1938 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales; 1938 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1938 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales – vacant
Princess of Wales – vacant
Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor^[1]
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – J.J.

Events

14–19 January – A storm causes extensive damage in Aberystwyth; the promenade and pier are largely destroyed by 90 mph winds.^[2]
8 May – William Ormsby-Gore succeeds his father as Baron Harlech.
October – The first scheduled night flight in the UK begins operating between Cardiff and Weston-super-Mare.
23 November – Opening of the Temple of Peace and Health in Cathays Park, Cardiff.^[3]
Mining comes to an end at Dolaucothi Gold Mines.^[4]
The excavation of Llantwit Major Roman Villa by V. E. Nash-Williams, begins (continues to 1948).^[5]
Opening of RNAD Trecwm.

Arts and literature

April – Augustus John resigns from the Royal Academy.^[6]
September – Ivor Novello appears in Henry V at Drury Lane Theatre, produced by Lewis Casson.^[7]

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff)
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwilym R. Jones
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Edgar H. Thomas
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Elena Puw Morgan^[8]

New books

In English

Idris Davies – Gwalia Deserta^[9]
Ness Edwards – History of the South Wales Miners Federation
Richard Hughes – In Hazard
Jack Jones – Bidden to the Feast
Edith Picton-Turbervill – Myself When Young^[10]
William Plomer (ed.) – Kilvert's Diary, 1870-1879

In Welsh

Richard Bennett – Methodistiaeth Caersws
Tom Beynon – Gwrid ar Orwel ym Morgannwg
Edward Tegla Davies – Stori Sam^[11]
Edward Morgan Humphreys – Dirgelwch Gallt Y Ffrwd^[12]
Ifor Williams (ed.) – Canu Aneirin

New drama

James Kitchener Davies – Susannah
Charles Langbridge Morgan – The Flashing Stream^[13]
Emlyn Williams – The Corn is Green^[14]

Music

Tudor Davies plays the lead in the first English-language production of Verdi's Don Carlos, at Sadler's Wells.

Film

Naunton Wayne appears as Caldicott in The Lady Vanishes.

Broadcasting

1 March – BBC Radio broadcasts the world première of Arwel Hughes's latest composition, Tydi a Roddaist.

Sport

Empire Games
- Wales win three medals at the 1938 Empire Games, Denis Reardon, (middleweight boxing), Jim Alford (1 mile run) and Jeanne Greenland (110 yard backstroke).
Rugby union
- 5 February – Scotland beat Wales 8–6 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Births

6 January – William Edwards, politician (d. 2007)
22 January – Brook Williams, actor (d. 2005)^[15]
20 April – Andrew Vicari, portrait painter (d. 2016)^[16]
25 April – John Davies, historian (d. 2015)
14 May – Clive Rowlands, rugby player and coach
25 May – Trevor Peck, footballer (d. 2014)
31 May – John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of the UK^[17]
13 June – Gwynne Howell, bass^[18]
6 July – Tony Lewis, cricketer
23 July – Meic Stephens, literary editor (d. 2018)^[19]
6 August – Rees Davies, historian (d. 2005)
12 September – Richard Booth, bookseller (d. 2019)^[20]
9 October – Denzil Davies, politician (d. 2018)^[21]
1 November – Delwyn Williams, politician
4 December – Richard Meade, equestrian (d. 2015)^[22]
15 December – Michael Bogdanov, theatre director (d. 2017)^[23]

Deaths

3 February – James Bevan, First Wales rugby union captain, 81
9 February – Dick Hellings, Wales international rugby player, 63
30 March – Jack Elliott, Wales international rugby player, 66
16 April – Sir William Price, industrialist
8 May – George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, 83
28 May – Alfred Brice, Wales international rugby player, 66
23 June – Allen Clement Edwards, politician, 69^[24]
22 July – Giotto Griffiths, Wales international rugby player, 73
22 October (in Dublin) – Sir John Purser Griffith, civil engineer, 90
4 November – John Thomas Job, minister, hymn-writer and poet, 71
28 November – Reginald Arthur (Reggie) Gibbs, shipowner and rugby footballer, 56
29 December (at sea) – Eluned Morgan, writer, 68
date unknown – Gwynfil Evans (Barry Western), novelist^[25]

