1928 in Wales

none 1928 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1928 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1928 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 Elfed (outgoing)s2-LEWI-ELV-1860 Lewis, Howell Elvet ('Elfed'; 1860–1953), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet Emlyn Glasnant Jenkins 2001 12 April 2022 Pedrog (incoming)s-WILL-OWE-1853 Williams, John Owen (Pedrog; 1853-1932), Congregational minister and poet Idwal Lewis 1959 20 April 2022 Events 29 March – The Grwyne Fawr reservoir is completed in the Brecon Beacons by the Abertillery & District Water Board, 16 years after the start of construction (work having been interrupted by World War I). 12 June – The Welsh National War Memorial is unveiled in Cardiff by The Prince of Wales.Simon Ditchfield John Arnold Kate Davies History and Heritage: Illustrated Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=crRACwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 22 December 2015 Routledge 978-1-317-74165-7 88– 18 June – Amelia Earhart lands near Burry Port, becoming the first woman passenger on a Transatlantic flight.Shari Benstock Shari Benstock Suzanne Ferriss On Fashion https://books.google.com/books?id=ADkfYX2CtjIC&pg=PA92 1994 Rutgers University Press 978-0-8135-2033-9 92 December – Rapallo House, Llandudno, is handed over to the local council to be used as a museum,National Museum of Wales Annual Report https://books.google.com/books?id=ctQ9AQAAIAAJ 1928 The Museum 23 as a bequest from Francis Edouard Chardon. unknown dates Dr John Williams establishes a hospital at Durtlang in the Lushai Hills (Mizoram) of India.J. Meirion Lloyd History of the Church in Mizoram: Harvest in the Hills https://books.google.com/books?id=BkgFAQAAIAAJ 1991 Synod Publication Board 370 The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales is founded by Clough Williams-Ellis.Madhu Satsangi Nick Gallent Mark Bevan The Rural Housing Question: Communities and Planning in Britain's Countrysides https://books.google.com/books?id=E1OQN0QIIakC&pg=PA33 2010 Policy Press 978-1-84742-384-9 33 The community of Benedictine monks leaves Caldey Island for Prinknash Abbey. They are replaced at Caldey by a Cistercian order in 1929. Counsell Michael Every pilgrim's guide to England's holy places Canterbury Norwich 2003 9781853115226 113 Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, buys Gwrych Castle for £78,000. The Cardiff Station Orchestra, predecessor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is formed.Alun Guy Students Guide to Gcse Music for the Wjec Specification: English Language Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=ATrMS_ydOPwC&pg=PA55 September 2004 Rhinegold Publishing Ltd 978-1-904226-59-8 55 The Brynmawr Experiment, a Quaker-led social relief scheme, begins. Arts and literature October – Eric Gill and members of his artistic community leave Capel-y-ffin for Speen, Buckinghamshire. Sir William Llewellyn is the first Welshman to become President of the Royal Academy of Arts.Arts Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=8nbrAAAAMAAJ 1940 Art Digest Inc. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Treorchy): Chair – withheldJohn 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 Crown – Caradog Prichard New books English language Dorothy Edwards – Winter SonataCatalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1929 https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ8hAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2029 1929 Copyright Office, Library of Congress 2029 Hilda Vaughan – The Invader: a tale of adventure and passionWisconsin Library Bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=1HkiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA346 1928 Division of Library Services, Department of Public Instruction. 346 Welsh language Moelona – Breuddwydion MyfanwyKatie Gramich Twentieth-century Women's Writing in Wales: Land, Gender, Belonging https://books.google.com/books?id=Qo0fAQAAIAAJ 2007 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2086-0 T. H. Parry-Williams – Ysgrifaus10-PARR-HER-1887 Parry-Williams, Sir Thomas Angharad Price Angharad Price 18 November 2014 3 November 2021 Iorwerth Peate – Y Cawg Aur a cherddi eraills6-PEAT-CYF-1901 Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog (1901-1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948-1971, scholar and poet 27 March 2009 Trefor M. Owen 22 April 2023 Richard Thomas – David Williams, y Piwritan Music David Evans Concerto for String Orchestra Incidental music for Alcestis (unpublished)s2-EVAN-DAV-1874 