1938 in Wales

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See also 1937 in Wales, other events of 1938, 1939 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 5 Broadcasting 6 Sports 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales - Charles Alfred Howell Green

[edit] Events

• January 14 - The promenade at Aberystwyth is largely destroyed by 90mph winds.
• October - The first scheduled night flight in the UK begins operating between Cardiff and Weston-super-Mare.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] 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

[edit] New books

• Jack Jones - Bidden to the Feast
• Emlyn Williams - The Corn is Green (play)

[edit] Music

[edit] Film

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[edit] Broadcasting

• March 1 - BBC Radio broadcasts the world première of Arwel Hughes latest composition, Tydi a Roddaist.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

• January 6 - William Edwards, politician
• April 20 - Andrew Vicari, artist
• July 6 - Tony Lewis, cricketer
• August 6 - Rees Davies, historian
• October 9 - Denzil Davies, politician
• November 1 - Delwyn Williams, politician
• December 15 - Michael Bogdanov, theatre director
• date unknown - Clive Thomas, football referee

[edit] Deaths

• date unknown - Gwynfil Evans (Barry Western), novelist
• date unknown - Sir William Price, industrialist