1912 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1912 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1912 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1912 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – DyfedRhys James Ednyfed Rees, Evan (Dyfed; 1850-1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales s-REES-EVA-1850 National Library of Wales 2 August 2018 1959 Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron GlanuskDod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes Dod 1921 356 Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest GreavesNational Museum of Wales Adroddiad Blynyddol The Museum 1935 3 Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-EvansThe county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland Dalcassian Publishing Company 1860 443 Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th BaronetThe Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion The Society 1986 63 Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-WestPotter Matthew The concept of the 'master' in art education in Britain and Ireland, 1770 to the present Routledge 2016 9781351545471 Abingdon, Oxon 149 Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – William Glynne Charles Gladstone28512 11 July 1911 5168 Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st BaronetDavies Sir William Llewelyn s-WILL-BRO-1800 Williams family, of Bron Eryri, later called Castell Deudraeth, Meirionnydd 30 January 2020 Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount TredegarCyril James Oswald Evans Monmouthshire, Its History and Topography W. Lewis (printers) 1953 190 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett MilbankWhitaker's Almanack Joseph Whitaker Whitaker's Almanack 1913 847 Bishop of Bangor – Watkin WilliamsBurke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Burke's Peerage Limited 1925 2437 Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughess-HUGH-JOS-1807 Hughes, Joshua (1807-1889), bishop William Thomas Havard William Havard 26 October 2021 Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)Who was Who 1897–2007, 1991, 978-0-19-954087-7 Bishop of St Davids – John Owens-OWEN-JOH-1854 Owen, John (1854-1926), bishop Thomas Iorwerth Ellis 1959 19 March 2022 Events 9 February - Alfred Thomas is created Baron Pontypridd.28579 9 February 1912 972 1 March - A national coal miners' strike begins, led in Wales by Vernon Hartshorn and Noah Ablett, among others.http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nostalgia-100th-anniversary-national-miners-4413682 https://web.archive.org/web/20150124045921/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nostalgia-100th-anniversary-national-miners-4413682 dead 24 January 2015 Nostalgia: 100th anniversary of the national miners' strike Mike Kelly 26 March 2012 The Journal 18 December 2018 15 April - Wireless operator Artie Moore of Gelligroes near Blackwood, hears a distress signal from Titanic.https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14428359.the-long-view-the-blackwood-man-who-heard-the-titanics-call-for-help/ How Blackwood man, Arthur 'Artie' Moore, heard the Titanic's radio call for help 15 April 2016 Martin Wade South Wales Argus 18 December 2018 22 April - Denys Corbett Wilson leaves Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, to make the first manned flight fully across the Irish Sea in a time of 1 hour 40 minutes. 26 April - Vivian Hewitt of Bodfari in Denbighshire makes a manned flight across the Irish Sea, from Holyhead to Dublin.https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/north-wales-pilot-made-first-2744953 North Wales pilot made first Holyhead-Dublin flight 1 September 2010 Rhodri Barker Daily Post 18 December 2018 28 May - A major demonstration in favour of disestablishment takes place in Swansea. 25 June - King George V and Queen Mary arrive for a 4-day visit to Cardiff onboard HMY Victoria and Albert (built Pembroke Dock 1899). On 26 June the royal couple lay the foundation stone of the National Museum Cardiff (it does not open to the public until 1927).The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory https://books.google.com/books?id=Qk0wAQAAMAAJ 1913 Municipal Publications Limited 49 24 June - Sir David Brynmor Jones becomes a member of the Privy Council.https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12472/page/664/data.pdf At the Court at Buckingham Palace 28 June 1912 Edinburgh Gazette 27 November 2025 27 June - King George V and Queen Mary travel by train via Pontypridd for a controversial visit to Merthyr Tydfil.Deborah Fisher Royal Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=7XmvBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 1 September 2010 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2312-0 91 1 August - Chemist Humphrey Owen Jones marries a colleague, Muriel Gwendolen Edwards. A fortnight later the couple, both keen climbers, are killed in a fall while on their honeymoon in the Alps.s-JONE-OWE-1878 Jones, Humphrey Owen 17 September - Welsh immigrant workers play a major part in organizing the coal miners' strike in Vancouver Island, Canada.Bowen Lynne The Great Vancouver Island Coal Miners' Strike 1912–1914. Journal of the West 23 4 33 unknown dates The Welsh Health Service Insurance Commission is established, under the National Insurance Act 1911https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1912/jul/15/national-insurance-act-1911 National Insurance Act 1911 Hansard 27 November 2025 Dan yr Ogof caves are discovered by brothers Jeff and Tommy Morgan.John Davies Nigel Jenkins Menna Baines The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZEUAQAAIAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1953-6 130 Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith becomes chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Liberal Party. Clough Williams-Ellis receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of Llangoed Hall. First coal raised from Bedwas Navigation Colliery. 