1927 in Wales

none 1927 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1927 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1927 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St AsaphWho was Who 1897–2007, 1991, 978-0-19-954087-7 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Elfeds2-LEWI-ELV-1860 Lewis, Howell Elvet ('Elfed'; 1860–1953), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet Emlyn Glasnant Jenkins 2001 12 April 2022 Events January - The British cargo ship Swiftsure collides with another vessel in the Bristol Channel and is beached at Cardiff.Casualty reports 15 January 1927 18 44480 B 27 January - Three men are killed in an explosion at the Dowlais Works, East Moors, Cardiff. 4 February - At Pendine Sands, Sir Malcolm Campbell sets a new world land speed record of 174.88 mph (281.44 km/h). 5 February - The first ever radio sports commentary from Wales covers the Wales v Scotland rugby union match at Cardiff Arms Park. 1 March - In a mining accident at Marine Colliery, Ebbw Vale, 52 miners are killed.Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan https://books.google.com/books?id=WMClBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 30 October 2014 I.B. Tauris 978-1-78076-209-8 47 3 March - J. G. Parry-Thomas is killed at Pendine, attempting to break Campbell's record (set on 4 February).Motor Sport https://books.google.com/books?id=TypBAQAAIAAJ 1968 24 March - The Norwegian cargo ship Verdande leaves Cardiff, bound for Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Five bodies and two lifebelts and some lifeboats would later be washed ashore at Boscastle and Bude, Cornwall, leading to the conclusion that the ship had foundered with the loss of all hands.Fears for a French steamer 1 April 1927 25 44545 G 30 March - The Cardiff trawler Moira is wrecked on the north Cornish coast, drowning seven members of the crew of 12. 21 April - King George V opens the first stage of the National Museum of Wales in Cathays Park, Cardiff.Simon Knell Peter Aronsson Arne Bugge Amundsen National Museums: New Studies from Around the World https://books.google.com/books?id=CWWhAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA250 22 May 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-72314-1 250 23 April - Cardiff City win the FA Cup beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium and taking the trophy out of England for the first time.Judith Miller Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2018-2019 https://books.google.com/books?id=l1U_DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA417 21 September 2017 Octopus 978-1-78472-267-8 417 29 June - A total eclipse of the sun is 98% visible in Cardiff despite clouds. 21 July - Pontsticill Reservoir is opened by Lord Buckland.The Illustrated London News https://books.google.com/books?id=P328oW0oaTwC 1927 Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited 199 c. September - The highest railway in the British Isles is constructed at the Grwyne Fawr reservoir in Powys. 3 September - Coleg Harlech, founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.), opens. Its aims resemble those of a modern community college. 5 September - Kathleen Thomas becomes the first person to swim the Bristol Channel, swimming from her home town of Penarth to Weston-super-Mare in a time of 7 hours 20 minutes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-21526890 Bristol Channel: Call for Penarth swimmers commemoration BBC News 23 February 2013 21 February 2013 18 September - The 'Red Sunday in Rhondda Valley' demonstration calls for a protest march on London.http://www.agor.org.uk/cwm/themes/events/hunger.asp Hunger Marches 23 February 2013 agor.org.uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121123230854/http://www.agor.org.uk/cwm/themes/events/hunger.asp 23 November 2012 October - A storm severely and permanently damages a long section of the track of the Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway, the last horse-drawn tram service in Great Britain. 8 November - 270 South Wales people join a hunger march in protest against the Ministry of Health who refused and limited the relief notes given to unemployed miners and their families.James Vernon Hunger: A Modern History https://books.google.com/books?id=uNAQVZGUBGIC&pg=PA240 2007 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-02678-0 240 25 December - A Christmas Day blizzard affects Cardiff and much of South Wales. Arts and literature John Dyfnallt Owen becomes editor of Y Tyst. