1954 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1954 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1954 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

1 April – Civilian flights from the old Cardiff Municipal Airport at Pengam Moors are transferred to the new Cardiff Airport near Rhoose.
29 May – Gwyneth Phillips marries John Dunwoody, continuing a dynasty of Labour politicians.
19 June – The Welsh Chess Union is founded.
19 October – Gwilym Lloyd George becomes Home Secretary and Minister for Welsh Affairs – the first Welshman to hold the position.
9 December – Flag of the Church in Wales officially inaugurated.
Launch of the Empire News, the first Sunday newspaper to be published in Wales.

Geraint Evans stars in William Walton's new opera, Troilus and Cressida.
Alun Hoddinott – Clarinet Concerto (performed at the Cheltenham Festival by Gervase de Peyer with the Hallé Orchestra under Sir John Barbirolli).
Arwel Hughes – Menna (opera)
Daniel Jones – Symphony no 4

25 January – Under Milk Wood is performed for the first time on BBC radio with an all-Welsh cast led by Richard Burton.^[3]

Football – John Charles finishes the 1953–54 season having scored 42 goals for Leeds United.
Rugby union – Wales win the Five Nations Championship, but a loss against England prevents Wales lifting the Triple Crown.
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Ken Jones

5 January – Elgan Rees, Wales international rugby player
6 January – John Sparkes, comedian
21 January – Tony Ridler, darts player
12 March – Chris Needs, broadcaster
13 March – Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech
17 March – Trish Law, born Patricia Bolter, AM, politician
6 April – Alan Curtis, footballer
19 April – Jon Owen Jones, politician
23 May – David Richards, Wales international rugby player
28 May – Gwyn Morgan, writer
9 June
- Paul Chapman, rock guitarist
- Rhys Morgan, Wales international rugby player
7 July – Mickey Thomas, Welsh international footballer
August – Ceri Sherlock, filmmaker and theatre director^[4]
27 August – Bryn Fôn, singer and actor
12 September – Sir Michael Moritz, businessman and philanthropist
24 September – Helen Lederer, comedian and actress
25 September – Gareth Thomas, politician
12 October – Keith Griffiths, architect
13 October – Kim Davies, cricketer
14 October – Lowri Gwilym, television and radio producer
13 November – Les Keen, Wales international rugby player

12 January – Thomas Brinsmead Williams, cricketer, 69
6 March – William Davies Thomas, academic, 74
25 March – William Jackson, footballer, 78
10 April – Harry Hiams, rugby union international, 67
6 May – J. J. Williams, poet and archdruid, 84
15 June
- William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, 74
- Charles Edwards, politician, 87
10 July – Jack Anthony, jockey, 64
29 September – William John Gruffydd, author and politician, 73
31 October – Rhys Davies, trade unionist and politician, 77
8 November – Geoffrey Crawshay, soldier and social benefactor, 62
3 December – Sir Joseph Davies, statistician and Liberal politician, 87
14 December – Cliff Pritchard, Welsh international rugby player, 73
20 December – Frank Connah, hockey player, 70
22 December – Robert Richards, Welsh politician, 70
date unknown – Ernest Morgan, architect and painter

↑ "Dannie Abse - obituary". The Telegraph. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
↑ Cadwm Heritage in Wales, no 32, p7
↑ Richard Hughes in Thomas D.N. (2004) Dylan Remembered 1935-1953 p75 Seren, and also Hughes' review of Under Milk Wood in the Sunday Times, March 7 1954.
↑ "Ceri Sherlock - Cardiff - Training". CheckCompany. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

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