8A drill hall is built in the Pen-dre area of Tywyn for the Territorial Army (the 7th Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiliers). The hall, subsequently known as Neuadd Pendre, is renovated 100 years after its construction with grants from various sourcesNeuadd Pendre Social Centre. and houses a 3-manual 9-rank Wurlitzer Organ originally installed in a cinema in Woolwich.The Tywyn Wurlitzer https://web.archive.org/web/20121008021912/http://www.organ.co.uk/tywyn/ 2012-10-08. Arts and literature The Welsh colony in Chubut launches its own newspaper. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Wrexham Chair and Crown - T. H. Parry-Williams (the first time both major prizes were won by the same person)Dafydd R. Johnston The Literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=Uc1RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT140 1 February 2017 University of Wales Press 978-1-78683-023-4 140 New books English language Stanley Bligh - The Art of Conversation Rhoda Broughton - Between Two Stoolshttps://www.delphiclassics.com/Sample%20PDFs/Complete%20Works%20of%20Rhoda%20Broughton%20-%20sample.pdf Complete Works Delphi Classics 27 November 2025 A. G. Edwards - Landmarks in the History of the Welsh ChurchDavid A. Dowland Nineteenth-century Anglican Theological Training: The Redbrick Challenge https://books.google.com/books?id=7BXjYdOs2VYC&pg=PA229 1997 Clarendon Press 978-0-19-826929-8 229 Miners' Unofficial Reform Committee - The Miners' Next Step Ben Curtis The South Wales Miners: 1964-1985 https://books.google.com/books?id=_leuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 15 May 2013 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2612-1 3 T. M. Rees - Welsh Painters Bertha Thomas - Stranger Within The Gates (collection of short stories) Welsh language Edward Tegla Davies - Hunangofiant TomiJohn Davies Nigel Jenkins Menna Baines The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZEUAQAAIAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1953-6 198 Thomas Williams (Brynfab) - Pan Oedd Rhondda'n BurWelsh Bibliographical Society The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society https://books.google.com/books?id=uy5VAAAAYAAJ 1973 Welsh Bibliographical Society 43 Music Thomas Carrington - Concwest CalfariArthur Mee Who's who in Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=HHY_AQAAMAAJ 1921 Western Mail Limited 42 Sir Henry Walford Davies - Song of St Francis (cantata)https://imslp.org/wiki/Song_of_Saint_Francis%2C_Op.36_(Davies%2C_Walford) Song of Saint Francis, Op.36 (Davies, Walford) IMSLP 3 October 2024 David Vaughan Thomas - A Song for St. Cecilia's Days-THOM-VAU-1873 Thomas, David Vaughan (1873-1934), musician Arthur Spencer Vaughan Thomas Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers 3 October 2024 Film The Belle of Bettws-y-CoedScott Palmer British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987 https://books.google.com/books?id=ENkdAAAAMAAJ 1988 McFarland 978-0-89950-316-5 The Pedlar of PenmaenmawrPaul Newland British Rural Landscapes on Film https://books.google.com/books?id=tyDGDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 1 September 2016 Manchester University Press 978-1-5261-0468-7 106 The Smuggler's Daughter of Anglesea The Witch of the Welsh Mountains Sport Boxing: January - Freddie Welsh dislocates his neck in a bout of wrestling, rendering him unable to compete. 3 June - Jim Driscoll wins the European featherweight title. 16 December - Freddie Welsh wins the Commonwealth lightweight title.Gallimore Andrew Occupation: Prizefighter: The Freddie Welsh Story 2006 Seren Bridgend, Wales 978-1-85411-395-5 167 Football Cardiff City F.C. win the Welsh Cup - the first time a club from south Wales has done so. Swansea Town play their first match at the Vetch Field. Rugby league - Ebbw Vale RLFC fold after five seasons, ending the first attempt to bring rugby league to Wales.Tony Collins Rugby's Great Split: Class, Culture and the Origins of Rugby League Football Taylor & Francis 2013 9781134221387 183 Rugby union 14 December - The South African touring team defeats Wales 3–0 at Cardiff Arms Park. 26 December - Swansea RFC defeat the South African touring team 3–0 at St Helen's, Swansea. Births 17 January - J. E. Caerwyn Williams, academic (died 1999)Meic Stephens Meic Stephens Obituary: J. E. Caerwyn Williams https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-j-e-caerwyn-williams-1100058.html The Independent (London) 1999-06-13 2007-08-18 27 February - Joe Thomas, communist activist (died 1990) 3 March - Mary Keir, supercentenarian (died 2024)2022-03-03 Wales' oldest woman celebrates 110th birthday in Llandeilo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60610207 2024-12-21 BBC News en-GB 5 March - Enoch Mort, footballer (died 1999) 17 March - Brenda Chamberlain, artist and poet (died 1971)Jill Piercy, Brenda Chamberlain: Artist and Writer (Parthian Books 2013). 