1938 in Wales

none 1938 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1938 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1938 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of BangorC. J. Litzenberger Eileen Groth Lyon The Human Tradition in Modern Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=S8YbICxXWDQC&pg=PA92 2006 Rowman & Littlefield 978-0-7425-3735-4 92 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – J.J.Jones Evan David E. D. Jones John James Williams s2-WILL-JAM-1869 22 May 2015 Events 14–19 January – A storm causes extensive damage in Aberystwyth; the promenade and pier are largely destroyed by 90 mph winds.https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/midwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8305000/8305530.stm Aberystwyth's great storm of 1938 20 October 2009 BBC 25 May 2019 8 May – William Ormsby-Gore succeeds his father as Baron Harlech. October – The first scheduled night flight in the UK begins operating between Cardiff and Weston-super-Mare. 23 November – Opening of the Temple of Peace and Health in Cathays Park, Cardiff.Cardiff (Wales). City Council. Development Committee The City and Port of Cardiff; the Official Handbook: "Cardiff Blue Book." https://books.google.com/books?id=VBALAQAAIAAJ 1960 E.J. Burrow 38 Mining comes to an end at Dolaucothi Gold Mines.Council for British Archaeology Cadw (Organization : Great Britain) The Welsh industrial heritage: a review : based upon the proceedings of a joint Cadw/CBA conference held in Cardiff, 5 December 1986 https://books.google.com/books?id=-YBuAAAAIAAJ 1992 Council for British Archaeology 978-1-872414-13-3 101 The excavation of Llantwit Major Roman Villa by V. E. Nash-Williams, begins (continues to 1948).Cardiff Naturalists' Society Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society https://books.google.com/books?id=Gv3VAAAAIAAJ 1937 33 Opening of RNAD Trecwm. Arts and literature April – Augustus John resigns from the Royal Academy.T. S. Eliot Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 8: 1936–1938 https://books.google.com/books?id=kYd1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT918 15 January 2019 Faber & Faber 978-0-571-31639-7 918 September – Ivor Novello appears in Henry V at Drury Lane Theatre, produced by Lewis Casson.Helen Grime Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress https://books.google.com/books?id=WI9ECgAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 6 October 2015 Routledge 978-1-317-32095-1 212 Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwilym R. Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Edgar H. Thomas National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Elena Puw MorganElena Puw Morgan Y graith https://books.google.com/books?id=QLwaPQAACAAJ 1999 Gwasg Gomer 978-1-85902-745-5 New books In English Idris Davies – Gwalia DesertaEdward Larrissy The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=YzkACwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 2016 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09066-8 167 Ness Edwards – History of the South Wales Miners Federation Richard Hughes – In Hazard Jack Jones – Bidden to the Feast Edith Picton-Turbervill – Myself When YoungDavid Greer A Numerous and Fashionable Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton https://books.google.com/books?id=XygUAQAAIAAJ 1997 Thames Publishing 978-0-905210-93-3 118 William Plomer (ed.) – Kilvert's Diary, 1870-1879 In Welsh Richard Bennett – Methodistiaeth Caersws Tom Beynon – Gwrid ar Orwel ym Morgannwg Edward Tegla Davies – Stori SamMeic Stephens Meic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 129 978-0-19-211586-7 Edward Morgan Humphreys – Dirgelwch Gallt Y FfrwdMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 272 978-0-19-211586-7 Ifor Williams (ed.) – Canu Aneirin New drama James Kitchener Davies – Susannah Charles Langbridge Morgan – The Flashing StreamColin Chambers The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre https://books.google.com/books?id=EsOvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA513 14 May 2006 A&C Black 978-1-84714-612-0 513 Emlyn Williams – The Corn is GreenRoberta M. Milgram Counseling Gifted and Talented Children: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents https://books.google.com/books?id=CB85liZsJkkC&pg=PA227 1991 ABC-CLIO 978-0-89391-773-9 227 Music Tudor Davies plays the lead in the first English-language production of Verdi's Don Carlos, at Sadler's Wells. Film Naunton Wayne appears as Caldicott in The Lady Vanishes.Jeffrey Richards Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army Manchester University Press 1997 9780719047435 86 Broadcasting 1 March – BBC Radio broadcasts the world première of Arwel Hughes's latest composition, Tydi a Roddaist. Sport Empire Games Wales win three medals at the 1938 Empire Games, Denis Reardon, (middleweight boxing), Jim Alford (1 mile run) and Jeanne Greenland (110 yard backstroke). Rugby union 5 February – Scotland beat Wales 8–6 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh Births 6 January – William Edwards, politician (d. 2007)https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2162666,00.html Will Edwards 5 September 2007 Patrick Hannan The Guardian 26 May 2024 1 February – Cynog Dafis, politician2000 Published 1 September 1998; updated in 2000 on unspecified date People in the Assembly: Cynog Dafis BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk/wales/13129.stm 24 December 2023 22 January – Brook Williams, actor (d. 2005)Harris M. Lentz III Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture https://books.google.com/books?id=_nvGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA394 24 October 2008 McFarland 978-0-7864-5210-1 394 2 March – Deddie Davies, actress (d. 