Evans, David (1874-1948), musician John William Jones National Library of Wales 19 October 2018 Film The Truth Game, starring Ivor NovelloAllardyce Nicoll English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period https://books.google.com/books?id=Vud3STjwsKsC&pg=PA435 2009 Jones & Bartlett Learning 978-0-521-12947-3 435 Broadcasting Isaac J. Williams presents Travel Talks on ArtRoger Simpson Radio Camelot: Arthurian Legends on the BBC, 1922-2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=I-fJFYKeMAwC&pg=PA12 2008 DS Brewer 978-1-84384-140-1 12https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a35f078a1cbd44389bc371519063a624 Radio Times; Issue 225 BBC Genome 7 January 2019 Sport Badminton – The Welsh Badminton Union is formed. Boxing – Welsh Bantamweight champion Tosh Powell dies after a fight with Billy Housego in Liverpool. Football – The 1928 Welsh Cup Final is contested by Bangor and Cardiff City at Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor, and ends in a 2–0 victory for Cardiff.http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Cardiff_City/Cardiff_City.htm Cardiff City - Historical Football Kits www.historicalkits.co.uk Yachting – The North Wales Cruising Club is formed. Births 2 January – Dai Royston Bevan, rugby player (d. 2008)Dai Bevan : Obituary http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/manchester-evening-news/obituary/dai-bevan/27066395 BMDs Online Trinity Mirror 27 April 2018 1 February – Sam Edwards, physicist (d. 2015)https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/professor-sir-sam-edwards-zg5z2jx6kh6 Professor Sir Sam Edwards 3 September 2015 The Times 18 August 2019 8 February – Osian Ellis, harpist (d. 2021)Gerald Norris A musical gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ June 1981 David & Charles 978-0-7153-7845-8 289 9 February – Gruffydd Evans, Baron Evans of Claughton, solicitor and politician (d. 1992)https://biography.wales/article/s6-EVAN-GRU-1928 Evans, David Thomas Gruffydd, Baron Evans of Claughton (1928-1992), solicitor and politician David Lewis Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 18 August 2019 23 February – Dai Francis, baritone minstrel singer (d. 2003)Dai Francis The Daily Telegraph https://web.archive.org/web/20221117074442/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1449055/Dai-Francis.html 17 November 2022 live https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1449055/Dai-Francis.html 6 March – Glyn Owen, actor (d. 2004)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1471819/Glyn-Owen.html Glyn Owen 16 September 2004 The Telegraph 18 August 2019 9 April – Albert Gubay, businessman (d. 2016)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12106008/Albert-Gubay-businessman-obituary.html Albert Gubay, businessman - obituary 8 January 2016 The Telegraph 18 August 2019 27 April Selwyn Hughes, clergyman and writer (d. 2006) Hubert Rees, television character actor (d. 2009) 7 June – Dave Bowen, football player and manager (d. 1995) 9 June – R. Geraint Gruffydd, academic and theologian (d. 2015)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/r-geraint-gruffydd-scholar-of-the-reformation-in-wales-who-became-one-of-the-leading-figures-of-10337693.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/r-geraint-gruffydd-scholar-of-the-reformation-in-wales-who-became-one-of-the-leading-figures-of-10337693.html 2022-05-01 subscription live R Geraint Gruffydd: Scholar of the Reformation in Wales who became one of the leading figures of Welsh academic and cultural life 22 June 2015 Meic Stephens Meic Stephens The Independent 28 July 2019 19 June – Ray Powell, politician (d. 2001)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/dec/10/guardianobituaries.obituaries Sir Ray Powell 10 December 2001 Andrew Roth The Guardian 28 July 2019 11 July – Greville Janner, Labour MP and lawyer (d. 2015)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-janner-braunstone-politician-who-fought-good-causes-whose-career-was-overshadowed-allegations-child-abuse-a6782201.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-janner-braunstone-politician-who-fought-good-causes-whose-career-was-overshadowed-allegations-child-abuse-a6782201.