9781906998233 27 March - James Callaghan, English Labour politician, Prime Minister of the U.K., M.P. for Cardiff (died 2005)McKie David Obituary: Lord Callaghan https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/28/guardianobituaries.politics The Guardian 26 September 2018 28 March 2005 29 April - Elvet Jones, Wales and British Lions rugby international (died 1989) 9 May - Evan Williams, jockey (died 2001)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/evan-williams-9179560.html Obituary - Evan Williams Robert Cole The Independent 8 August 2001 15 May 2017 29 May - David Jenkins, librarian of National Library of Wales (died 2002)Stephens, Meic https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-jenkins-755408.html Obituary: David Jenkins The Independent 8 March 2002August 2021 30 May - Hugh Griffith, actor (died 1980)John Davies John Davies (historian) Nigel Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Baines Menna Peredur I. Lynch The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales 2008 University of Wales Press Cardiff 335 978-0-7083-1953-6 8 June - Billy Bassett, footballer (died 1977) 16 June - Enoch Powell, English Conservative politician, Welsh scholar (died 1998) 29 June - Valerie Davies, swimmer (died 2001) 17 July - John Williams, clergyman (died 2002)"Williams, Ven. John Charles", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 20 Sept 2013 1 September - Gwynfor Evans, Plaid Cymru politician (died 2005)https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/apr/22/broadcasting.welshassembly Gwynfor Evans 22 April 2005 Patrick Hannan The Guardian 26 September 2019 1 September - Eileen Rees, nurse (died 2008)Independent The 2008-05-30 Eileen Rees: Pioneer of nursing education The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eileen-rees-pioneer-of-nursing-education-837441.html 2024-05-24 The Independent en 20 October - William R. P. George, solicitor and poet (died 2006)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/w-r-p-george-425252.html Obituary The Independent 22 November 2006 15 November - Arthur Granville, footballer (died 1987) 20 November Arthur Rees, Wales rugby international and police Chief Constable (died 1998)http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/4151.html Arthur Rees ESPN Scrum.coms 1 June 2011 Wilf Wooller, Wales rugby international and Glamorgan cricket captain (died 1997) 12 December - Daniel Jones, composer (died 1993)Lewis Geraint Obituary: Daniel Jones https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-daniel-jones-1457920.html The Independent London 28 April 1993 4 August 2014 13 December - Garfield Hopkin Hughes, academic (died 1969) 20 December - Sir Morien Morgan, aeronautics engineer (died 1978) Broadbent E. G. 10.1098/rsbm.1980.0012 free Morien Bedford Morgan. 20 December 1912 – 4 April 1978 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 26 371–410 1980 73018654 Deaths 150px|thumb|memorial to Edgar Evans, Rhossili 25 January – Augusta Mostyn, artist and philanthropist, 81Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. volume 1, page 19 29 January – Dai Evans, Wales international rugby playerDai Evans player profile Scrum.com 17 February – Edgar Evans, explorer, 35https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/blue-plaque-unveiled-near-rhossili-8185446 Blue plaque unveiled near Rhossili Bay for polar explorer Edgar Evans more than 100 years after his death 28 November 2014 Robin Turner WalesOnline 29 April 2019 6 April – Eleazar Roberts, writer and musician, 87 15 April – David John Bowen, boxer, 20 (sinking of the Titanic) 18 April – Walter Clopton Wingfield, lawn tennis inventor, 78 Richard William Cox Wray Vamplew Grant Jarvie Encyclopedia of British Sport https://books.google.com/books?id=JWQTAQAAIAAJ 2000 ABC-CLIO 978-1-85109-344-1 222 18 May – Richard Grosvenor, MP for Flintshire 1861–1886, 75"Lord Stalbridge". Obituaries. The Times (39903). London. 20 May 1912. col B, p. 10. 23 July – Abel Thomas, lawyer and politician, 63/64Nottingham Evening Post, 23 July 1912: Death of Mr Able Thomas 25 July – Griffith John, missionary, 80 31 July – Ellis Pierce, writer and bookseller, 71s-PIER-ELL-1841 Piers, Ellis (Elis o'r Nant; 1841-1912), author of historical romances and bookseller Evan David Jones E. D. Jones 26 September 2019 15 August - Humphrey Owen Jones, chemist, 34 (climbing accident) 29 August (in Haslemere) - James Cholmeley Russell, railway entrepreneur, 71 21 September – William T. Davies, Welsh-born Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 80Annual Bradford County Historical Society (Bradford County, Pa.) 1913 82 24 September – John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, politician, 75Obituary, The Times 25 September 1912 30 October – Walter W. Thomas, architect, 63 18 November – Edward Thomas (Cochfarf), local politician, 59s-THOM-EDW-1853 Thomas, Edward (Cochfarf; 1853-1912), carpenter, politician and Mayor of Cardiff William Llewelyn Davies 27 May 2024 4 December – Phoebe Davies, actress, 48Phoebe Davies Dies New York Times 5 December 1912 11 See also 1912 in Ireland References 1912 Category:1912 in Wales Category:Years of the 20th century in Wales Wales Category:1912 in Europe Category:1910s in Wales