# 1946 in Wales

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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.
* 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.

### 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 All
* Emyr Humphreys – Little Kingdom
* Dylan Thomas – Deaths and Entrances
* Gwyn Thomas – The Dark Philosophers

### 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'Shea

## Broadcasting

* June – The BBC's regional director for Wales tells Welsh MPs that there is "not enough talent... to sustain a full continuous programme".

## 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 player
* 15 January – Roger Davis, cricketer
* 31 January – Bobby Windsor, rugby player
* 20 February – Mike Roberts, Wales and British Lion rugby player
* 21 March – Timothy Dalton, actor
* 2 April – Dai Llewellyn, socialite (died 2009)
* 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, politician
* 12 August – Andrew McNeillie, poet and literary editor
* 3 October – Richie Morgan, professional footballer and manager
* 18 October – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, politician (died 2025)
* 30 October – Chris Slade, rock drummer
* 26 November – Brian Hibbard, actor and singer (died 2012)
* 27 November – Kim Howells, politician
* 6 December – Martin Moore-Bick, judge
* 9 December – Mervyn Davies, rugby player (died 2012)
* date unknown – Tony Curtis, poet

## Deaths

* 8 January – Dion Fortune, writer, 55
* 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)
* 16 April – Jack Jenkins, footballer, 54
* 25 April – Arthur Jenkins, politician, 64
* 25 May – Ernest Rhys ("Mr Everyman"), writer, 86
* 1 June – Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, politician, 80
* 10 June – Humphrey Jones, footballer, 83
* 18 June – Thomas Llewellyn Jones, businessman and politician in Australia, 74
* 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, 56
* 26 August – Ruth Herbert Lewis, social reformer and collector of Welsh folk songs, 74
* 15 October – David Percy Davies, newspaper editor,
* 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, 66
* 24 November – Sydney Nicholls, Wales rugby international player, 78
* 6 December – Charles Stanton MP, politician
* date unknown
** William Egan, footballer, 73 or 74
** Morris Williams, publisher, husband and collaborator of Kate Roberts, 46
** Ianto Davies, rugby player, ?48