1944 in Wales - Events

Events

  • 23 January - An RAF Halifax bomber crashes in the Elan Valley, killing nine crew.
  • 28 March - Cardiff Blitz: Nine people are killed in an air raid on Cardiff.
  • 11 April - An RAF Lancaster bomber crashes near Llanwrtyd Wells, killing eight crew.
  • 16 August - Lt. Tasker Watkins leads a bayonet charge at Barfour in Normandy, winning the Victoria Cross for his courage.
  • 2 October - Dylan Thomas is best man at the wedding of his friend Vernon Watkins in London - but fails to turn up.
  • 17 October - The first "Welsh Day" debate takes place in the House of Commons (UK).
  • 10 December - American Liberty ship Dan Beard is torpedoed off Strumble Head, resulting in the deaths of 29 crew.
  • 20 December - An American B-24 Liberator plane crashes into the sea off Anglesey, killing eight crew.
  • Plaid Cymru transfers its head office from Caernarfon to Cardiff.
  • Morgan Phillips becomes Secretary of the Labour Party (UK), a position he will hold until 1961.
  • Sir Thomas Williams Phillips becomes permanent secretary of the new government ministry created to implement the national insurance system.
  • Sir David Brunt is awarded the royal medal of the Royal Society for his work in meteorology.
  • Goronwy Owen and Llewellyn Thomas Gordon Soulsby are knighted.

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