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List of events
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1925 to
Wales and
its people .
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
New books
English language
Welsh language
Music
Film
Broadcasting
Sport
Births
26 March -
Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson , lawyer and Liberal politician (died 2012)
[23]
15 April -
Geraint Howells , Liberal politician (died 2004)
[24]
2 May -
Dai Davies , Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 2003)
1 June -
Roy Clarke , footballer (died 2006)
10 June - Sir
John Stradling Thomas , Conservative politician (died
1991 )
[25]
19 July -
Ivor Roberts , television announcer and actor (died 1999)
30 July -
Don Hayward , Wales international rugby player (died 1999 in New Zealand)
7 September -
Laura Ashley , designer (died
1985 )
[26]
10 October -
Tecwyn Roberts , spaceflight engineer (died 1988 in the United States)
[27]
3 November -
Gordon Parry, Baron Parry , Welsh politician (died
2004 )
[28]
10 November -
Richard Burton , born Richard Jenkins, actor (died
1984 )
[29]
24 November -
Alun Owen , screenwriter (died
1994 )
[30]
27 November -
John Maddox , science writer (died
2009 )
[31]
3 December -
Roy John , Wales and British Lions international rugby union player (died 1981)
14 December -
Ron Stitfall , footballer (died 2008)
Deaths
21 January -
John Puleston Jones (in Welsh) , Methodist minister and author, 62
[32]
27 January -
Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell , 83
[33]
30 January -
Jim Driscoll , boxer ("Peerless Jim"), 44
[34]
4 February -
William Haggar , pioneer of the cinema industry, 73
[35]
18 February -
Frank Mills , Wales international rugby player
8 June -
Edward John Lewis , Wales international rugby union player, 65
[36]
9 August -
J. Vyrnwy Morgan , minister and author, 65
26 September -
William Bowen , rugby player, 63
19 October -
David John Thomas , Wales international rugby union, 45
[37]
4 November -
William David Owen , writer, 51
[38]
16 November -
Towyn Jones , politician, 66
[39]
20 November -
Alexandra of Denmark , the queen mother, former Princess of Wales, 80
[40]
19 December -
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes , teacher, 74
[41]
See also
References
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ISBN
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^ Emlyn Glasnant Jenkins (2001).
"Lewis, Howell Elvet ('Elfed'; 1860–1953), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet" .
Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
National Library of Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2022 .
^ Tony Woolway (15 October 2016).
Cardiff in the Headlines . Amberley Publishing. p. 35.
ISBN
978-1-4456-4889-7 .
Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021 .
^
"Ammanford Anthracite Strike 1925" . 2010-08-24.
Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2015-01-21 .
^
Morgan, Kenneth O. (1981).
Rebirth of a nation: Wales, 1880-1980 . History of Wales. Vol. 6 (reprint 2002 ed.). Oxford:
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ISBN
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Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2011-02-09 .
^ Davies, John (1994). A History of Wales . Penguin. p. 547.
ISBN
0-14-014581-8 .
^ Nigel R. Jones (2005).
Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales . Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 198.
ISBN
978-0-313-31850-4 .
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^
Editor & Publisher . Editor & Publisher Company. 1962. p. 28.
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^
"Winners of the Chair" . National Eisteddfod of Wales . 3 October 2019. [
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^
"Winners of the Crown" . National Eisteddfod of Wales .
Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019 .
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Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019 .
^
An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: I East: the Cantref of Arllechwedd and the Commote of Creuddyn . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 1960. p. 182.
Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12 .
^
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^
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Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12 .
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"Davies, David Rees ('Cledlyn'; 1875-1964), schoolmaster, poet, writer, local historian" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019 .
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins.
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^
Studia Celtica . University of Wales Press. 1981. p. 232.
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Davies, John (1994). Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales . University of Wales Press. pp. 33–34.
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^ Andrew Roth (26 February 2012).
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Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019 .
^ Andrew Roth (19 April 2004).
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^ John Graham Jones.
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^ Colin Matthew; Henry Colin Gray Matthew (1999).
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ISBN
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^ Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfired (23 March 2016).
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^ Tise Vahimagi.
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^
Peter Yorke (8 May 2007).
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ISBN
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Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021 .
^
Edward John Lewis player profile
Archived 2021-09-12 at the
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^
David Thomas player profile Scrum.com
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"Owen, William David (1874-1925), lawyer and journalist" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019 .
^ David Thomas Jones.
"Jones, Josiah Towyn (1858-1925), Congregational minister and Member of Parliament" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography .
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