1923 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1923 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 - Cadfan
[edit] Events
- 7 April - By-election at Anglesey ends in victory for Robert Thomas.
- 26 April - In a colliery accident at Trimsaran, nine miners are killed.
- Creation of the new Anglican diocese of Swansea & Brecon. Edward Bevan becomes its first bishop.
- Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent becomes a member of the Council of India.
[edit] Arts and literature
- 6 June - Charles Langbridge Morgan marries Hilda Vaughan.
- W. H. Davies marries Helen Payne, an ex-prostitute thirty years his junior.
- W. S. Gwynn Williams becomes Director of Music for the Gorsedd of Bards.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mold, Flintshire)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - D. Cledlyn Davies
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Albert Evans Jones
[edit] New books
- Edward Tegla Davies - Gŵr Pen y Bryn
- Thomas Richards - Religious Developments in Wales (1654-1662)
[edit] Music
[edit] Film
- 14 September - Arthur Cheetham films the unveiling of the war memorial at Aberystwyth and other scenes of the life of the town, to be shown in local cinemas.
- Ivor Novello appears in The Man Without Desire, The White Rose and Bonnie Prince Charlie.
[edit] Broadcasting
- 13 February - The British Broadcasting Company makes its first broadcast in Wales, from "Station 5WA" in Cardiff. Mostyn Thomas opens the programme, singing Dafydd y Garreg Wen and Gwilym Davies becomes the first speaker to broadcast in the Welsh language.
[edit] Sports
- Boxing
- 18 June - Jimmy Wilde loses his world flyweight title and retires from the sport.
[edit] Births
- 22 February - Bleddyn Williams, rugby player
- 19 August - Dill Jones, pianist (d.1984).
- 22 September - Dannie Abse, poet
- 1 October - Trevor Ford, footballer (d.2003)
- 5 October - Glynis Johns, actress
- 6 November - Donald Houston, actor
- 13 November - Alf Sherwood, footballer
- 19 December - Elwyn Jones, television writer
- date unknown
- Robin Williams (Welsh writer)
[edit] Deaths
- 22 February - John Jenkins, Prime Minister of South Australia
- date unknown - General Owen Thomas, politician
