1939 in Wales

none 1939 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1939 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1939 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. (outgoing)Jones Evan David E. D. Jones John James Williams s2-WILL-JAM-1869 22 May 2015 Crwys (incoming)s2-WILL-WIL-1875 Williams, William ('Crwys'; 1875-1968), poet, preacher, archdruid William Rhys Nicholas 2001 5 May 2022 Events March–November - Aneurin Bevan is temporarily expelled from the Labour Party. 27 April - Ely Racecourse in Cardiff closes.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/brian-lee-ely-played-host-2042358 Brian Lee: When Ely played host to sport of kings 17 February 2012 WalesOnline 25 May 2019 1 June - The submarine HMS Thetis sinks during trials in Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. At least 98 men are lost.Daniel K. Longman Liverpool in the Headlines https://books.google.com/books?id=KBqtCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90 15 February 2016 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-4887-3 90 Late August - Most paintings evacuated from the National Gallery in London, many going to Penrhyn Castle at Bangor and the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth; the latter also houses manuscripts, prints and books from the British Museum.Caroline Shenton National Treasures: saving the Nation's art in World War II London John Murray 2021 978-1-529-38743-8 3 September - World War II: Declaration of war by the United Kingdom on Nazi Germany following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 September - The Urdd opens Ysgol Gymraeg yr Urdd, the first-ever Welsh-medium primary school, at Aberystwyth. In its first year the school consists of just seven pupils and one teacher, Norah Isaac. October - Construction at M. S. Factory, Valley in Flintshire of tunnels for storage of chemical weapons begins. The first war-time civilian evacuees arrive in Wales. Vickers-Armstrong opens an aircraft factory at Broughton, Flintshire, later taken over by De Havilland.https://www.hawardenaerodrome.co.uk/history/ History of Hawarden Airport Hawarden Aerodrome 25 May 2019 A government report shows that seven of the thirteen Welsh counties have the highest incidence of tuberculosis in the whole of England and Wales. George Maitland Lloyd Davies becomes President of the pacifist group Heddychwyr Cymru. Talybont Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons is completed to supply Newport. Sea Roads is constructed in Penarth in the Modernist style. Arts and literature August - For the first time ever, both chair and crown are withheld at the National Eisteddfod. 4 October - Poets Lynette Roberts and Keidrych Rhys marry.http://www.flashpointmag.com/tucklyn.htm Flashpoint: Lynette Roberts 2012-06-22 2012-02-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207111812/http://www.flashpointmag.com/tucklyn.htm dead John Roberts Williams becomes editor of Y Cymro. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Denbigh) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - John Gwilym Jones New books English language B. L. Coombes - These Poor Hands Richard Llewellyn - How Green Was My Valley Howard Spring - Heaven Lies About Us Welsh language D. Gwenallt Jones - Ysgubau'r Awen David James Jones - Hanes Athroniaeth: Y Cyfnod Groegaidd Moelona - Ffynnonlloyw Caradog Prichard - Terfysgoedd Daear Music William Ifor Jones makes his debut as conductor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Ivor Novello - The Dancing Years Grace Williams - Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon Film Ray Milland stars in Hotel Imperial and Beau Geste. Sheep Dog, featuring the shepherd Tom Jones of Treorchyhttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/daughters-tribute-to-shepherd-tom-1842051 Wales Online Daughter’s tribute to shepherd Tom 4 January 2021 Welsh language film Efaciwis a Ricriwtio (World War II propaganda film) Broadcasting At the outbreak of war, the BBC was to transmit a unified service, including programs in the Welsh language. One of the few Welsh-language broadcasts to survive is a daily bulletin of world news at 5 pm. It was broadcast before the daily news in English at 6pm.http://www.literaturewales.org/encyclopaedia/i/130659/ Literature Wales: Encyclopedia - Broadcasting. Accessed 5 January 2013. 