1929 in Wales

none 1929 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1929 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1929 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaphs-EDWA-GEO-1848 Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 15 October 2021 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrogs-WILL-OWE-1853 Williams, John Owen (Pedrog; 1853-1932), Congregational minister, and poet Idwal Lewis yes 15 October 2021 Events 6 January - The abbey on Caldey Island is handed over by the Benedictine order to its new owners, Belgian Cistercians.Roscoe Howells Total Community: The Monks of Caldey Island https://books.google.com/books?id=ppEsAQAAMAAJ 1975 H. G. Walters (Publishers) Limited 38 February - 700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery.The Illustrated London News https://books.google.com/books?id=l8G_xB7ejhsC 1929 Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited 270 13 March - Former ironclad warship Warrior 1860 is towed to Pembroke Dock to finish her service with the Royal Navy as an oil fuelling hulk.Andrew D. Lambert Warrior: the world's first ironclad, then and now https://books.google.com/books?id=1BVUAAAAMAAJ May 1987 Naval Institute Press 978-0-87021-986-3 44 24–26 April - The Royal Air Force's Squadron Leader Arthur G. Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant Norman H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.O'Connor, Derek, "Going Long," Aviation History, March 2016, p. 53. 30 May - In the United Kingdom general election: Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey – the first female MP in Wales.John Davies Nigel Jenkins Menna Baines The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZEUAQAAIAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1953-6 515 Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale. Other newly elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham. Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymru’s first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales. J. H. Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government. 9 July - After a collision with another vessel, HMS L12, the Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen.M. D. Dewar Collisions at Sea--- How? https://books.google.com/books?id=NIgTAAAAYAAJ 1989 Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited 978-0-85174-561-9 776 10 July - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon. 11 November - 8.3 in of rain falls within a single day at Lluest-wen Reservoir, a record for a place in Wales.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/galleries/britains-wettest-places/lluest-wen-reservoir-wales/ Britain's Ten Wettest Places The Daily Telegraph London 2016-09-16 2020-03-11 Below in the Rhondda this month, 400 people are made homeless by flooding. 25 November - Cargo steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island with the loss of 7 lives;The wreck of the Molesey 28 November 1929 11 45372 B British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event. 28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd.Great Britain. Mines Department F. H. Wynne Explosion at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd, Glamorganshire: Report on the Causes of and Circumstances Attending the Explosion which Occurred ... on the 28th November, 1929 https://books.google.com/books?id=rj13HAAACAAJ 1930 H.M. Stationery Office date unknown The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales.Reference Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-j0ro22GZU8C 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1234-6 109 The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time. Arts and literature The first Urdd National Eisteddfod is held, at Corwen Pavilion.Recreation https://books.google.com/books?id=Z78vAAAAYAAJ 1947 National Recreation Association 252 Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Liverpool) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys Jones, "Dafydd ap Gwilym"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 26 February 2020 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Caradog Prichard, "Y Gân Ni Chanwyd"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 26 February 2020 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead New books English language John Hugh Edwards - David Lloyd George, the Man and the Statesman Richard Hughes - A High Wind in JamaicaNeil King Sarah King Dictionary of Literature in English https://books.google.com/books?id=cKQ1T9BCRXkC&pg=PP92 2002 Taylor & Francis 978-1-57958-381-1 92 Elisabeth Inglis-Jones - Starved Fields Huw Menai - The Passing of GutoGlyn Jones Tony Brown The Dragon Has Two Tongues: Essays on Anglo-Welsh Writers and Writing https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh9mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 1 December 2001 University of Wales Press 978-1-4175-0857-0 133 Bertrand Russell - Marriage and Morals Welsh language Ambrose Bebb - Llydaw Kate Roberts - Rhigolau BywydKatie Gramich Kate Roberts https://books.google.com/books?id=vE2uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 15 February 2011 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2339-7 111 Music W. Bradwen - Paradwys y Bardds2-JONE-ART-1892 Jones, William Arthur (W. Bradwen); 1892-1970), musician Huw Williams yes 30 July 2019 David John de Lloyd - Forty Welsh Traditional Tunes (arrangements) Film Ray Milland appears in his first Hollywood films. Broadcasting Welsh-language radio begins to be broadcast from the BBC's Daventry transmitter.Asa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume II: The Golden Age of Wireless https://books.google.com/books?id=bdfNTH-jrrIC&pg=PA298 23 March 1995 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-212930-7 298 Sport Football - The Football Association of Wales makes its first overseas tour, to Canada. Rugby Union 23 February - 1929 Wales beat France 8–3 at the National Stadium in Cardiff Births 2 January - John Lansdown, computer graphics pioneer (died 1999)Huw Jones, Obituaries — Great plans for computers: John Lansdown, The Guardian, 3 March 1999. 