• Source: 1947 in Wales

      • This article is about the particular significance of the year 1947 to Wales and its people.


      Incumbents



      Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David's
      Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
      Crwys (outgoing)
      Wil Ifan (incoming)


      Events


      1 January - Nationalisation of the coal mining industry under the new National Coal Board.
      1 March - Opening of Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant, Llanelli, the first Welsh-medium school.
      15 March - Cambrian Slate Quarry at Glyn Ceiriog formally notifies closure.
      2-3 April - A British ship, the 1,580 ton Stancliffe, runs aground off Sharpness loaded with 3,000 tons of timber. Local shipyard engineer, Ivor Langford, manages to cut the vessel in two and sail both parts down to Cardiff Docks. There the two halves are joined together and the ship sails again under the new name of Gripfast.
      23 April - Wreck of the Samtampa on Sker rocks and loss of the Mumbles life-boat, Edward, Prince of Wales.
      11 July - Ifan ab Owen Edwards is knighted.
      September - Cardiff Castle is donated by the Marquess of Bute to the city of Cardiff.
      12 November - Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton inadvertently reveals some of the contents of his Budget while on his way to the House of Commons to deliver his speech, effectively finishing his political career.
      13 December - Royal Naval Air Station Dale, Pembrokeshire, closes.
      Founded in this year are:
      Age Concern Cymru.
      BBC Welsh Chorus.
      Steel Company of Wales.
      Wales Gas Board.
      Sir Frederick John Alban becomes President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Chairman of the Welsh Hospitals Board.
      David Brynmor Anthony is awarded the Médaille de Vermeil de la Reconnaissance Française by the government of France.


      Arts and literature


      June 11–15 - First Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held.
      First Cerdd Dant festival is held.
      Caradog Prichard begins writing for The Daily Telegraph.


      = Awards

      =
      National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Colwyn Bay)
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - John Tudor Jones (John Eilian), "Maelgwn Gwynedd"
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Griffith John Roberts, "Glyn y Groes"
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld


      = New books

      =


      English language


      William Ewart Berry - British Newspapers and their Controllers
      Jack Jones - Off to Philadelphia in the Morning
      Michael Gareth Llewelyn - White Wheat
      John Cowper Powys – Obstinate Cymric
      Sir James Frederick Rees - Studies in Welsh history


      Welsh language


      J. Eirian Davies - Awen y Wawr
      William Jones - Adar Rhiannon a Cherddi Eraill
      Elizabeth Watkin-Jones - Y Cwlwm Cêl and Y Dryslwyn


      = Music

      =
      David Wynne - Sonata No. 1 for keyboard


      Film


      Cymru a Chynilo, A 7-minute public information about Post Office Savings is made in English and Welsh, narrated by Hugh Griffith.


      Broadcasting


      Dylan Thomas - The Return Journey


      Sport


      Cricket - Wilf Wooller is appointed Captain-Secretary of Glamorgan CCC.
      Rugby Union
      20 December - Wales beat Australia 6–0 at the National Stadium, Cardiff.


      Births


      2 February - Frank Hennessy, folk singer and radio presenter
      5 February - Paul James Wheeler, rugby player
      11 February - Douglas Davies, theologian
      22 February - Bleddyn Williams, rugby player (died 2009)
      12 March - Rod Richards, politician
      18 March - Roger Kenneth Evans, politician
      27 March - Craig Defoy, golfer
      27 April - Pete Ham, musician (died 1975)
      16 May - Owen Money, born Lynn Mittell, entertainer
      1 June - Jonathan Pryce, born John Price, actor
      4 June - Mickey Evans footballer
      12 July - Gareth Edwards, rugby player
      17 July(in England) - Queen Camilla (Princess of Wales, 2005–2022)
      2 August - Iolo Ceredig Jones, chess player
      30 August - Alwyn Jones, biophysicist
      9 September - Clive Shell, rugby player (died 2012)
      24 September(in Loughborough) - Mick Bates AM, politician
      5 October
      Dennis Avoth, heavyweight boxer (born in Egypt; died 2023)
      Phil Carradice, writer and broadcaster
      16 October
      Steve Derrett, footballer
      Terry Griffiths, snooker player
      29 October - Val Feld, politician (died 2001)
      November - Beverley Humphreys, singer and broadcaster
      24 November - Paul Griffiths, music critic, fiction writer and librettist
      5 December - Don Touhig, politician
      unknown date - Sheila Morrow, president of Great Britain Hockey


      Deaths


      10 January - Lillie Goodisson, nurse, late 80s
      26 February - Percy Phillips OBE, Wales international rugby player and civil servant
      16 March - Jack Powell, footballer, 86
      24 March - John Henry Evans, Mormon teacher and writer, 74
      26 March - Charles Alexander Harris, governor of Newfoundland, 91
      31 March - John Phillips, Dean of Monmouth, 67 and ordained in 1909.
      15 May - Arthur Harding, Wales international rugby union captain, 68
      23 May - Richard Griffith (Carneddog), poet and journalist, 85
      25 May - Samuel Clark, rugby official and international rugby player
      20 June - Sir John Edward Lloyd, historian, 86
      30 June - Jerry Shea, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player, 54
      5 July - Jack Evans, Wales international rugby player, 72
      7 July
      James Henry Howard, minister and writer, 70
      Johnny Basham, boxer, 56
      23 July - David James Jones, philosopher, 60
      10 August - David Evan Jones, missionary, 77
      12 October - William Brace, politician, 82
      18 October - Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player, 80
      16 November - Thomas Griffiths, Australian Army general, 82
      22 November - James J. Davis, United States politician, 74
      23 November
      Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player, 88
      Matthew W. Davies, musician, 65
      12 December - William John Evans, musician and composer, 81
      15 December - Arthur Machen, writer, 74
      23 December - John Samuel, Wales international rugby player


      See also


      1947 in Northern Ireland


      References

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