This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – David Prosser, Bishop of St David's Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Crwys Events 1 January – Three months before his death, former prime minister David Lloyd George is created Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor and Viscount Gwynedd. He never takes his seat in the House of Lords. 18 January – Winds of 113 mph are recorded at St. Ann's Head Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire. 7 March – German submarine U-1302 is sunk off St David's Head. 10 March – Sixty-seven German prisoners of war tunnel their way out of Island Farm Camp 198 at Bridgend, the biggest escape attempt by German POWs in the UK during the Second World War. 15 April – Brigadier Glyn Hughes leads the 11th Armoured Division in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. April – German submarines U-242 and U-325 are sunk off The Skerries. 15 May – At the Neath by-election, a Trotskyist candidate contests the constituency, the first time in any UK election. 5 July – In the United Kingdom general election: For the last time in a General Election, a candidate in Wales is elected unopposed — Will John, Labour MP for Rhondda West. Ambrose Bebb stands as a Plaid Cymru Parliamentary candidate. Hugh Dalton becomes the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. W. J. Gruffydd retains the University of Wales seat for the Liberals, the last time it will be contested before abolition. 27 July – The cause of an outbreak of typhoid in Aberystwyth is traced to locally-made ice cream. 2 August – Clement Davies becomes leader of the Liberal Party. 12 September – Newspaper publisher Gomer Berry is created Viscount Kemsley. 8 October – Rudolf Hess is flown to Nuremberg to stand trial, ending his three-year internment at Maindiff Court Military Hospital, Abergavenny. October – Stocks of captured Nazi German bombs filled with Tabun (nerve agent) begin to be transferred to the RAF ammunition store near Llanberis. 13 November – Explorer Edward Evans is created Baron Mountevans. date unknown Closure of the Benallt manganese mine, near Aberdaron. Broadcaster Wynford Vaughan-Thomas is awarded the Croix de Guerre for his exploits in following the invading troops into France during 1944. Kayser Bondor open an underwear factory at Pentrebach. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhosllanerchrugog) National