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1938 in Wales

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Centuries:
  
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Decades:
  
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

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

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - vacant
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Archbishop of Wales – Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • November - Completion of the Temple of Peace and Health in Cathays Park, Cardiff.
  • Closure of Dolaucothi Gold Mines.
  • Opening of RNAD Trecwm.
  • Excavation of Llantwit Major Roman Villa, by V. E. Nash-Williams, begins (continues to 1948).

    • Arts and literature

  • Ivor Novello appears in Henry V at Drury Lane Theatre, produced by Lewis Casson.
  • Augustus John resigns from the Royal Academy.

    • 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

    • New books

  • Richard Bennett - Methodistiaeth Caersws
  • Tom Beynon - Gwrid ar Orwel ym Morgannwg
  • Edward Tegla Davies - Stori Sam
  • Idris Davies - Gwalia Deserta
  • Ness Edwards - History of the South Wales Miners Federation
  • Richard Hughes - In Hazard
  • Edward Morgan Humphreys - Dirgelwch Gallt Y Ffrwd
  • Jack Jones - Bidden to the Feast
  • Edith Picton-Turbervill - Myself When Young
  • William Plomer (ed.) - Kilvert's Diary, 1870-1879
  • Ifor Williams (ed.) - Canu Aneirin

    • New drama

  • James Kitchener Davies - Susannah
  • Charles Langbridge Morgan - The Flashing Stream
  • Emlyn Williams - The Corn is Green

    • 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)
  • 20 April - Andrew Vicari, portrait painter (d. 2016)
  • 25 April - John Davies, historian (d. 2015)
  • 14 May - Clive Rowlands, rugby player and coach
  • 13 June - Gwynne Howell, bass
  • 6 July - Tony Lewis, cricketer
  • 6 August - Rees Davies, historian (d. 2005)
  • 9 October - Denzil Davies, politician
  • 1 November - Delwyn Williams, politician
  • 4 December - Richard Meade, equestrian (d. 2015)
  • 15 December - Michael Bogdanov, theatre director

    • 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
  • 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

    • References

    1938 in Wales Wikipedia
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