1917 in Wales

none September 2019 September 2019 1917 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1917 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1917 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 – John William Gwynne Hughes (until 2 January);https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3690292/3690297/38/gwynne-holford Death of Mr J. W. Gwynne-Hughes The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser 5 January 1917 National Library of Wales 5 April 2022 John Hinds (from 22 March) Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West (until 4 July)Potter 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 – Henry Gladstone, later Baron GladstoneIvor Bulmer-Thomas Gladstone of Hawarden: A Memoir of Henry Neville, Lord Gladstone of Hawarden Murray 1936 197 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 – Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen 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 6 February – Psychoanalyst Ernest Jones marries composer Morfydd Llwyn Owen.https://spartacus-educational.com/Ernest_Jones.htm Ernest Jones Spartacus Educational 19 April 2025 6 July – Aqaba falls to a joint force of Arab irregulars and the supporters of Auda Abu Tayi, largely thanks to the efforts of T. E. Lawrence. 15 July – Poet Hedd Wyn posts his awdl "Yr Arwr" ("The Hero") as his entry for the poetry competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales on the same day as he marches off with the 15th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers towards the Battle of Passchendaele in which he will be killed a fortnight later. On September 6 at the ceremony of Chairing of the Bard at the Eisteddfod, held at Birkenhead, the empty druidical chair which Hedd Wyn, as winner, should have occupied is draped in a black sheet, "The festival in tears and the poet in his grave." Contralto Laura Evans-Williams sings I Blas Gogerddan instead of the traditional chairing song. This becomes known as "The Eisteddfod of the Black Chair." 17 July – Prince Louis of Battenberg is created Marquess of Milford Haven.T. A. Heathcote The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995: A Biographical Dictionary https://books.google.com/books?id=JeSXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT210 22 January 2002 Pen and Sword 978-1-4738-1270-3 210 18 July – The Rotary Club opens its first branch in Wales, at Cardiff.Rotary International The Rotarian https://books.google.com/books?id=GkEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 July 1939 Rotary International 54 It is followed on 28 September by a branch at Llanelli.Rotary International The Rotarian https://books.google.com/books?id=nlgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 February 1918 Rotary International 58 25 August – The steamship Cymrian is torpedoed by a German U-boat off Porthcawl, resulting in the deaths of 10 crew. September – Hugh Evan-Thomas is promoted to vice-admiral. 10 September – Oakdale Workmen's Institute is officially opened.Historical Buildings – St Fagans: National History Museum – Oakdale Workmen's Institute https://web.archive.org/web/20131204164041/http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/buildings/oakdale/ 4 December 2013. Accessed 28 September 2013 28 October – The steamship Eskmere is torpedoed by a German U-boat in St Bride's Bay, resulting in the deaths of 20 crew.http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2017.html Eskmere Uboat.net 29 December 2012 8 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210508065607/https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2017.html live 7 December – The steamship Earl of Elgin is torpedoed by a German U-boat in Caernarfon Bay, resulting in the deaths of 18 crew.http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1781.html Earl of Elgin Uboat.net 29 December 2012 8 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210508070015/https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1781.html live 15 December – The steamship Formby is torpedoed by a German U-boat north west of Bardsey Island, resulting in the deaths of 35 crew.http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2231.html Formby Uboat.net 15 October 2012 23 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201023092951/https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2231.html live 27 December – The steamship Adela is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the Skerries, Anglesey, resulting in the deaths of 24 crew.http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/54.html Adela Uboat.net 24 October 2012 25 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200925111905/https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/54.html live date unknown Josiah Towyn Jones becomes a Junior Lord of the Treasury and government Whip. Margaret Haig Thomas becomes Director of the Women's Department of the Ministry of National Service.John Bourne Who's Who in World War I https://books.google.com/books?id=nfWEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA285 June 2002 Routledge 978-1-134-76752-6 285 Trade unionist Ness Edwards is imprisoned as a conscientious objector.Frank C. Roberts Obituaries from the Times https://books.google.com/books?id=8iUOAQAAMAAJ 1961 Newspaper Archive Developments Limited 238 St Winefride's Well at Holywell temporarily dries up as a result of mining activity. Arts and literature Papur Pawb ceases publication. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Birkenhead) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Hedd Wyn, "Yr Arwr"3 October 2019 Winners of the Chair https://eisteddfod.wales/about-us/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair?