1916 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1916 to Wales and its people.

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

Events

*1 January - The Port Eynon lifeboat capsizes and three crew members die.
*31 May-1 June - Hugh Evan-Thomas distinguishes himself in the Battle of Jutland; he is later knighted.
*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 action 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.
*September - Charles Evans Hughes loses narrowly to Woodrow Wilson in the United States presidential election, 1916.
*October - T. E. Lawrence is sent into the desert to report on the Arab nationalist movements.
*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.
*December
**David Lloyd George becomes the first Welshman to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the only one to date.
**David Alfred Thomas leaves Parliament and is created Baron Rhondda. He is appointed Chairman of the Local Government Board.
**Herbert Lewis becomes Minister of Education.
*The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cardiff is established.
*Royal laryngologist John Milsom Rees is knighted.

Arts and literature

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Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Aberystwyth)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - J. Ellis Williams
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - "withheld"

New books

*Llewelyn Powys & John Cowper Powys -"Confessions of Two Brothers"
*Richard Hughes Williams (Dic Tryfan) - "Tair Stori Fer"

Music

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Film

*Edmund Gwenn makes his screen debut in "The Real Thing At Last".

port

*Boxing: On February 14, Jimmy Wilde wins the British flyweight title at Liverpool.

Births

*May 1 - Glenn Ford, Welsh-Canadian actor (died 2006)
*May 7 - Huw Wheldon, broadcaster (died 1986)
*May 22 - Rupert Davies, actor (died 1976)
*August 23 - Willie Davies, Wales international rugby union and league player (died 2002)
*August 29 - Rhydwen Williams, poet, novelist and minister (died 1997)
*September 13 - Roald Dahl, novelist (died 1990)
*September 14 - Cledwyn Hughes, politician (died 2001)

Deaths

*March 14 - Lou Phillips, Wales international rugby player (born 1878)
*April 14 - Charlie Pritchard, Wales international rugby player (born 1882)
*September 11 - Thomas Lemuel James, Welsh-American banker and U.S.Postmaster-General (born 1831)
*October 7 - Leigh Richmond Roose, footballer (born 1877)
*October 31 - John Maclean Rolls, 2nd Baron Llangattock (born 1870)
*"date unknown"
**Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen), writer and temperance activist.
**Richard Thomas, industrialist