1947 in Wales

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Incumbents

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.
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.
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.^[1]
13 December - Royal Naval Air Station Dale, Pembrokeshire, closes.
Founded in this year are:
- Age Concern Cymru.
- 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.
Ifan ab Owen Edwards is knighted.

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

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
26 March - Charles Alexander Harris, governor of Newfoundland, 91
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
12 October - William Brace, politician, 82
18 October - Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player, 80
22 November - James J. Davis, United States politician, 74
23 November - Sir George Lockwood Morris, industrialist and Welsh international rugby player, 88
15 December - Arthur Machen, writer, 74
23 December - John Samuel, Wales international rugby player

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