This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to Wales and its people.

1945
in
Wales
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See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
1945 in
The United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Elsewhere

Incumbents

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Events

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Arts and literature

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Awards

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  • 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

New books

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Music

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Film

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Broadcasting

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Sport

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  • Football – The first post-war match between Wales and England ends in a 1 – 0 victory for Wales.

Births

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12 Feb: Gareth Thomas
 
8 May: Mike German

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Great Britain. Meteorological Office (1952). Climatological atlas of the British Isles. H.M. Stationery Office.
  3. ^ Herbert Williams (2004). Come Out, Wherever You are: The Great Escape in Wales. Gwasg Gomer. ISBN 978-1-84323-199-8.
  4. ^ Innes McCartney (December 2002). Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-904381-04-4.
  5. ^ Llafur. Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History. 1980.
  6. ^ Great Britain. Ministry of Health (1945). Annual Report of the Ministry of Health. H.M. Stationery Office.
  7. ^ "Kemsley, Viscount (UK, 1945)". Cracrofts Peerage. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. ^ James Leasor (2001). Rudolf Hess: The Uninvited Envoy. House of Stratus. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-7551-0041-5.
  9. ^ "No. 37348". The London Gazette. 13 November 1945. p. 5535.
  10. ^ Frederick John North; National Museum of Wales (1962). Mining for metals in Wales. National Museum of Wales. p. 100.
  11. ^ National Library of Wales (1944). Bibliotheca celtica. The Library. p. 140.
  12. ^ Royal Television Society Wales – Historic Dates Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 8 March 2014
  13. ^ Mason, Peter (20 October 2016). "Gary Sprake obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "'Mr Nice' Howard Marks dies aged 70". The Guardian. 10 April 2016.
  16. ^ Sir Norman Lockyer (2008). Nature. Macmillan Journals Limited. p. 865.
  17. ^ Gwyn Jones. "Evans, Caradoc (1878-1945), author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Robert Griffith Berry". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Owen Elias Roberts. "Lewis, Sir Thomas (1881-1945), physician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  21. ^ William Llewelyn Davies. "Edwards, John Hugh (1869-1945), politician and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  22. ^ Obituary Notices. Vol. 5. Royal Society. 1947. p. 386.
  23. ^ Robert Alun Roberts. "Williams, John Lloyd (1854-1945), botanist and musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  24. ^ Williams, Rev. Thomas Rhondda. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U233516.

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