28 January - Clem Thomas, Wales and British Lions international rugby player (died 1996)Peter Jackson Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=JqQeMae6VroC 1998 Mainstream 978-1-84018-026-8 215 14 February - Wyn Morris, conductor (died 2010)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/7326856/Wyn-Morris.html Obituary - Wyn Morris 26 Feb 2010 The Daily Telegraph 27 June 2018 20 March - Herbert Wilson, physicist and biophysicist (died 2008) 25 April - Malcolm Thomas, Wales international rugby union captain (died 2012) 20 May - Bobi Jones, author (died 2017) 11 August - Alun Hoddinott, composer (died 2008)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/14/obituaries.mainsection Alun Hoddinott 14 March 2008 Geraint Lewis The Guardian 26 July 2019 2 September - Victor Spinetti, actor (died 2012)https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/19/victor-spinetti Victor Spinetti obituary 19 June 2012 Michael Coveney The Guardian 26 July 2019 October - Robyn Léwis, politician and archdruid (died 2019) 16 October - Ivor Allchurch, Wales international footballer (died 1997)Keir Radnedge The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer https://books.google.com/books?id=9tcZAQAAIAAJ 2001 Universe Pub. 978-0-7893-0670-8 20 October - Colin Jeavons, actorPeter Noble British Film and Television Year Book https://books.google.com/books?id=EZlmAAAAMAAJ 1974 Cinema TV Today 214 27 October - Alun Richards, novelist (died 2003)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/19/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Alun Richards 19 June 2004 Dai Smith The Guardian 26 July 2019 2 November - Carwyn James, rugby coach (died 1983)Alun Gibbard Into the Wind: The life of Carwyn James Y Lolfa 2017 978-1-78461-404-1 7 November - Urien Wiliam, dramatist (died 2006)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/urien-wiliam-421615.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/urien-wiliam-421615.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Urien Wiliam 26 October 2006 Meic Stephens Meic Stephens The Independent 26 July 2019 4 December - Ednyfed Hudson Davies, politician (died 2018)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/01/14/ednyfed-hudson-davies-welsh-language-champion-labour-mp-obituary Ednyfed Hudson Davies, Welsh language champion and Labour MP – obituary 14 January 2018 The Telegraph 3 February 2018 30 December - Charles Lynn Davies, Wales international rugby player date unknown Paul Ferris, author John Morgan, journalist and broadcaster (died 1988) Deaths 2 January - David James, Wales international rugby player, 62 15 January - William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and historian, 91s-DAWK-BOY-1837 DAWKINS, Sir WILLIAM BOYD (1837-1929), geologist and antiquary F. J. North F. J. North yes 27 June 2018 20 February - Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, 77Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion https://books.google.com/books?id=QY9nAAAAMAAJ 1984 The Society 233 16 April - Sir John Morris-Jones, poet and grammarian, 64s-MORR-JOH-1864 Morris-Jones, (formerly Jones), Sir John (Morris) (1864-1929), scholar, poet, and critic Thomas Parry Thomas Parry (author) yes 15 August 2019 29 April - Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, 63Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1029. 30 April - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer, 54Cliff Bowen player profile Scrum.com 13 May - David Thomas (Afan), composer, 47s-THOM-JOH-1881 Thomas, David John William Evans 1959 23 April 2022 15 May - Grace Rhys, writer, wife of Ernest Rhys, 64John Kimberley Roberts Ernest Rhys https://books.google.com/books?id=6488AAAAIAAJ 1983 University of Wales Press 9 30 May - Owen Davies, Baptist minister and writer, 68/9Owen Davies s-DAVI-OWE-1840 Humphreys Edward Morgan Edward Morgan Humphreys yes 1 August 2017 2 June - Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player, 64 15 June - Llewellyn Atherley-Jones, politician, 78/79Frank Moore Colby Herbert Treadwell Wade Frank H. Vizetelly The New international year book https://books.google.com/books?id=44E3AAAAIAAJ 1930 Dodd, Mead and Company 559 23 July - John Hinds, businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 65Who's Who of British Members of Parliament Vol. III 1919-1945 1979 Harvester Press Hassocks 9780391006133 Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees registration https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofbritish0002unse 29 August - Viv Huzzey, Wales international rugby union player, 53 6 September - Richard Ellis, bibliographer and librarian, 62s-ELLI-RIC-1865 Ellis, Richard (1865– 1928), librarian and bibliographer Davies Sir William Llewelyn William Llewelyn Davies 31 October 2008 19 October - John Evan Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer, 79John Evan Davies s-DAVI-EVA-1850 Jenkins Robert Thomas Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 12 July 2017 20 November - David Williams, archdeacon of Cardigan, 88WILLIAMS, Ven. David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 5 Aug 2013 7 December - Jenkin Jones, trade union leader, 70"News in brief", The Times, 12 December 1929 17 December - Arthur G. Jones-Williams, aviation pioneer, 31 (air crash)Flight Global, 14 March 1930, p. 308 Retrieved 27 February 2010. 21 December - James Williams, hockey player, 51 date unknown - John Evan Davies, minister and writer, 78/9 See also 1929 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1929 in Europe Category:1920s in Wales