1928 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1928 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - Alfred George Edwards
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Pedrog
[edit] Events
- 12 June - The Welsh National War Memorial is unveiled by the Prince of Wales.
- 18 June - Amelia Earhart lands near Burry Port, becoming the first woman passenger to fly the Atlantic.
- December - Rapallo House, Llandudno, is handed over to the local council to be used as a museum, as a bequest from Francis Edouard Chardon.
- Dr John Williams establishes a hospital at Durtlang in the Lushai Hills (Mizoram) of India.
- The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales is founded by Clough Williams-Ellis.
- The community of Benedictine monks leaves Caldey Island for Prinknash Abbey. They are replaced at Caldey by a Cistercian order.
- Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, buys Gwrych Castle for £78,000.
- 16 years after the start of construction, work having been interrupted by the First World War, the Grwyne Fawr reservoir is finally completed in the Brecon Beacons.
- Formation of Cardiff Station Orchestra.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Sir William Llewellyn is the first Welshman to become President of the Royal Academy of Arts.
- Eric Gill leaves Capel-y-ffin.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Treorchy)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Caradog Prichard
[edit] New books
- Dorothy Edwards - Winter Sonata
- Moelona - Breuddwydion Myfanwy
- T. H. Parry-Williams - Ysgrifau
- Iorwerth Peate - Y Cawg Aur
- Richard Thomas - David Williams, y Piwritan
- Hilda Vaughan - The Invader: a tale of adventure and passion
[edit] Music
- David Evans - Incidental music for Alcestis (unpublished)
[edit] Film
- The Truth Game, starring Ivor Novello
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Sport
- Badminton - The Welsh Badminton Union is formed.
- Boxing - Welsh Bantamweight champion Tosh Powell dies after a fight with Billy Housego in Liverpool
- Yachting - The North Wales Cruising Club is formed.
[edit] Births
- ?January - Dai Royston Bevan, rugby player (d. 2002)
- 1 February - Sam Edwards, physicist
- 6 March - Glyn Owen, actor (d. 2004)
- 27 April - Selwyn Hughes, clergyman and writer (d. 2006)
- 7 June - Dave Bowen, football player and manager (d. 1995)
- 9 June - R. Geraint Gruffydd, academic and theologian
- 26 July - Bernice Rubens, novelist (d. 2004)
- 12 August - Roy Davies, cricketer
- 14 August - Sid Judd, Wales international rugby union player (d. 1959)
- 1 September - Emrys James, actor (d. 1989)
- 17 September - Dafydd Orwig, educationist (d. 1996)
- 23 October - Keith Jones, footballer
- 19 December - Gwyn Rowlands, rugby union international (d. 2010)
- date unknown - Gruffydd Evans, Baron Evans of Claughton, politician (d. 1992)
[edit] Deaths
- 11 January - Joseph Russell Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk, 63
- 14 April - Lewis Cobden Thomas, Wales international rugby player, 62
- 13 May - David John Thomas (Afan), composer and conductor, 47
- 19 May - Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, heraldry expert (of Welsh descent), 57
- 23 May - Henry Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland, industrialist, 50
- 2 June - Tosh Powell, Welsh champion boxer, 20
- 30 August - Hugh Evan-Thomas, admiral, 65
- 3 December - Isaac Hughes (Craigfryn), poet and novelist, 76
- 13 December - Harry Jarman, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, 34-35
- date unknown - Marie Novello, pianist
