (died
2016)
[15]
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29 August (in
Cromford) –
Sue Essex
AM, politician
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7 September –
Max Boyce, entertainer
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15 September –
Clive Merrison, actor
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30 November –
Roger Glover, musician
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21 December –
Alan Williams
MP, politician
- date unknown –
Lyn Evans, physicist
[16]
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17 January –
Reginald Clarry
MP, politician, 62
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6 February –
Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet, 43
[19]
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17 March – Sir
Thomas Lewis, cardiologist, 63
[20]
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26 March –
David Lloyd George
MP, politician, 82
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12 May (in
Brighton) –
James Walker, MP for
Newport (1929–31), 61 (in a road accident)
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16 May –
Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player, 69
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11 June –
Owen Evans
MP, politician, 69
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14 June –
John Hugh Edwards, MP, 76
[21]
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22 June –
William Williams, Wales national rugby union player, 78
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29 July –
Cecil Griffiths, athlete, 44 (heart attack)
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29 September –
Evan James Williams, physicist, 42 (cancer)
[22]
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15 November –
John Lloyd Williams, botanist, 91
[23]
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21 November –
Thomas Rhondda Williams, Congregational minister and politician, 84/5
[24]
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1 December –
Tom Graham, Wales international rugby player
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26 December –
George Travers, Wales international rugby union player, 68
- date unknown –
Len Davies, footballer
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^ Travis L. Crosby (30 January 2014).
The Unknown David Lloyd George: A Statesman in Conflict. I.B.Tauris. p. 379.
ISBN
978-1-78076-485-6.
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^ Great Britain. Meteorological Office (1952).
Climatological atlas of the British Isles. H.M. Stationery Office.
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^ Herbert Williams (2004).
Come Out, Wherever You are: The Great Escape in Wales. Gwasg Gomer.
ISBN
978-1-84323-199-8.
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^ Innes McCartney (December 2002).
Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 28.
ISBN
978-1-904381-04-4.
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^
Llafur. Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History. 1980.
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^ Great Britain. Ministry of Health (1945).
Annual Report of the Ministry of Health. H.M. Stationery Office.
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^
"Kemsley, Viscount (UK, 1945)". Cracrofts Peerage.
Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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^ James Leasor (2001).
Rudolf Hess: The Uninvited Envoy. House of Stratus. p. 203.
ISBN
978-0-7551-0041-5.
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^
"No. 37348".
The London Gazette. 13 November 1945. p. 5535.
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^ Frederick John North; National Museum of Wales (1962).
Mining for metals in Wales. National Museum of Wales. p. 100.
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^ National Library of Wales (1944).
Bibliotheca celtica. The Library. p. 140.
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^
Royal Television Society Wales – Historic Dates
Archived 2014-03-08 at the
Wayback Machine. Accessed 8 March 2014
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^ Mason, Peter (20 October 2016).
"Gary Sprake obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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^ Howell, Andy (31 July 2019).
"Malcolm Nash, Glamorgan star hit for a record six sixes in one over by Garry Sobers, has passed away". WalesOnline. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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^
"'Mr Nice' Howard Marks dies aged 70". The Guardian. 10 April 2016.
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^ Sir Norman Lockyer (2008).
Nature. Macmillan Journals Limited. p. 865.
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^ Gwyn Jones.
"Evans, Caradoc (1878-1945), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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^
"Robert Griffith Berry". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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^ Katherine Williams; Evan David Jones.
"Rhys, Edward Prosser (1901-1945), journalist, poet and publisher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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^ Owen Elias Roberts.
"Lewis, Sir Thomas (1881-1945), physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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^ William Llewelyn Davies.
"Edwards, John Hugh (1869-1945), politician and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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^ Obituary Notices. Vol. 5. Royal Society. 1947. p. 386.
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^ Robert Alun Roberts.
"Williams, John Lloyd (1854-1945), botanist and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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^ Williams, Rev. Thomas Rhondda. Oxford University Press.
doi:
10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U233516.