Deaths
- 11 January - Richard Powell, Wales international rugby player, 79
- 5 March - Alun Lewis, poet, 28 (accidentally shot)
- 7 May - Charles Green, Bishop of Monmouth, Bishop of Bangor and Archbishop of Wales, 79
- 24 May - Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet, politician, 83
- 27 May - Griffith Hartwell Jones, academic, 85
- 16 June - David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, philanthropist and MP, 64
- 25 June - James Atkin, Baron Atkin, judge, 76
- 5 August - Maurice Turnbull, cricketer, 38 (killed in action)
- 5 August - Ethel Lina White, crime novelist, 68
- September - David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies, 29 (killed in battle)
- 30 September- David Harris Davies, Wales international rugby union player, 66
- 5 October - Laura Evans-Williams, singer, 61
- 27 October - Clem Lewis, rugby player, 54
- 19 November - Watkin Williams, Bishop of Bangor, 99
- 8 December - Sir William Jenkins, MP for Neath, 73
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