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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1942 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Crwys
Events
- 30 January – Scarweather lightvessel in Swansea Bay sinks.[1]
- 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.
- 25 April – A Nazi German Luftwaffe Junkers 88 crashes into a hill near Builth Wells. Two crew members are killed, the other two taken prisoner.
- 25 May – The Glamorganshire Canal closes.
- 20 July – An RAF Lockheed Hudson crashes near Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, killing thirteen crew.
- 30 July – A Heinkel 111 crashes on Pwllheli beach, killing three crew. The survivor is captured.
- 11 August
- An American Flying Fortress crashes in the Berwyn range, killing its six crew.
- An RAF Wellington bomber crashes into St Brides Bay, killing six Polish crew.
- 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.
- 22 October – The Welsh Courts Act is passed, allowing the Welsh language to be used in courts of law.
- 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.
- The South Wales Coal Dust Research Committee is set up.
- During the building of RAF Valley, a hoard of La Tène metalwork is found in Llyn Cerrig Bach.
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
- D. Gwenallt Jones - Cnoi Cil
- John Gwilym Jones - Y Dewis
- Thomas Jones (T. J.) - Cerrig Milltir
- Roland Mathias - Days Enduring
- Leslie Norris - Tongue of Beauty
- John Cowper Powys - Owen Glendower (U.K. publication)
Music
- Sir Granville Bantock - Two Welsh Melodies and Celtic Symphony
Film
- Ray Milland stars in Reap the Wild Wind
Broadcasting
Sport
- Football
- 9 May – Wales defeat England 1-0
- 24 October – Wales defeat England 2-1
Births
- 2 January – Billy Hullin, Wales international rugby union player
- 1 February – Terry Jones, writer, comedian and actor
- 15 February – Leslie Griffiths, Methodist minister and politician
- 9 March – John Cale, experimental rock musician
- 13 March
- John Mantle, dual-code rugby player
- Meic Stevens, singer-songwriter
- 28 March – Neil Kinnock, politician
- 1 April – Karl Francis, film-maker
- 5 April – Peter Greenaway, film-maker
- 20 May – Lynn Davies, athlete
- 21 May – David Hunt, Secretary of State for Wales 1990-93
- 25 May – Ron Davies, footballer
- 8 June – Doug Mountjoy, snooker player
- 13 July – Hywel Gwynfryn, television presenter
- 17 July – Spencer Davis, musician
- 18 July – Roger Cecil, painter (d.2015)
- 20 July – Sylvia Heal, politician
- 16 September – Barrie Hole, footballer
- 16 September – Jeff Young, rugby player
- 24 November – Craig Thomas, thriller writer (d.2011)
- 5 September – Chris Corbett, rugby player
- 12 September – Delme Thomas, rugby player
- 2 December – Brian Evans, footballer (d.2003)
Deaths
- 1 January – John Baldwin Hoystead Meredith, Welsh-Australian soldier and doctor
- 7 January – Edward Arthur Lewis, historian
- 27 January – Tom Barlow, Welsh rugby player and cricketer, 77
- 10 February – Felix Powell, musician, 63
- 15 February – Frank Treharne Jones, lawyer
- 22 March – Ebenezer Griffith-Jones, academic
- 24 March – Will Osborne, Wales international rugby union player, 66
- 22 April
- John John Evans, journalist
- James Morgan Pryse, Welsh-descended American author, publisher, theosophist and founder of the Gnostic Society, 96
- 14 May – Walter Watkins, footballer
- 10 July – Sydney Curnow Vosper, artist, 75
- 22 July – Gilbert Joyce, Bishop of Monmouth, 76
- 6 August – Francis Green, antiquary
- 12 September – Valentine Baker, pilot, 54 (killed in flying accident)
- 24 September – David Walters (Eurof), minister and author
- 10 October – Geraint Goodwin, novelist and short story writer, 39
- 14 October – Jem Evans, Wales international rugby union player, 75
- 26 October – Richard Mathias, politician, 79
- 7 December – Lionel Beaumont Thomas, businessman, British Army officer and politician, 49
- 22 December – Elias Henry Jones, British Army officer, educationist and author, 59
References
- ↑ "Scarweather Ltv [+1942]". Wrecksite. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
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