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{{Year in Wales header|1943}}This article is about the particular significance of the year 1943 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- 19 January - 3-year-old twins Neil and Jacqueline Coleby die of exposure on the slopes of Caerneddau; despite an extensive search their bodies are not found until 24 January.[1]
- 29 January - In the by-election for the University of Wales parliamentary seat vacated by Ernest Evans, there are three notable candidates. W. J. Gruffydd, a former vice-president of Plaid Cymru who has subsequently joined the Liberal Party, triumphs over Plaid's Saunders Lewis. One of the other candidates is Alun Talfan Davies.
- August - Soprano Ceinwen Rowlands gives the first performance of a Welsh translation of Felix Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Bangor.
- 23 October - David Lloyd George marries his long-term mistress and secretary, Frances Stevenson, at Guildford register office.
- Sir Percy Thomas is elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects for the second time - the second person ever to achieve this.
- Tenovus Cancer Care is founded in Cardiff as Tenovus, initially funding a wide range of projects in the local area; it becomes the leading cancer charity in Wales.[2]
Arts and literature- The Welsh National Opera company is founded in Cardiff.
- Dame Laura Knight paints Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Newport.[3]
Awards- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Caernarfon)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys James
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Dafydd Owen
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
New books- Idris Davies - The Angry Summer: A Poem of 1926
- Rhys Davies - Pobl a Phethau
- Sir Emrys Evans - Ewthaffron: Criton (translation from Plato)
- Margiad Evans - Autobiography
- William Evans (Wil Ifan) - A Quire of Rhymes
- R. T. Jenkins - Orinda
- Eiluned Lewis - The Captain's Wife
- Alwyn D. Rees - Adfeilion
Music- Arwel Hughes - Anatiomaros[4]
- W. S. Gwynn Williams - Tosturi Duw (God's Mercy)
Film- Ray Milland stars in Forever and a Day and The Crystal Ball.
- Drama documentary The Silent Village, filmed in 1942 at Cwmgiedd near Ystradgynlais by Humphrey Jennings, is released.
Broadcasting- 4 September – Wynford Vaughan-Thomas reports from a bomber over Berlin for BBC Radio.[5]
Births- 13 January – Lorna Sage, academic, literary critic and writer (died 2001)[6]
- 1 February – Rosemarie Frankland, beauty queen (died 2000)
- 11 February – Win Griffiths MP, politician
- 3 March (in London) – Aeronwy Thomas, literary figure
- 1 April (in Derby) – Dafydd Wigley MP, politician
- 9 April – Clive Sullivan, rugby league footballer (died 1985)
- 16 April – Ruth Madoc, actress and singer
- 17 April – Elinor Bennett, harpist
- 26 April – Leon Pownall, actor and director
- 27 April – Gwyn Prosser MP, politician
- 6 June – Sir Terry Matthews, entrepreneur[7]
- 7 July – Robert East, actor
- 2 August – Alun Michael MP, politician
- 17 August – John Humphrys, radio and TV journalist
- 24 August – Dafydd Iwan, musician and politician
- 10 September – Shân Legge-Bourke, born Elizabeth Shân Bailey, landowner
- 27 September – Max Boyce, entertainer
- 16 November – Val Lloyd AM, politician
- 28 December – Joan Ruddock MP, politician
- Undated – John Beard, painter
Deaths- 9 January – William Llewellyn Thomas, Wales international rugby player, 70
- 12 January – Selwyn Biggs, Wales international rugby player and Glamorgan cricketer, 70
- 31 January – Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, physician, 85[8]
- 7 February (in London) – Clara Novello Davies, singer, 71[9]
- 6 March (in Trevelin) – John Daniel Evans, pioneer in Patagonia, 81[10]
- 23 March – Commander John Wallace Linton, VC, 37
- 28 March – Ben Davies, operatic tenor, 85[11]
- 12 April – Arthur Lloyd James, phonetician, 58
- 17 April – Alice Gray Jones (Ceridwen Peris), author, 90[12]
- 8 September – Dai Lewis, Wales international rugby player, 76
- 15 September – David Samuel, Wales international rugby player
- 24 September – Billy Douglas, Wales international rugby player, 80
- 15 October – Sir Thomas Artemus Jones, lawyer, 72[13]
- 29 October – Frank Hancock, Wales international rugby union international, 84
- 10 December – Ivor Morgan, Wales international rugby union player, 59
- 27 December – Arthur O'Bree, Glamorgan cricketer, 57
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web|title=Missing Coleby twins remembered 75 years after deaths|first=George|last=Herd|work=BBC News|date=2018-05-25|accessdate=2018-05-27|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-44253555}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/|title=About us|publisher=Tenovus|location=Cardiff|accessdate=2017-12-08}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wartimenewport.virtuallyhere.co.uk/pages.php?page_id=54|title=A Gun Girl – Ruby Loftus – Dame Laura Knight's Newport commission|work=Wartime Newport: The Home Front|access-date=2015-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318192932/http://www.wartimenewport.virtuallyhere.co.uk/pages.php?page_id=54|archive-date=2016-03-18|dead-url=yes|df=}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=596035|title=Arwel Hughes - Anatiomaros|website=ArkivMusic|access-date=23 January 2019}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C276375|title="Raid on Berlin": Actuality recording of a Royal Air Force (RAF) bombing raid over Berlin, Germany on 4 September 1943.|website=Australian War Memorial|access-date=23 January 2019}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/13/guardianobituaries.books|title=Lorna Sage|date=13 January 2001|author=Jon Cook|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2019}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/oct/28/4|title=Terry Matthews: A well-connected Celt|date=28 October 2000|author=David Gow|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2019}}
8. ^{{cite book|title=The Eugenics Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=biLVAAAAMAAJ|year=1941|publisher=Eugenics Education Society|page=129}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qe4aAQAAMAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Americana Corporation of Canada|page=546}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-EVAN-DAN-1862|title=Evans, John Daniel (1862-1943), a pioneer in Patagonia|author=Richard Bryn Williams|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=15 March 2019}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-BEN-1858|title=Davies, Benjamin ('Ben'; 1858-1943), singer|author=Robert David Griffith|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=15 March 2019}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-GRA-1852|title= Ceridwen Peris|last1= Davies|first1= Margaret Beatrice|website= Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher= National Library of Wales|access-date=15 March 2019}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-ART-1871|title=JOnes, Sir Thomas Artemus (1871-1943), journalist, judge and historian|author=Frank Price Jones|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=15 March 2019}}
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