1914 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1914 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
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Dyfed
[edit] Events
- 21 September - William Charles Fuller wins the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer to safety under fire.
- A Welsh Home Rule Bill, introduced by Edward T. John, MP for East Denbighshire, fails.
- A women's teacher training college opens at Barry; a men's equivalent opens at Caerleon.
- The hundredth intermediate school in Wales is established (under the Welsh Intermediate and Technical Education Act 1889).
- The first trolley buses in Wales come into operation, in Aberdare.
- William James Thomas, industrialist and philanthropist, is knighted.
[edit] Arts and literature
- The monthly periodical, Welsh Outlook, is founded by Thomas Jones (T. J.).
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales - not held
[edit] New books
- Rhoda Broughton - Concerning a Vow
- John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes - Caniadau Moelwyn, vol. 4
- Bertrand Russell - Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
[edit] Music
- David John de Lloyd - Gwlad fy Nhadau (cantata)
- Ivor Novello - "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (lyrics by Lena Ford)
[edit] Film
- Welsh-descended Harold Lloyd begins his film career.
- Wild Wales [1]
[edit] Sport
- Boxing
- 26 January: Percy Jones wins the British, European and World (disputed) featherweight titles.
- 30 March: Jimmy Wilde wins the European flyweight title.
- 14 December: Johnny Basham wins the British welterweight title.
[edit] Births
- 12 March - Tommy Farr, boxer (died 1986)
- 21 March - Sir Goronwy Daniel, academic and civil servant (died 2003)
- 23 April - Glyn Daniel, archaeologist and television presenter (died 1986)
- 9 September - Alexander Cordell, novelist (died 1997)
- 12 September - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (died 1999)
- 27 October - Dylan Thomas, poet (died 1953)
- date unknown
- Clifford Dyment, poet (died 1971)
[edit] Deaths
- 22 February - Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
- 21 June - Morgan Bransby Williams, engineer
- 23 July (in Liverpool) - Harry Evans, conductor and composer
- 8 August - Sir Edward Anwyl, academic, 48
- 22 August (in Swanley) - James Dickson Innes, artist
- 27 August - William Thomas Lewis, Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd
- 27 October - Sir T. Marchant Williams, lawyer and author