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Holyhead) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheldhttps://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 17 November 2019 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Caradog Prichardhttps://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 17 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead New books Edward Tegla Davies - Hen Ffrindiau Rhys Davies - The Withered Root William Meloch Hughes - Ar Lannau’n Camwy (posthumously published) Wil Ifan - O Ddydd i Ddydd Moelona - Cwrs y Lli Drama Idwal Jones - Pobl yr Ymylon Music Henry Walford Davies becomes organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor. Mai Jones - "Wondering if you remember" (song) Film Ivor Novello appears in the Hitchcock films, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog and Downhill. Broadcasting 15 January - The first-ever radio commentary on a team game in the UK is given during the England v Wales rugby union international at Twickenham.https://thecultural.me/sport-commentary-on-radio-in-britain-how-england-v-wales-1927-paved-the-way-for-public-access-to-sport-740390 Sport Commentary on Radio in Britain: How England v Wales (1927) Paved the Way for Public Access to Sport 5 June 2019 Alex Waite The Cultural Me 18 November 2022 Sport The Welsh Baseball Union is founded. Boxing 24 April - Gipsy Daniels wins the British light-heavyweight championship. 9 July - Tosh Powell beats Johnny Edmunds to become the new Welsh bantamweight champion. Frank Moody wins the British lightweight and middleweight titles. Football 23 April - For the only time in its history, the FA Cup is won by a non-English team – Cardiff City F.C., who defeat Arsenal 1-0 in the first broadcast final. Abergavenny Thursdays F.C. is formed. Recreational swimming Pontypridd Outdoor Lido is opened in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.Powell Dean Images of Wales Pontypridd Revisited 2007 Tempus Publishing Stroud 112 Births 12 January - Richard Bebb, actor (d. 2006)Strachan Alan Obituary https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-bebb-6101162.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-bebb-6101162.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent Newspaper 15 October 2017 8 February - Sir Stanley Baker, actor (d. 1976)James Monaco The Encyclopedia of Film https://books.google.com/books?id=kqcYAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1926 1991 Perigee Books 978-0-399-51604-7 35 2 March - Ray Prosser, Wales and British Lion rugby player (d. 2020)Peter Jackson Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=JqQeMae6VroC 1998 Mainstream 978-1-84018-026-8 214 25 April – Ernest Zobole, artist (d. 1999)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-ernest-zobole-1130792.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-ernest-zobole-1130792.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Ernest Zobole The Independent Meic Stephens Meic Stephens 7 December 1999 2010-04-02 3 May – Stanley Saunders, educator and musician 11 May – Bernard Fox, actor (d. 2016)((Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events)) Chase's Calendar of Events, 2011 Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=1TSSQq6nwKEC 18 October 2010 McGraw Hill Professional 978-0-07-174027-2 465 5 June - Tommy Harris, rugby player (d. 2006) 14 June - Elaine Hugh-Jones, pianist and composer 22 July - John Tripp, poet (d. 1986)Nigel Jenkins John Tripp https://books.google.com/books?id=aTckAAAAMAAJ 1989 University of Wales Press 9 9780708310526 4 July – Patricia Kern, mezzo-soprano (d. 2015)http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-patricia-kern-mezzo-soprano-1-3926331 Obituary: Patricia Kern, mezzo soprano The Scotsman Alasdair Stevens 23 October 2015 11 July 2019 15 July - Caerwyn Roderick, Labour politician (d. 2011)Andrew Roth https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/dec/07/caerwyn-roderick-obituary Caerwyn Roderick obituary The Guardian 7 December 2011 8 December 2011 London 30 July - Jocelyn Hay, née Board, broadcasting campaigner (d. 2014)Brown Maggie Jocelyn Hay obituary https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/07/jocelyn-hay