_ga=2.196744876.1631880097.1570104027-963760572.1570104027 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190929131826/https://eisteddfod.wales/about-us/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair September 29, 2019 National Eisteddfod of Wales National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – William Evans (Wil Ifan) New books A. G. Prys-Jones – Welsh Poets Moelona – Bugail y Bryn Mary Edith Nepean – Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills Music Tenor Ifor Owen Thomas goes to study under Jean de Reszke in Paris. Sport Boxing: on 28 May Freddie Welsh is knocked out at the Manhattan Athletic Club, losing his world lightweight title after three years as champion. Births 9 January – Haydn Tanner, Wales rugby international and captain (died 2009)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/aug/17/haydn-tanner-obituary Haydn Tanner 17 August 2009 Paul Rees The Guardian 23 August 2022 21 January – Stan Richards, footballer (died 1987) 29 March – Gwyn Jones, physicist (died 2006)https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/jul/20/obituaries.guardianobituaries G O Jones Peter Kalmus 20 July 2022 The Guardian 23 August 2022 21 April – Megs Jenkins, actress (died 1998) 22 April – Leo Abse, lawyer and politician (died 2008)The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4573641.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2 Leo Abse: MP who fought to reform homosexuality and divorce laws 21 August 2008 London https://web.archive.org/web/20100531134154/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4573641.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2 31 May 2010 dead 10 May – Bill Tamplin, Wales rugby international and captain (died 1989) 10 June – Meredith Edwards, actor (died 1999) 10 September – William Marsh, cricketer (died 1978) 11 September – Albert Young, footballer (died 2013) 8 October – Ronnie James, British champion boxer (died 1977) 24 October – Denys Val Baker, British writer and promoter of Celtic culture (died 1984) 27 October – Dylan Thomas, poet (died 1953)http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9072164/Dylan-Thomas Dylan Thomas Encyclopædia Britannica 11 January 2008 13 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080413094540/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9072164/Dylan-Thomas live 26 November – Gerald James, actor (died 2006) 3 December – Esyllt T. Lawrence, feminist writer (died 1995) Deaths 2 January – John William Gwynne Hughes, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 58 31 January – Henry Bracy, tenor, 71http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070388b.htm Bracy, Henry (1841?–1917) Australian Dictionary of Biography Mills, Tony 1979 20 February 2010 10 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090610033648/http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070388b.htm live 2 February – Frederick William Harris, coalowner, 84 28 February – Richard Lloyd, uncle of Lloyd George, 82 2 April – Bryn Lewis, Wales international rugby player, 26 (killed in action)https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/world-war-one-wales-rugby-7166621 World War One: The Wales rugby internationals who died on the battlefield 25 May 2014 Robin Turner WalesOnline 14 October 2019 14 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191014145811/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/world-war-one-wales-rugby-7166621 live 9 April – Edward Thomas, Anglo-Welsh poet, 39 (killed in action)http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/249787 Casualty Details: Thomas, Philip Edward 2 February 2008 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register 23 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200523184111/https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/249787/ live 8 June – George Dobson, Wales international rugby union player 9 June – Thomas McKenny Hughes, geologist, 84s-HUGH-MCK-1832 HUGHES, THOMAS MCKENNY (1832-1917), geologist Frederick John North 8 February 2019 31 July Ellis Humphrey Evans ("Hedd Wyn"), poet, 30 (killed in action)http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/100906 Casualty details—Evans, Ellis Humphrey Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1 March 2010 1 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180801064044/https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/100906 live James Llewellyn Davies, VC recipient, 31 (killed in action)Davies, James Llewellyn, Commonwealth War Graves Commission 28 August – Dai Westacott, Wales international rugby union player, 35 (killed in action) 20 November – Richard William Leslie Wain, VC recipient, 20 (killed in action)Entry on CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1757554/WAIN,%20RICHARD%20WILLIAM%20LESLIE 18 September 2016 6 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306032817/http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1757554/WAIN,%20RICHARD%20WILLIAM%20LESLIE live 21 November – Rhys Jones Huws, poet, 55s-HUWS-JON-1862 Richard Griffith Owen Huws, Rhys Jones (1862-1917), Independent minister 1959 23 August 2022 25 November – John Williams, choirmaster, 61s1-WILL-JOH-1856 WILLIAMS, JOHN (1856-1917), teacher of singing and choral conductor Robert David Griffith yes 8 February 2019 1 December – Thomas Harry Basil Webb, son of Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet, 19 (killed in action) 14 December – Phil Waller, Wales and British Lions rugby player, 28 (killed in action) 25 December – Richard Jones Berwyn, colonist and writer, 54s-BERW-JON-1836 BERWYN, RICHARD JONES (1836-1917), colonist and man of letters Richard Bryn Williams yes 8 February 2019 See also 1917 in Ireland References 1917 Category:1917 in Wales Wales Category:1917 in Europe Category:1910s in Wales