1925 in Wales

none 1925 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1925 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1925 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 3 February - An estimated 100,000 people line the streets of Cardiff for the funeral of boxer 'peerless' Jim Driscoll.Tony Woolway Cardiff in the Headlines https://books.google.com/books?id=u7BNDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT35 15 October 2016 Amberley Publishing 978-1-4456-4889-7 35 12 September 2021 12 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114055/https://books.google.com/books?id=u7BNDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT35 live 13 July - The Ammanford anthracite strikehttp://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/anthracite%20strike%2025.htm Ammanford Anthracite Strike 1925 2010-08-24 2015-01-21 2012-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120205042740/http://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/anthracite%20strike%2025.htm live begins. 5 August - Founding of Plaid Cymru by Lewis Valentine (head of Y Mudiad Cymreig - en The Welsh Movement), H. R. Jones (head of the cy Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru - en The Welsh Home Rule Army)Rebirth of a nation: Wales, 1880-1980 Morgan Kenneth O. Kenneth O. Morgan 1981 reprint 2002 6 History of Wales Oxford University Press Oxford 0-19-821760-9 206 https://books.google.com/books?id=asSr71jWDIEC&dq=%22Lewis+Valentine%22&pg=PA254 2011-02-09 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114056/https://books.google.com/books?id=asSr71jWDIEC&pg=PA254&dq=%22Lewis+Valentine%22&hl=en&ei=1tZSTYOxMZKHhQeM1_TYCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Lewis%20Valentine%22&f=false live and others at Pwllheli.John Davies A History of Wales Penguin 1994 0-14-014581-8 547 2 November - After several days of heavy rain, the Llyn Eigiau dam at Dolgarrog on the River Conwy bursts, destroying the village of Porth-llwyd and killing 16 people.http://education.gtj.org.uk/en/filmitems/29132 Film: 'Nov. 2nd 1925. The Dolgarrog Disaster' (1925) gtj.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120222223450/http://education.gtj.org.uk/en/filmitems/29132 21 June 2025 22 February 2012 date unknown Clough Williams-Ellis begins construction of Portmeirion.Nigel R. Jones Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=epsFOeV1mCMC&pg=PA198 2005 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-31850-4 198 2021-09-12 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114056/https://books.google.com/books?id=epsFOeV1mCMC&pg=PA198 live US newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst buys the medieval St Donat's Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan for $120,000.Editor & Publisher https://books.google.com/books?id=ejNMJbf5wHYC 1962 Editor & Publisher Company 28 2021-09-12 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114057/https://books.google.com/books?id=ejNMJbf5wHYC live R. Silyn Roberts founds the North Wales branch of the Workers Educational Association. Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Pwllheli) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Dewi Morgan (Dewi Teifi), "Cantre'r Gwaelod"https://eisteddfod.wales/about-us/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair?_ga=2.196744876.1631880097.1570104027-963760572.1570104027 Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 3 October 2019 4 October 2019 29 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190929131826/https://eisteddfod.wales/about-us/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William Evans (Wil Ifan), "Bro Fy Mebyd"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 7 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners live New books English language Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney - A Survey of the General History of the Town of Newport and Districthttps://biography.wales/article/s-BRAD-ALF-1859 Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred (Achydd Glan Troddi; 1859-1933), historian of Monmouthshire William Llewelyn Davies Dictionary of Welsh Biography 11 November 2019 24 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924140519/https://biography.wales/article/s-BRAD-ALF-1859 live Ifano Jones - Printing and Printers in WalesAn Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: I East: the Cantref of Arllechwedd and the Commote of Creuddyn https://books.google.com/books?id=Zy2olxXGPhwC&pg=PA182 1960 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 182 2021-09-12 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114057/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zy2olxXGPhwC&pg=PA182 live Hilda Vaughan - The Battle to the Weakhttps://www.questia.com/read/1G1-242926678/reviews Reviews Western Mail 27 November 2010 Questia 2019-11-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20191111183445/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-242926678/reviews Cardiff, Wales subscriptionJuly 2021 Mortimer Wheeler - Prehistoric & Roman WalesProceedings of the Prehistoric Society for ... https://books.google.com/books?id=ddIMAQAAMAAJ 1952 University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 128 2021-09-12 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114058/https://books.google.com/books?id=ddIMAQAAMAAJ live Welsh language David Rees Davies - Tusw o Flodauhttps://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-REE-1875 Davies, David Rees ('Cledlyn'; 1875-1964), schoolmaster, poet, writer, local historian Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography 11 July 2019 11 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150909/https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-REE-1875 live Edward Tegla Davies - Rhys Llwyd Y Lleuad Thomas Davies (Teglyn) - Dinas Mawddwy a'i Hamgylchoedd Henry Lewis (ed.) - Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill William David Owen - Madam Wen.https://biography.wales/article/s1-OWEN-DAV-1874 Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist Robert Thomas Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography 11 July 2019 11 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190711151238/https://biography.wales/article/s1-OWEN-DAV-1874 live Kate Roberts (author) - O gors y bryniau (short stories) R. Silyn Roberts - Bugail Geifr LorraineStudia Celtica https://books.google.com/books?id=AVRiAAAAMAAJ 1981 University of Wales Press 232 2021-09-12 2021-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114058/https://books.google.com/books?id=AVRiAAAAMAAJ live Music Mai Jones - "Blackbirds" Film 27 July - The first Welsh-made animation series, Jerry the Tyke, is shown through Pathé Pictorials in British cinemas.http://addysg.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=5057 Jerry The Troublesome Tyke The National Library of Wales 3 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120603224139/http://addysg.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=5057 3 June 2012 dead Gareth Hughes appears in The Midnight Girl. Ivor Novello appears in The Rat.Low, Rachael. History of British Film (Volume 4): The History of the British Film 1918 - 1929. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2013. Page 161 Broadcasting 14 February - The BBC transmits readings from the poetry of T. Gwynn Jones. 22 February - A Welsh-language religious service is broadcast by the BBC. 28 February - Saunders Lewis insists on using the Welsh language for his contribution to the BBC series A Welsh Hour.Davies, John Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales University of Wales Press 1994 33–34 6 March - Readings from the poetry of R. Williams Parry are broadcast by the BBC. 3 April - The BBC's Liverpool transmitter broadcasts Noson Gymreig (A Welsh Night).Davies, John Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales University of Wales Press 1994 25 31 May - A bilingual service is broadcast from Cardiff Baptist Chapel. 2 October - The BBC broadcasts a talk on the Welsh language from Swansea. Sport Boxing 26 December - Tom Norris beats Dick Power at the Palace Theatre in Crumlin to take the Welsh heavyweight championship.https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/347952 Tom Norris: boxing profile Boxrec 13 November 2010 Football: 28 February - England defeat Wales 2–1 at the Vetch Field, Swansea. 