1929 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1929 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph[1]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Pedrog[2]
Events
[edit]- 6 January - The abbey on Caldey Island is handed over by the Benedictine order to its new owners, Belgian Cistercians.[3]
- February - 700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery.[4]
- 13 March - Former ironclad warship HMS Warrior (1860) is towed to Pembroke Dock to finish her service with the Royal Navy as an oil fuelling hulk.[5]
- 24–26 April - The Royal Air Force's Squadron Leader Arthur G. Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant Norman H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.[6]
- 30 May - In the United Kingdom general election:
- Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey – the first female MP in Wales.[7]
- Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale.
- Other newly elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham.
- Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymru’s first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales.
- J. H. Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government.
- 9 July - After a collision with another vessel, HMS L12, the Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen.[8]
- 10 July - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon.
- 11 November - 8.3 inches (210 mm) of rain falls within a single day at Lluest-wen Reservoir, a record for a place in Wales.[9] Below in the Rhondda this month, 400 people are made homeless by flooding.
- 25 November - Cargo steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island with the loss of 7 lives;[10] British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event.
- 28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd.[11]
- date unknown
- The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales.[12]
- The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
Arts and literature
[edit]- The first Urdd National Eisteddfod is held, at Corwen Pavilion.[13]
Awards
[edit]- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Liverpool)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - David Emrys Jones, "Dafydd ap Gwilym"[14]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Caradog Prichard, "Y Gân Ni Chanwyd"[15]
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- John Hugh Edwards - David Lloyd George, the Man and the Statesman
- Richard Hughes - A High Wind in Jamaica[16]
- Elisabeth Inglis-Jones - Starved Fields
- Huw Menai - The Passing of Guto[17]
- Bertrand Russell - Marriage and Morals
Welsh language
[edit]- Ambrose Bebb - Llydaw
- Kate Roberts - Rhigolau Bywyd[18]
Music
[edit]- W. Bradwen - Paradwys y Bardd[19]
- David John de Lloyd - Forty Welsh Traditional Tunes (arrangements)
Film
[edit]- Ray Milland appears in his first Hollywood films.
Broadcasting
[edit]Sport
[edit]- Football - The Football Association of Wales makes its first overseas tour, to Canada.
- Rugby Union
- 23 February - 1929 Wales beat France 8–3 at the National Stadium in Cardiff
Births
[edit]- 2 January - John Lansdown, computer graphics pioneer (died 1999)[21]
- 28 January - Clem Thomas, Wales and British Lions international rugby player (died 1996)[22]
- 14 February - Wyn Morris, conductor (died 2010)[23]
- 20 March - Herbert Wilson, physicist and biophysicist (died 2008)
- 25 April - Malcolm Thomas, Wales international rugby union captain (died 2012)
- 20 May - Bobi Jones, author (died 2017)
- 11 August - Alun Hoddinott, composer (died 2008)[24]
- 2 September - Victor Spinetti, actor (died 2012)[25]
- October - Robyn Léwis, politician and archdruid (died 2019)
- 16 October - Ivor Allchurch, Wales international footballer (died 1997)[26]
- 20 October - Colin Jeavons, actor[27]
- 27 October - Alun Richards, novelist (died 2003)[28]
- 2 November - Carwyn James, rugby coach (died 1983)[29]
- 7 November - Urien Wiliam, dramatist (died 2006)[30]
- 4 December - Ednyfed Hudson Davies, politician (died 2018)[31]
- 30 December - Charles Lynn Davies, Wales international rugby player
- date unknown
- Paul Ferris, author
- John Morgan, journalist and broadcaster (died 1988)
Deaths
[edit]- 2 January - David James, Wales international rugby player, 62
- 15 January - William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and historian, 91[32]
- 20 February - Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, 77[33]
- 16 April - Sir John Morris-Jones, poet and grammarian, 64[34]
- 29 April - Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, 63[35]
- 30 April - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer, 54[36]
- 13 May - David Thomas (Afan), composer, 47[37]
- 15 May - Grace Rhys, writer, wife of Ernest Rhys, 64[38]
- 30 May - Owen Davies, Baptist minister and writer, 68/9[39]
- 2 June - Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player, 64
- 15 June - Llewellyn Atherley-Jones, politician, 78/79[40]
- 23 July - John Hinds, businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, 65[41]
- 29 August - Viv Huzzey, Wales international rugby union player, 53
- 6 September - Richard Ellis, bibliographer and librarian, 62[42]
- 19 October - John Evan Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer, 79[43]
- 20 November - David Williams, archdeacon of Cardigan, 88[44]
- 7 December - Jenkin Jones, trade union leader, 70[45]
- 17 December - Arthur G. Jones-Williams, aviation pioneer, 31 (air crash)[46]
- 21 December - James Williams, hockey player, 51
- date unknown - John Evan Davies, minister and writer, 78/9
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "Edwards, Alfred George (1848-1937), first archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Idwal Lewis. "Williams, John Owen (Pedrog; 1853-1932), Congregational minister, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Roscoe Howells (1975). Total Community: The Monks of Caldey Island. H. G. Walters (Publishers) Limited. p. 38.
