1916 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1916 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John William Gwynne Hughes
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Henry Gladstone, later Baron Gladstone[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet[7]
- 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 Milbank[8]
- Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams[9]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughes[10]
- Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[11]
- Bishop of St Davids – John Owen[12]
Events
- 1 January
- The Port Eynon life-boat capsizes and three crew members die.
- The Royal laryngologist John Milsom Rees is knighted.
- 8 January – The Apostolic Church in Wales is established.
- 2 February – Submarine HMS J4 is launched at Pembroke Dock.[13]
- 7 February – The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cardiff is established.
- 1 March – Transfer of the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth into its purpose-built premises is completed.[14]
- 3 March – Light cruiser HMS Cambrian is launched at Pembroke Dock.[15]
- 31 May–1 June – Hugh Evan-Thomas distinguishes himself in the Battle of Jutland;[16] he is later knighted.
- 1 June – Miners' wages in the South Wales Coalfield are increased by 15%.[17]
- 11 June – Frongoch internment camp is used as a place of imprisonment for approximately 1,800 Irishmen involved with the Easter Rising.[18]
- 4 July – Royal Welch Fusiliers Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon attacks a German trench single-handed, and records the outcome in his memoirs.
- 7–12 July – The 38th (Welsh) Division loses so many men in the Mametz Wood engagement during the Battle of the Somme that it is unable to re-group for a year.
- 12 July – Railway worker James Dally is awarded the Edward Medal by King George V for his actions in saving a colleague from falling from the Crumlin Viaduct.
- July – Jimmy Thomas becomes General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, which he had been instrumental in forming.
- October – T. E. Lawrence is sent into the desert to report on the Arab nationalist movements.
- 7 November – Charles Evans Hughes loses narrowly to Woodrow Wilson in the United States presidential election.
- November – Christopher Williams visits the scene of the Welsh losses at Mametz Wood and later paints his famous The Welsh at Mametz Wood at the request of David Lloyd George.[19]
- 1 December – Government takes control of mines in the South Wales Coalfield.[20]
- 2 December – Miners' wages in the South Wales Coalfield are again increased by 15%.[21]
- 7 December
- David Lloyd George is the first (and, as of a century later, only) Welshman to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[22]
- David Alfred Thomas is created Baron Rhondda. He is appointed President of the Local Government Board.[23]
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Aberystwyth)
- Chair - J. Ellis Williams, "Ystrad Fflur"[24]
- Crown - withheld
New books
- Llewelyn Powys and John Cowper Powys - Confessions of Two Brothers
- Richard Hughes Williams (Dic Tryfan) - Tair Stori Fer
Film
- 22 April – Edmund Gwenn makes his screen debut in The Real Thing at Last.
Sport
- Boxing: 14 February – Jimmy Wilde wins the British flyweight title at Liverpool.
Births
- 26 February - Joan Strothers (later Lady Curran), scientist (died 1999)
- 2 March - Eddie Watkins, rugby player (died 1995)
- 29 April - William Squire, actor (died 1989)
- 1 May - Glenn Ford, Welsh-Canadian actor (died 2006)[25]
- 6 May - Ted Peterson, British baseball player (died 2005)
- 7 May - Huw Wheldon, broadcaster (died 1986)[26]
- 8 May - Sylvia Sleigh, painter (died 2010)
- 22 May - Rupert Davies, actor (died 1976)
- 3 July - Nigel Heseltine, writer (died 1995)
- 23 August - Willie Davies, Wales international rugby union and league player (died 2002)
- 29 August - Rhydwen Williams, poet, novelist and minister (died 1997)[27]
- 13 September - Roald Dahl, novelist (died 1990)[28]
- 14 September - Cledwyn Hughes, politician (died 2001)[29]
- 24 September - W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd), poet and Archdruid (died 2011)
- 31 October - Stan Trick, cricketer (died 1995)
Deaths
- 12 March - Llywarch Reynolds, solicitor and Celtic scholar, 72
- 14 March - Lou Phillips, Wales international rugby player, 38 (killed in action)[30]
- 18 March - David Cuthbert Thomas ("Dick Tiltwood"), soldier, 21 (killed in action)[31]
- 14 April - Charlie Pritchard, Wales international rugby player, 32 (killed in action)[30]
- May - John Griffiths, mathematician, 79
- 5 June - James Williams, footballer, 32 (killed in action)
- 26 June - Henry Allan Rolls, younger brother and heir presumptive of 2nd Baron Llangattock, 44[32]
- 27 June - Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen), writer and temperance activist, 78[33]
- 7 July - Dick Thomas, Wales international rugby player, 32 (killed in action at Mametz Wood, during the Somme)
- 12 July - Johnnie Williams, Wales international rugby player, 34 (died of wounds received at Mametz, on the Somme)[30]
- 14 July - David Watts, Wales international rugby player, 30 (killed in action)[30]
- 30 July - Eveline Willett Cunnington, social reformer in New Zealand, 67[34]
- 3 September - Horace Thomas, Wales international rugby player, 26 (killed in action)[30]
- 11 September - Thomas Lemuel James, Welsh-American banker and U.S. Postmaster-General (born 1831)
- 28 September (in Bath, Somerset) - Richard Thomas, industrialist, 78[35]
- 7 October - Leigh Richmond Roose, footballer, 38 (killed in action)[36]
- 11 October - David Richard Thomas, clergyman and historian, 83[37]
- 31 October - John Rolls, 2nd Baron Llangattock, 46 (killed in action)[38]
- 12 November - Sir Walter Morgan, 1st Baronet, banker and Lord Mayor of London, 85 [39]
- 14 November - William Davies, footballer, 61
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