2013-01-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031019/http://www.literaturewales.org/encyclopaedia/i/130659/ 2016-03-04 dead The BBC radio comedy series It's That Man Again begins its ten-year run. From 1940 to 1943 it will be broadcast from the BBC Wales studios in Bangor, Caernarvonshire, north Wales, where the BBC's Light Entertainment Department is temporarily based. Sports Rugby union 4 February – Leslie Manfield (one of only four players to represent Wales both before and after World War II) gains his first senior cap in the match between Wales and Scotland. Births 11 January - Phil Williams, politician (died 2003)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/13/guardianobituaries.highereducation Professor Phil Williams 13 June 2003 Andrew Roth The Guardian 5 May 2022 16 February - David Griffiths, portrait painter 2 March - * Norman Rees, television journalist (died 2023)Hayward Anthony Anthony Hayward 18 July 2023 Norman Rees obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/18/norman-rees-obituary 25 June 2026 The Guardian 8 March - Robert Tear, operatic tenor (died 2011)Ponsonby, Robert. "Obituary: Robert Tear", The Guardian, 30 March 2011 16 March - Kenny Morgans, footballer (died 2012) 29 March - Ronnie Williams, actor and comedian (died 1997) 7 April - Keith Bradshaw, Wales international rugby player (died 2014) 27 May - Cliff Williams, rugby union player (died 2014) 8 June - Norman Davies, historian 17 June - Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, politician 17 July - Spencer Davis, born Spencer Davies, beat musician, multi-instrumentalist (died 2020 in the United States)Farber Jim Spencer Davis, Whose Band Helped Power the Sound of the '60s, Dies at 81 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/arts/spencer-davis-dead.html 3 November 2020 The New York Times 20 October 2020 21 July - Frank Rankmore, footballerThe Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 24 September - Steve Gammon, footballer 29 September Rhodri Morgan, First Minister of Wales (died 2017)McKie Andrew 19 May 2017 Obituary – Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician The Herald https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15295879.obituary---rhodri-morgan-welsh-politician/ 23 March 2023 Lynne Thomas, cricketer 10 October - Neil Sloane, mathematician 8 November - Meg Wynn Owen, actress (died 2022)2022-12-02 Meg Wynn Owen obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/02/meg-wynn-owen-obituary 2022-12-03 the Guardian en Deaths 27 January - Lewis Jones, miners' leader and novelist, 41The Anglo-Welsh Review https://books.google.com/books?id=IKAeAQAAMAAJ 1983 Dock Leaves Press 62 17 March - Owen Badger, Wales international rugby player, 67 24 March - Gwyn Nicholls, rugby player, 64s-NICH-GWY-1875 Nicholls, Erith Gwyn (1875-1939), Wales and Cardiff Rugby centre three-quarter Moelwyn Idwal Williams 5 September 2019 23 April - Morgan Jones, sitting MP for Llanelli, 52Williams Chris 2004 Jones, Morgan (1885–1939) http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66804?docPos=3 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press Oxford 10.1093/ref:odnb/66804 subscription 29 April - Timothy Rees, Bishop of Llandaff, 64s-REES-TIM-1874 Rees, Timothy (1874-1939), bishop of Llandaff Thomas Iorwerth Ellis yes 5 September 2019 14 June - Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, politician, 66Randolph Spencer Churchill Martin Gilbert Winston S. Churchill: The prophet of truth, 1922-1939 https://books.google.com/books?id=XUc-AQAAIAAJ 1983 Houghton Mifflin 1526 29 June - Sir Henry Stuart Jones, academic, 72The Journal of Roman Studies https://books.google.com/books?id=ICo8AAAAMAAJ 1968 Kraus Reprint 78 9 July - Charles Nicholl, Wales international rugby union player, 69 18 September - Gwen John, artist, 63Gwen John Michael Holroyd Anthony d'Offay (Firm) Gwen John, 1876-1939 https://books.google.com/books?id=93VIAQAAIAAJ 1982 Anthony d'Offay 21 September - Sir John Lynn-Thomas, surgeon, 78 26 September - Leif Jones, politician, 77s3-JONE-LEI-1862 Jones, Leifchild Stratten (1862-1939), Liberal politician and temperance advocate Llewelyn Gwyn Chambers yes 5 September 2019 7 November - Gwenllian Morgan, local politician, 87s-MORG-FAN-1852 Morgan, Gwenllian Elizabeth (1852-1939), antiquary Robert Thomas Jenkins yes 5 September 2019 2 December - Llewelyn Powys, writer, 55George Santayana The Letters of George Santayana https://books.google.com/books?id=61iA6tDeiXwC&pg=PA143 2001 MIT Press 978-0-262-19495-2 143 See also 1939 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1939 in Europe Category:1930s in Wales