- ^ The Illustrated London News. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1929. p. 270.
- ^ Andrew D. Lambert (May 1987). Warrior: the world's first ironclad, then and now. Naval Institute Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-87021-986-3.
- ^ O'Connor, Derek, "Going Long," Aviation History, March 2016, p. 53.
- ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ M. D. Dewar (1989). Collisions at Sea--- How?. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited. p. 776. ISBN 978-0-85174-561-9.
- ^ "Britain's Ten Wettest Places". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "The wreck of the Molesey". The Times. No. 45372. London. 28 November 1929. col B, p. 11.
- ^ Great Britain. Mines Department; F. H. Wynne (1930). Explosion at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd, Glamorganshire: Report on the Causes of and Circumstances Attending the Explosion which Occurred ... on the 28th November, 1929. H.M. Stationery Office.
- ^ Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. 1994. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7083-1234-6.
- ^ Recreation. National Recreation Association. 1947. p. 252.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- ^ Neil King; Sarah King (2002). Dictionary of Literature in English. Taylor & Francis. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-57958-381-1.
- ^ Glyn Jones; Tony Brown (1 December 2001). The Dragon Has Two Tongues: Essays on Anglo-Welsh Writers and Writing. University of Wales Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-4175-0857-0.
- ^ Katie Gramich (15 February 2011). Kate Roberts. University of Wales Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-7083-2339-7.
- ^ Huw Williams. "Jones, William Arthur (W. Bradwen); 1892-1970), musician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Asa Briggs (23 March 1995). The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume II: The Golden Age of Wireless. OUP Oxford. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-19-212930-7.
- ^ Huw Jones, Obituaries — Great plans for computers: John Lansdown, The Guardian, 3 March 1999.
- ^ Peter Jackson (1998). Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends. Mainstream. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-84018-026-8.
- ^ "Obituary - Wyn Morris". The Daily Telegraph. 26 Feb 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Geraint Lewis (14 March 2008). "Alun Hoddinott". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ Michael Coveney (19 June 2012). "Victor Spinetti obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ Keir Radnedge (2001). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer. Universe Pub. ISBN 978-0-7893-0670-8.
- ^ Peter Noble (1974). British Film and Television Year Book. Cinema TV Today. p. 214.
- ^ Dai Smith (19 June 2004). "Alun Richards". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ Alun Gibbard (2017). Into the Wind: The life of Carwyn James. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-1-78461-404-1.
- ^ Meic Stephens (26 October 2006). "Urien Wiliam". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Ednyfed Hudson Davies, Welsh language champion and Labour MP – obituary". The Telegraph. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ F. J. North. "DAWKINS, Sir WILLIAM BOYD (1837-1929), geologist and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1984). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 233.
- ^ Thomas Parry. "Morris-Jones, (formerly Jones), Sir John (Morris) (1864-1929), scholar, poet, and critic". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1029.
- ^ Cliff Bowen player profile Scrum.com
- ^ William Evans (1959). "Thomas, David John". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ John Kimberley Roberts (1983). Ernest Rhys. University of Wales Press. p. 9.
- ^ Humphreys, Edward Morgan. "Owen Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Frank Moore Colby; Herbert Treadwell Wade; Frank H. Vizetelly (1930). The New international year book. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 559.
- ^ Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ed. (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament Vol. III 1919-1945. Hassocks: Harvester Press. ISBN 9780391006133.
- ^ Davies, Sir William Llewelyn. "Ellis, Richard (1865– 1928), librarian and bibliographer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas. "John Evan Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ WILLIAMS, Ven. David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 5 Aug 2013
- ^ "News in brief", The Times, 12 December 1929
- ^ Flight Global, 14 March 1930, p. 308 [1] Retrieved 27 February 2010.