25 April - Cardiff City reach the FA Cup final, losing 1–0 to Sheffield United 31 October - Scotland defeat Wales 3–0 at Ninian Park. The Welsh Lawn Tennis Association is formed. Rugby union - Wales finish fourth in the Five Nations Championship with just one win, over France. Births 26 March - Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, lawyer and Liberal politician (died 2012)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/26/lord-hooson Lord Hooson obituary 26 February 2012 Andrew Roth The Guardian 11 July 2019 11 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150912/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/feb/26/lord-hooson live 15 April - Geraint Howells, Liberal politician (died 2004)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/19/guardianobituaries.liberaldemocrats Lord Geraint 19 April 2004 Andrew Roth The Guardian 11 July 2019 11 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150909/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/19/guardianobituaries.liberaldemocrats live 2 May - Dai Davies, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 2003) 1 June - Roy Clarke, footballer (died 2006) 10 June - Sir John Stradling Thomas, Conservative politician (died 1991)https://biography.wales/article/s6-THOM-STR-1925 Thomas, John Stradling (1925-1991), Conservative politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography 11 November 2019 12 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114104/https://biography.wales/article/s6-THOM-STR-1925 live 19 July - Ivor Roberts, television announcer and actor (died 1999) 30 July - Don Hayward, Wales international rugby player (died 1999 in New Zealand) 7 September - Laura Ashley, designer (died 1985)Colin Matthew Henry Colin Gray Matthew Brief Lives: Twentieth-century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=pDPvAAAAMAAJ 1999 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-280089-3 13 2021-09-12 2020-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20200807001506/https://books.google.com/books?id=pDPvAAAAMAAJ live 10 October - Tecwyn Roberts, spaceflight engineer (died 1988 in the United States)Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfired The Birth of NASA: The Work of the Space Task Group, America's First True Space Pioneers https://books.google.com/books?id=D6XWCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA280 23 March 2016 Springer 978-3-319-28428-6 280 12 September 2021 12 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114132/https://books.google.com/books?id=D6XWCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA280 live 3 November - Gordon Parry, Baron Parry, Welsh politician (died 2004)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-parry-39166.html Lord Parry 6 September 2004 The Independent Meic Stephens Meic Stephens 11 November 2019 11 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191111183419/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-parry-39166.html live 10 November - Richard Burton, born Richard Jenkins, actor (died 1984)Richard Burton The Richard Burton Diaries https://books.google.com/books?id=yBP39oBztlcC&pg=PA2 23 October 2012 Yale University Press 978-0-300-18010-7 2 12 September 2021 12 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114137/https://books.google.com/books?id=yBP39oBztlcC&pg=PA2 live 24 November - Alun Owen, screenwriter (died 1994)Tise Vahimagi http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/482498/index.html Owen, Alun (1925–1994) British Film Institute Screenonline 2006-02-07 27 November - John Maddox, science writer (died 2009)"Obituary: Sir John Maddox" https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114100/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ 2021-09-12 , The Times, 13 April 2009. 3 December - Roy John, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 1981) 14 December - Ron Stitfall, footballer (died 2008) Deaths 21 January - John Puleston Jones, Methodist minister and author, 62s-JONE-PUL-1862 JONES, JOHN PULESTON (1862-1925) Robert Richard Hughes 21 June 2025 27 January - Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, 83The Encyclopedia Americana https://books.google.com/books?id=kN0XAQAAIAAJ 1954 Americana Corporation 460 2021-09-12 2021-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20210620131347/https://books.google.com/books?id=kN0XAQAAIAAJ live 30 January - Jim Driscoll, boxer ("Peerless Jim"), 44s-DRIS-JAM-1880 Driscoll, James (1880-1925), boxer