1915 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1915 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch - George V
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed
Events[]
- January - A memorial to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, in the form of a model lighthouse, is erected on an island in Roath Park Lake, commemorating the support given to Scott's expedition by the people of Cardiff.[1]
- 26 February - The Welsh Guards regiment is created.
- 4 April - Three German prisoners-of-war escape from an internment camp at Llansannan in Denbighshire, but are quickly recaptured.[2]
- 25 April - At Gallipoli, Able Seaman William Charles Williams of Chepstow helps secure lighters on HMS River Clyde under continuous fire. He is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross - the first such award made to a member of the Royal Navy in World War I.[3]
- 7 May - When RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German torpedo, notable survivors include David Alfred Thomas, Viscount Rhondda and tenor Gwynn Parry Jones.[4]
- 26 July - The Glamorganshire Canal closes between Abercynon and Pontypridd.[5]
- 11 September - The first branch of the Women's Institute in Britain opens at Llanfair PG, Anglesey.
- 1 October - For his conduct at the , Lt. Rupert Price Hallowes of Port Talbot is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
- November - The 38th (Welsh) Division is posted to France.
- 15 November - Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet, becomes MP for Cardiff, following the death in action of the previous incumbent, Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart.
- 25 November - In the Merthyr Tydfil by-election, caused by the death of Keir Hardie, Charles Stanton becomes Independent Labour Party MP for Merthyr.
- 4 December - First submarine to be launched at Pembroke Dock, HMS J3.
- Welshmen continue to enlist for military service in World War I, including architect Percy Thomas, who joins the Artists' Rifles.
- Sir becomes surgeon-general of Bengal.
Arts and literature[]
- Gomer Berry and William Ewart Berry become owners of The Sunday Times.
- Clough Williams-Ellis marries Amabel Strachey.
Awards[]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - T. H. Parry-Williams, "Eryri"[6]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - T. H. Parry-Williams
New books[]
English language[]
- Caradoc Evans - My People: Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales[7]
- John Gwenogvryn Evans (ed.) - Poems from the Book of Taliesin, amended and translated
- Arthur Machen - The Great Return[8]
- John Cowper Powys - Wood and Stone
Welsh language[]
- William Evans (Wil Ifan) - Dros y Nyth
- Eluned Morgan - Plant yr Haul
Music[]
- - Y Tant Aur (2nd edition)
- William Penfro Rowlands - "Blaenwern" (hymn tune), in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant
Film[]
- The Birth of a Nation directed by Welsh-descended D. W. Griffith.
Sport[]
- Boxing - Llew Edwards wins the British and Commonwealth featherweight titles.
Births[]
- 16 January - David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies of Llandinam (died 1944)
- 11 February - Mervyn Levy, artist (died 1996)[9]
- 20 February - Mary Jones, actor (died 1990)
- 25 March - Dorothy Squires, singer (died 1998)[10]
- 2 April - Patrick Gibbs, RAF Wing Commander, author and film critic (died 2008)
- 9 April - Bill Clement, Welsh international rugby player and Secretary of the WRU (died 2007)
- 13 May - Hrothgar John Habakkuk, economic historian (died 2002)
- 4 June - David Bell, writer and curator (died 1959)
- 1 July - Alun Lewis, poet (died on active service 1944)
- 3 July - Ifor Owen, illustrator (died 2007)
- 30 August - Lillian May Davies, later Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, fashion model and Swedish princess (died 2013)
- 4 September - Roland Mathias, poet and critic (died 2007)[11]
- 10 September - Geraint Bowen, poet and Archdruid
- 22 September - Thomas Williams, politician (died 1986)
- 23 September - John Samuel Rowlands, GC (died 2006)
- 11 October - T. Llew Jones, writer
- 10 November - Leslie Manfield, Wales international rugby union player (died 2006)
- 26 December - Keidrych Rhys, poet and journalist (died 1987)
Deaths[]
- 6 January - Owen Roberts, educator, 79
- 24 January - Charles Taylor, naval officer and Wales rugby international, 51 (killed in action)[12]
- 30 January - Thomas Benbow Phillips, pioneer settler, 85
- 21 March - Edward Pegge, Wales international rugby player, 50
- 25 April - William Charles Williams, posthumous Victoria Cross recipient, 34 (killed in action)
- 6 June - John Lloyd, political reformer, 81 [13]
- 31 July - Billy Geen, soldier and Wales international rugby union player, 24 (killed in action)[14]
- 4 September - , botanist, 44[15]
- 7 September - Robert Lewis-Lloyd, rower and barrister, High Sheriff of Radnorshire, 79
- 26 September - Keir Hardie, Scottish-born serving MP for Merthyr Tydfil (Labour) and pacifist, 59 (died in Scotland)[16]
- 27 September - Richard Garnons Williams, soldier and Wales international rugby union player, 59 (killed in action)[17]
- 30 September - Rupert Price Hallowes, posthumous Victoria Cross recipient, 34 (killed in action)[18]
- 2 October - Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart, Scottish-born British Army officer and serving MP for Cardiff (Unionist), 32 (killed in action)[19]
- 22 November - Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb, Principal of St David's College, Lampeter, 53[20]
- 29 November - Rachel Davies (Rahel o Fôn), Baptist preacher, 69[21]
- 10 December - David Jenkins, composer, 66
- 17 December - Sir John Rhys, philologist, 75[22]
References[]
- ^ Morgannwg: Transactions of the Glamorgan History Society. 1988. p. 50.
- ^ Gary Dobbs (31 March 2015). Cardiff and the Valleys in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4738-5778-0.
- ^ [1] CWGC casualty record.
- ^ John Bourne (June 2002). Who's Who in World War I. Routledge. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-134-76752-6.
- ^ Cardiff Naturalists' Society (1971). Reports and Transactions. p. 14.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ David T. Lloyd (1997). Writing on the Edge: Interviews with Writers and Editors of Wales. Rodopi. p. 7. ISBN 90-420-0248-4.
- ^ S. T. Joshi (1 January 2003). The Weird Tale. Wildside Press LLC. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8095-3122-6.
- ^ Levy, Ceri (17 May 1996). "Obituary: Mervyn Levy". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Harris M. Lentz (1998). Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland & Company. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7864-0748-4.
- ^ Sam Adams (17 October 2007). "Roland Mathias". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Robin Turner (25 May 2014). "World War One: The Wales rugby internationals who died on the battlefield". WalesOnline. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "LLOYD, JOHN (1833-1915), political reformer and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. George S. Maddick. June 1915. p. 673.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "GWYNNE-VAUGHAN, DAVID THOMAS (1871-1915), botanist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "James Keir Hardie (1856-1915)". BBC History. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Archaeologia Cambrensis. W. Pickering. 1916. p. 358.
- ^ Paul Oldfield (30 September 2016). Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - 1917 to Third Ypres: 27 January–27 July 1917. Pen & Sword Books Limited. pp. 803–. ISBN 978-1-4738-8488-5.
- ^ The Scots Law Times. W. Green & Son. 1921. p. 132.
- ^ Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. "BEBB, LLEWELLYN JOHN MONTFORD (1862-1915), cleric". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Robert (Bob) Owen. "Davies, Rachel (Rahel o Fôn; 1846-1915), lecturer and preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Ifor Williams. "Rhys, Sir John (1840-1915), Celtic scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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