The Guardian 15 March 2014 24 August - Glyn Davies, Wales international rugby union player (d. 1976) 20 September - Rachel Roberts, actress (d. 1980) 7 November - Ivor Emmanuel, singer and actor (d. 2007)Stephens, Meic. "Ivor Emmanuel: Baritone of effortless voice", The Independent, obituary, 24 July 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110822150912/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ivor-emmanuel-458477.html 22 August 2011 19 November - Cliff Curvis, British and Commonwealth boxing champion (d. 2009) 2 December - Jimmy Sangster, screenwriter (d. 2011)R. Reginald Mary A. Burgess Douglas Menville Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=3nPYfqEbfrsC&pg=PA1063 1 September 2010 Wildside Press LLC 978-0-941028-78-3 1063 7 December - Helen Watts, opera singer (d. 2009)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/6480753/Helen-Watts.html Helen Watts obituary Daily Telegraph 1 November 2009 15 November 2009 Deaths 14 February (in Paris) - Isambard Owen, educationist, 76Cyril Gibson J. H. Bettey Keith Ramsey Bristol 1901-1913 https://books.google.com/books?id=24UKAQAAMAAJ 2001 Bristol Branch of the Historical Association 5 February - Frances Hoggan, first registered woman doctor in Wales, 83The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion https://books.google.com/books?id=u70qAQAAMAAJ 2003 The Society 978-0-9541626-0-3 170 10 February - Walter Jenkin Evans, academic, 70s-EVAN-JEN-1856 Evans, Walter Jenkin (1856-1927), principal of Carmarthen Presbyterian College Thomas Oswald Williams 24 September 2019 3 March - J. G. Parry-Thomas, engineer and racing driver, 42 (accident)Robert J. Neal Liberty Engine: A Technical & Operational History https://books.google.com/books?id=9y8cBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA472 5 January 2009 Specialty Press 978-1-58007-149-9 472 20 April - Frank Hill, Wales international rugby captain, 61 10 May - Francis Edwards, politician, 75Cymmrodorion Society Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion https://books.google.com/books?id=1H4rAAAAIAAJ 1928 The Society 200 22 June - Ralph Champneys Williams, colonial governor (b. 1848)The New International Year Book https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179149 1928 Dodd, Mead and Company 815 8 July - George Frederick Harding, Wales international rugby player (b. 1858) 29 July - Freddie Welsh (Frederick Hall Thomas), boxer (b. 1886)Morgannwg: Transactions of the Glamorgan History Society https://books.google.com/books?id=OiAiAQAAIAAJ 2001 93 13 August - Tom Williams, rugby union player, 39/40 22 August - Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn, politician, 63George Edward Cokayne The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant 1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=WQsMAQAAMAAJ St. Catherine Press, Ltd 433 1 September - William John Parry, author and political activist, 84s-PARR-JOH-1842 Parry, William John (1842-1927), Labour leader, and author 1959 12 September 2019 10 September - William Thelwall Thomas, surgeon,s1-THOM-THE-1865 Thomas, William Thelwall (1865-1927), surgeon Emyr Wyn Jones 24 September 2019 18 September - Joe Johns, Welsh lightweight boxing champion, 35Jones Gareth The Boxers of Wales: Merthyr, Aberdare & Pontypridd 2011 St David's Press Cardiff 978-1-902719-29-0 48 29 September - Thomas Charles Williams, minister, 59s-WILL-CHA-1868 Williams, Thomas Charles (1868-1927), Calvinistic Methodist minister John Edward Hughes 1959 24 September 2019 10 October - Harland Bowden, engineer and politician, 541927 Obituary http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Robert_Harland_Bowden Grace's Guide 24 September 2019 16 October - Evan Roberts, Wales international rugby player, 66 4 November - Beriah Gwynfe Evans, author, 79Hywel Teifi Edwards A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1800-1900 https://books.google.com/books?id=PZViAAAAMAAJ 26 June 2000 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1605-4 183 14 December - Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd, 87s-THOM-ALF-1840 Thomas, Alfred, baron Pontypridd (1840-1927), of Bronwydd, Cardiff Benjamin George Owens 1959 12 September 2019 26 December - Jack Whitfield, Wales rugby union captain, 35 See also 1927 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1927 in Europe Category:1920s in Wales