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Lord Janner of Braunstone:Politician whose career was cast into shadow December 21, 2015 The Independenthttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-born-peer-lord-janner-9970642 Cardiff-born peer Lord Janner will face a 'trial of the facts' next year Nina Massey September 1, 2015 WalesOnline 14 July – Haydn Morris, international rugby union player (d. 2021) 26 July – Bernice Rubens, novelist (d. 2004)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/oct/14/guardianobituaries.books Bernice Rubens 14 October 2004 Janet Watts The Guardian 28 July 2019 7 August – Gwilym Roberts, politician (d. 2018)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/17/gwilym-roberts-obituary Gwilym Roberts obituary 17 April 2017 Julia Langdon The Guardian 18 August 2019 12 August – Roy Davies, cricketer (d. 2013) 14 August – Sid Judd, Wales international rugby union player (d. 1959) 1 September – Emrys James, actor (d. 1989)Trowbridge Simon The Company: A biographical dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company 2010 Editions Albert Creed Oxford, England 978-0-9559830-2-3 Emrys James 17 September – Dafydd Orwig, educationist (d. 1996)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dafydd-orwig-1353445.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dafydd-orwig-1353445.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary:Dafydd Orwig 21 November 1996 D. Ben Rees D. Ben Rees The Independent 11 August 2019 23 October – Keith Jones, footballer (d. 2007) 20 November – John Disley, distance runner (d. 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/17/john-disley-obituary John Disley obituary 17 February 2016 Peter Nichols The Guardian 18 August 2019 19 December – Gwyn Rowlands, rugby union international (d. 2010) Deaths 11 January – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk, 63Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Brecknock (Brycheiniog) https://books.google.com/books?id=PYmPt6eMAOoC&pg=PA181 1986 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 978-1-871184-19-8 181 21 March – Stanley L. Wood, illustrator, 61Mr. Stanley Wood The Times Monday 05 March 1928 9 1928-03-05 https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1928-03-05/9/8.html 2020-09-20 14 April – Lewis Cobden Thomas, Wales international rugby player, 62Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review https://books.google.com/books?id=MrA5AQAAIAAJ 1928 Justice of the Peace, Limited 296 13 May – David John Thomas (Afan), composer and conductor, 47David John Afan Thomas, Cwmafan: cyfansoddwr, emynydd, cerddor https://books.google.com/books?id=6vzZAAAAMAAJ 1981 Cronfa Goffa Canmlwyddiant Afan 19 May – Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, heraldry expert (of Welsh descent), 57Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review https://books.google.com/books?id=MrA5AQAAIAAJ 1928 Justice of the Peace, Limited 366 23 May – Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, industrialist, 50 (head injury)Richard Gardiner Casey Baron Casey My Dear P.M.: R.G. Casey's Letters to S.M. Bruce, 1924-1929 https://books.google.com/books?id=uREcAAAAMAAJ 1980 Australian Government Publishing Service 360 3 June – Tosh Powell, Welsh champion boxer, 20https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/157813 Tosh Powell: boxing profile Boxrec 28 October 2010 21 June – Marie Novello, pianist, c. 30 (emphysema)Pierre Van Rensselaer Key Pierre Key's Music Year Book: 1925/26- the Standard Music Annual https://books.google.com/books?id=AZA3AAAAMAAJ 1929 Pierre Key, Incorporated 489 23 July – John Hinds, businessman and politician, 65 23 August – Daniel Davies, Bishop of Bangor, 64The Bishop Of Bangor. Pastoral Work, The Times, 24 August 1928; pg. 14; Issue 44980; col D 30 August – Hugh Evan-Thomas, admiral, 65Who was who: A Companion to Who's who : Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period https://books.google.com/books?id=xYkYAAAAIAAJ 1967 A. & C. Black 6 September – Richard Ellis, librarian, 62s-ELLI-RIC-1865 Ellis, Richard (1865– 1928), librarian and bibliographer Davies Sir William Llewelyn William Llewelyn Davies 31 October 2008 1 October – Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, judge, 70https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56495194/sir-lawrence-jenkins/ Sir Lawrence Jenkins The Guardian 12 1928-10-04 2020-08-01 Newspapers.com 3 December – Isaac Hughes (Craigfryn), poet and novelist, 76s-HUGH-ISA-1852 Hughes, Isaac (Craigfryn; 1852-1928), novelist Idwal Lewis 2 January 2025 13 December – Harry Jarman, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, 34–35 29 December – George Boots, rugby player, 54Parry-Jones, David (1999). Prince Gwyn, Gwyn Nicholls and the First Golden Era of Welsh Rugby. Bridgend: seren. 1-85411-262-7. date unknown – John Morgan Howell, local politician in Cardiganshire, 72/3 See also 1928 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1928 in Europe Category:1920s in Wales