Emlyn Wynne Evans 8 November 2022 4 February - William Haggar, pioneer of the cinema industry, 73Peter Yorke Peter Yorke William Haggar (1851-1925): fairground film-maker : [biography of a pioneer of the cinema] https://books.google.com/books?id=mus4AQAAIAAJ 8 May 2007 Accent Press 978-1-905170-87-6 114 12 September 2021 12 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114101/https://books.google.com/books?id=mus4AQAAIAAJ live 18 February - Frank Mills, Wales international rugby player 8 June - Edward John Lewis, Wales international rugby union player, 65Edward John Lewis player profile https://web.archive.org/web/20210912114106/https://geo.moatads.com/n.js?e=35&ol=2794846380&qn=%604%7BZEYwoqI%24%5BK%2BdLLU)%2CMm~tB%23a.%5BMhS%3A15.sn_003etW6~P6Jn)s)wC%24GL3jX%7BQqDOJ%3Eoy)G3p%2FhFjrR8whh%2B%7D%407%25w_2C%3FP%3ElK%3DbH%2FH%40%26%2Bc%5B5IUOG(%2CWV%7BGrV~1HmDkP8D4rUDtmxT%3Bwv%40V374BKm55%3D%261fp%5BoU5tWhX%3C%3Ce%24%26~1%3Axkr%5BUe31k5X%5BG%5E%5B)%2C2iVSX%3C_Y%7B!7IQ3HbmUZzCFm%5Du!x2l.uBlTVU%2F.%3Dh%3FtDJq%409BG&tf=1_nMzjG---CSa7H-nHVQZC-bW7qhB-LRwqH-nMzjG-&vi=111111&rc=0%2C1%2C0%2C3%2C3326192205%2C1%2C4%2C0%2Cprobably%2Cprobably&rb=1-IGybXHTrNoanMCBLaTMratT%2F8IKBUGMSV3C%2FvEJM65hND7UVt69nIRrqyNQFcZFf7egP&sc=0&os=1-tA%3D%3D&qp=10000&is=BBBBB2BBEYBvGl2BBCBBtUTBBRmsqbKW8BsrBB0rCFEBBCRBeeBS2hWTMBBQeQBBn2soYggyUig0CBlWZ0uBBCCCCCCBBBBBiBBBE6Bkg7OxBb8MxOtJYHCBBBBBBBBBC9YBoBXckXBR76iUUsJBCBBBBBBBBBBBSqjBBBBZeGV2BBBCMcBUBBBjgEBBBBBB94UMgTdJMtEcpMBBBQBBBniOccBBBBBBBBBBwxBbBBBBBBBBBhcjG6BBJMBBBBk8BwCBQmIosBBCzBz1BBCTCBBBBbGBC4ehueB57NG9aJeRzBqEKiuwBBBB&iv=8&qt=0&gz=0&hh=0&hn=0&tw=&qc=10&qd=10&qf=1060&qe=11933&qh=1100&qg=900&qm=0&qa=1600&qb=1000&qi=1600&qj=1000&to=000&po=1-0020002000002120&vy=ot%24b%5Bh%40%22oD%7BMx5%3C1%3B(8.%7CLK2_v%5Eq%2BGs1%7B%2CyB%3AU!%2FoD%7BMx5%3C1%3B(Oy%2CUy%3CD&ql=%3B%5BpwxnRd%7Dt%3Aal9EU%22y%2F.D%5B5%2F%5BGI%3Fi6%5EB61%2F%3DSqcMr1%7B%2CTu9LJJ(a.P%2B)s1(uA&qo=0&qr=0&i=ESPN1&hp=1&wf=0&ra=1&pxm=3&sgs=3&vb=2&cm=9&kq=1&hq=0&hs=0&hu=0&hr=0&ht=1&dnt=0&bq=0&f=0&j=&t=1631446866193&de=164597739615&m=0&ar=503c7d4-clean&iw=00ced80&q=2&cb=0&ym=0&cu=1631446866193&ll=50&lm=0&ln=1&r=0&em=0&en=0&d=4777458454%3A2835271634%3A5652841825%3A138357690556&zMoatSZ=300x250&zMoatOrigSlicer1=21782482296&zMoatOrigSlicer2=21792573373&zMoatMMV_MAX=na&zMoatCURL=scrum.com%2Fwales%2Frugby%2Fplayer%2F542.html&zMoatDev=Desktop&zGSRS=1&zGSRC=1&gu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scrum.com%2Fwales%2Frugby%2Fplayer%2F542.html&id=1&ii=4&bo=21782482296&bd=21792573373&dfp=0%2C1&la=21792573373&gw=espndfp832188684382&fd=1&ac=1&it=500&ti=0&ih=1&pe=1%3A1184%3A1184%3A0%3A2143&iq=na&tt=na&tu=&tp=&fs=194337&na=256095652&cs=0&callback=MoatDataJsonpRequest_85179056 2021-09-12 Scrum.com 9 August - 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Vyrnwy Morgan, minister and author, 65 26 September - William Bowen, rugby player, 63 19 October - David John Thomas, Wales international rugby union, 45David Thomas player profile Scrum.com 4 November - William David Owen, writer, 51https://biography.wales/article/s1-OWEN-DAV-1874 Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist Robert Thomas Jenkins Dictionary of Welsh Biography 11 July 2019 11 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190711151238/https://biography.wales/article/s1-OWEN-DAV-1874 live 16 November - Towyn Jones, politician, 66https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-TOW-1858 Jones, Josiah Towyn (1858-1925), Congregational minister and Member of Parliament David Thomas Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography 26 February 2020 11 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150913/https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-TOW-1858 live 20 November - Alexandra of Denmark, the queen mother, former Princess of Wales, 80Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria's Descendants, p. 171. 19 December - Elizabeth Phillips Hughes, teacher, 74https://biography.wales/article/s-HUGH-PHI-1851 Hughes, Elizabeth Phillips (1851-1925), educationalist Megan Lewis Dictionary of Welsh Biography 26 February 2020 18 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191218204449/https://biography.wales/article/s-HUGH-PHI-1851 live See also 1925 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1925 in Europe Category:1920s in Wales