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/02/deddie-davies-obituary Deddie Davies obituary Anthony Hayward 2 January 2017 2 August 2020 Theguardian.com 20 April – Andrew Vicari, portrait painter (d. 2016)https://www.thevalleys.co.uk/heroes-search/hero.aspx?h=28 Andrew Vicari The Valleys Heroes 25 May 2019 22 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191122081746/https://www.thevalleys.co.uk/heroes-search/hero.aspx?h=28 dead 25 April – John Davies, historian (d. 2015)https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/25/john-davies John Davies obituary 25 February 2015 The Guardian Russell Davies 31 July 2023 14 May – Clive Rowlands, rugby player and coach (d. 2023)https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/how-village-boy-overcame-childhood-27424527 How a village boy overcame childhood trauma to become Welsh rugby's indisputable leader 30 July 2023 WalesOnline 31 July 2023 25 May – Trevor Peck, footballer (d. 2014)https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/poppies-star-of-the-1970s-dies-1-6088636 Poppies star of the 1970s dies Northamptonshire Telegraph Huw Silk 30 May 2014 22 April 2018 31 May – John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of the UKA. 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Lane Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders https://books.google.com/books?id=H3vjdU-v4isC&pg=PA778 1995 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-29900-1 778 (d. 2024) 13 June – Gwynne Howell, bassTrevor Herbert Peter Stead Hymns and Arias: Great Welsh Voices https://books.google.com/books?id=moYHAQAAMAAJ 2001 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1699-3 97 6 July – Tony Lewis, cricketer and commentator 23 July – Meic Stephens, literary editor (d. 2018)https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/05/meic-stephens-obituary Meic Stephens obituary 5 July 2018 Sam Adams The Guardian 25 May 2019 6 August – Rees Davies, historian (d. 2005)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/may/26/guardianobituaries.obituaries Sir Rees Davies 26 May 2005 John Watts The Guardian 4 May 2022 12 September Richard Booth, secondhand bookseller (d. 2019)https://www.economist.com/obituary/2019/08/29/obituary-richard-booth-died-on-august-20th Obituary: Richard Booth died on August 20th 29 August 2019 The Economist Patrick Mower, Welsh-descended actor 9 October – Denzil Davies, politician (d. 2018)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/15/denzil-davies-obituary Denzil Davies obituary 15 October 2018 Julia Langdon The Guardian 25 May 2019 22 October – Dai Davies , English-born Welsh sports journalist (d. 2008)https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/may/21/pressandpublishing.golf Obituary: Dai Davies Michael Blair The Guardian 21 May 2008 21 January 2018 1 November – Delwyn Williams, politician 4 December – Richard Meade, equestrian (d. 2015)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jan/12/richard-meade Richard Meade obituary 12 January 2015 Victoria Spicer The Guardian 25 May 2019 15 December – Michael Bogdanov, theatre director (d. 2017 in Greece)https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/apr/18/michael-bogdanov-obituary Michael Bogdanov obituary 18 April 2017 Michael Coveney The Guardian 25 May 2019 Deaths 3 February – James Bevan, First Wales rugby union captain, 81BVN877JA Bevan, James Alfred 9 February – Dick Hellings, Wales international rugby player, 63 30 March – Jack Elliott, Wales international rugby player, 66 16 April – Sir William Price, industrialist 8 May – George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, 83Kelly's Handbook of Distinguished People 1938 1923 https://archive.org/details/kellyshandbookof00unse_0 Kelly 877 28 May – Alfred Brice, Wales international rugby player, 66 23 June – Clement Edwards, politician, 69The Law Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=3jcOAQAAMAAJ 1938 Law journal 17l 22 July – Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 73 22 October (in Dublin) – Sir John Purser Griffith, civil engineer, 90 4 November – John Thomas Job, minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71s-JOB0-THO-1867 Job, John Thomas (1867-1938), Calvinistic Methodist minister, hymn writer, and poet Enaf Morrice Job 4 May 2022 28 November – Reginald Arthur (Reggie) Gibbs, shipowner and rugby footballer, 56 29 December (at sea) – Eluned Morgan, writer, 68s-MORG-ELU-1870 MORGAN, ELUNED (1870–1938), writer 18 March 2021 date unknown – Gwynfil Evans (Barry Western), novelistMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 190 978-0-19-211586-7 See also 1938 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1938 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales