Deaths
- 29 January – Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, Welsh politician (born 1865)
- 11 March – Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish-born bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1881)
- 22 April – Herbert MacNair, Scottish artist (born 1868)
- 27 April – Ambrose Bebb, author (born 1894)
- 11 May – Gilbert Jessop, cricketer (born 1874)
- 13 July – Ruth Ellis, Welsh-born murderer (born 1926)
- 18 July – Billy McCandless, Irish footballer (born 1894)
- 16 September – Leo Amery, politician (born 1873)
- 28 September – Lionel Rees, Welsh airman, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1883)
- 11 October – Hector McNeil, Scottish politician (born 1907)
- 14 October – Harry Parr-Davies, Welsh songwriter (born 1914)
- 15 October – Thomas Jones (T. J.), Welsh educationalist (born 1870)
- 27 December – Alfred Carpenter, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1881)
- date unknown – Jacob Moritz Blumberg, surgeon, gynaecologist and radium therapist (born 1873 in Germany)
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