References

^ C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.
^ "Aberystwyth's great storm of 1938". BBC. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ Cardiff (Wales). City Council. Development Committee (1960). The City and Port of Cardiff; the Official Handbook: "Cardiff Blue Book.". E.J. Burrow. p. 38.
^ Council for British Archaeology; Cadw (Organization : Great Britain) (1992). The Welsh industrial heritage: a review : based upon the proceedings of a joint Cadw/CBA conference held in Cardiff, 5 December 1986. Council for British Archaeology. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-872414-13-3.
^ Cardiff Naturalists' Society (1937). Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society. p. 33.
^ T. S. Eliot (15 January 2019). Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 8: 1936–1938. Faber & Faber. p. 918. ISBN 978-0-571-31639-7.
^ Helen Grime (6 October 2015). Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-317-32095-1.
^ Elena Puw Morgan (1999). Y graith. Gwasg Gomer. ISBN 978-1-85902-745-5.
^ Edward Larrissy (2016). The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010. Cambridge University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-107-09066-8.
^ David Greer (1997). A Numerous and Fashionable Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton. Thames Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-905210-93-3.
^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 129.
^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 272.
^ Colin Chambers (14 May 2006). The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. A&C Black. p. 513. ISBN 978-1-84714-612-0.
^ Roberta M. Milgram (1991). Counseling Gifted and Talented Children: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents. ABC-CLIO. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-89391-773-9.
^ Harris M. Lentz III (24 October 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7864-5210-1.
^ "Andrew Vicari". The Valleys Heroes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ A. T. Lane (1995). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 778. ISBN 978-0-313-29900-1.
^ Trevor Herbert; Peter Stead (2001). Hymns and Arias: Great Welsh Voices. University of Wales Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7083-1699-3.
^ Sam Adams (5 July 2018). "Meic Stephens obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Obituary: Richard Booth died on August 20th". The Economist. 29 August 2019.
^ Julia Langdon (15 October 2018). "Denzil Davies obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ Victoria Spicer (12 January 2015). "Richard Meade obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ Michael Coveney (18 April 2017). "Michael Bogdanov obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ The Law Journal. Law journal. 1938. p. 17l.
^ Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 190.

[1] C. J. Litzenberger; Eileen Groth Lyon (2006). The Human Tradition in Modern Britain. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7425-3735-4.

[2] "Aberystwyth's great storm of 1938". BBC. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[3] Cardiff (Wales). City Council. Development Committee (1960). The City and Port of Cardiff; the Official Handbook: "Cardiff Blue Book.". E.J. Burrow. p. 38.

[4] Council for British Archaeology; Cadw (Organization : Great Britain) (1992). The Welsh industrial heritage: a review : based upon the proceedings of a joint Cadw/CBA conference held in Cardiff, 5 December 1986. Council for British Archaeology. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-872414-13-3.

[5] Cardiff Naturalists' Society (1937). Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society. p. 33.

[6] T. S. Eliot (15 January 2019). Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 8: 1936–1938. Faber & Faber. p. 918. ISBN 978-0-571-31639-7.

[7] Helen Grime (6 October 2015). Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Twentieth-Century Actress. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-317-32095-1.

[8] Elena Puw Morgan (1999). Y graith. Gwasg Gomer. ISBN 978-1-85902-745-5.

[9] Edward Larrissy (2016). The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010. Cambridge University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-107-09066-8.

[10] David Greer (1997). A Numerous and Fashionable Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton. Thames Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-905210-93-3.

[11] Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 129.

[12] Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 272.

[13] Colin Chambers (14 May 2006). The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. A&C Black. p. 513. ISBN 978-1-84714-612-0.

[14] Roberta M. Milgram (1991). Counseling Gifted and Talented Children: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Parents. ABC-CLIO. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-89391-773-9.

[15] Harris M. Lentz III (24 October 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-7864-5210-1.

[16] "Andrew Vicari". The Valleys Heroes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[17] A. T. Lane (1995). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 778. ISBN 978-0-313-29900-1.

[18] Trevor Herbert; Peter Stead (2001). Hymns and Arias: Great Welsh Voices. University of Wales Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7083-1699-3.

[19] Sam Adams (5 July 2018). "Meic Stephens obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[20] "Obituary: Richard Booth died on August 20th". The Economist. 29 August 2019.

[21] Julia Langdon (15 October 2018). "Denzil Davies obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[22] Victoria Spicer (12 January 2015). "Richard Meade obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[23] Michael Coveney (18 April 2017). "Michael Bogdanov obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[24] The Law Journal. Law journal. 1938. p. 17l.

[25] Meic Stephens (April 1986). The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 190.

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1938 in Wales

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

New books

In English

In Welsh

New drama

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References