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1938 in Wales

Index 1938 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1938 to Wales and its people. [1]

108 relations: Aberystwyth, Alfred Brice, Andrew Vicari, Aneirin, April 16, April 20, April 25, Archbishop of Wales, Archdruid, Arwel Hughes, August 6, Augustus John, BBC, Bishop of Bangor, Brook Williams, Cardiff, Cathays Park, Charles Green (bishop), Charles Langbridge Morgan, Clement Edwards, Clive Rowlands, Commonwealth Games, December 15, December 29, December 4, Delwyn Williams, Denzil Davies, Dick Hellings, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Don Carlos, Dublin, Edith Picton-Turbervill, Edward Morgan Humphreys, Edward Tegla Davies, Elena Puw Morgan, Eluned Morgan (author), Emlyn Williams, February 3, February 5, February 9, George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, Giotto Griffiths, Gwilym R. Jones, Gwynne Howell, Henry V (play), Idris Davies, Ifor Williams, Ivor Novello, Jack Elliott (rugby player), Jack Jones (novelist), ..., James Bevan, James Kitchener Davies, January 14, January 19, January 22, January 6, Jim Alford, John Davies (historian), John Griffith (engineer), John James Williams (poet), John Prescott, John Thomas Job, July 22, July 6, June 13, June 23, Lewis Casson, Llantwit Major Roman Villa, March 1, March 30, May 14, May 28, May 31, May 8, Michael Bogdanov, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Naunton Wayne, Ness Edwards, November 1, November 28, November 4, October 22, October 9, Prince of Wales, Princess of Wales, Rees Davies, Reggie Gibbs, Richard Hughes (British writer), Richard Meade, Royal Academy of Arts, Rugby union, Temple of Peace and Health, The Corn Is Green, The Lady Vanishes, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Tom Beynon, Tony Lewis, Tudor Davies, Victor Erle Nash-Williams, Wales, Welsh people, Weston-super-Mare, William Edwards (politician), William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, William Plomer, William Price (industrialist), 1938 British Empire Games, 1938 in Northern Ireland. Expand index (58 more) »

Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth (Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre, and holiday resort within Ceredigion, West Wales, often colloquially known as Aber.

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Alfred Brice

Alfred "Bobby" Brice (21 September 1871 – 28 May 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Aberavon and Cardiff.

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Andrew Vicari

Andrew Vicari (born Andrea Antonio Giovanni Vaccari, 20 April 1932 – 3 October 2016) was a Welsh painter working in France, who established a career painting portraits of prominent people.

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Aneirin

Aneirin or Neirin was an early Medieval Brythonic poet.

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April 16

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April 20

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April 25

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Archbishop of Wales

The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part), and disestablished.

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Archdruid

Archdruid is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd.

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Arwel Hughes

Arwel Hughes OBE (25 August 1909 – 23 September 1988) was a Welsh orchestral conductor and composer.

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August 6

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Augustus John

Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bishop of Bangor

The Bishop of Bangor is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.

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Brook Williams

Brook Richard Williams (22 January 1938 – 29 April 2005) was a Welsh stage actor who also made numerous film and television appearances in small roles.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cathays Park

Cathays Park or Cardiff Civic Centre (Parc Cathays) is a civic centre area in the city centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, consisting of a number of early 20th century buildings and a central park area, Alexandra Gardens.

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Charles Green (bishop)

Charles Alfred Howell Green (19 August 1864 – 7 May 1944) was an Anglican bishop of the Church in Wales.

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Charles Langbridge Morgan

Charles Langbridge Morgan (22 January 1894 – 6 February 1958) was an English-born playwright and novelist of English and Welsh parentage.

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Clement Edwards

(Allen) Clement Edwards (7 June 1869 – 23 June 1938), usually known as Clem, was a Welsh lawyer, journalist, trade union activist and Liberal Party politician.

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Clive Rowlands

Clive Rowlands OBE (born 14 May 1938) is a former Welsh rugby union footballer and later coach.

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Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.

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December 15

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December 29

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December 4

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Delwyn Williams

David John Delwyn Williams (born 1 November 1938) is a British former Conservative Party politician and solicitor.

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Denzil Davies

David John Denzil Davies (born 9 October 1938) is a British Labour politician.

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Dick Hellings

Richard Hellings (1 December 1874 – 9 February 1938) was an English born rugby union forward who played international rugby for Wales and club rugby for Llwynypia.

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Dolaucothi Gold Mines

The Dolaucothi Gold Mines (Mwynfeydd Aur Dolaucothi), also known as the Ogofau Gold Mine, are ancient Roman surface and underground mines located in the valley of the River Cothi, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Don Carlos

Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos, Infante of Spain) by Friedrich Schiller.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Edith Picton-Turbervill

Edith Picton-Turbervill OBE (13 June 1872 – 31 August 1960) was an English social reformer, writer and Labour Party politician.

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Edward Morgan Humphreys

Edward Morgan Humphreys (1882-1955) was a Welsh novelist, translator, and journalist, often known as E. Morgan Humphreys.

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Edward Tegla Davies

Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister and a popular Welsh language writer, born at Llandegla-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, north Wales.

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Elena Puw Morgan

Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973) was a Welsh writer who won the Literary Medal at the Cardiff National Eisteddfod in 1938.

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Eluned Morgan (author)

Eluned Morgan (20 March 1870 – 29 December 1938), was a Welsh-language author from Patagonia.

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Emlyn Williams

George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987), known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor.

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February 3

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February 5

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February 9

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George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech

George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, (21 January 1855 – 8 May 1938), was a British soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament.

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Giotto Griffiths

Griffith 'Giotto' Griffiths (15 September 1864 – 22 July 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.

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Gwilym R. Jones

Gwilym Richard Jones (24 March 1903 – 29 July 1993) was an editor and poet, and the first person to have received all three major literary awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

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Gwynne Howell

Gwynne Howell (born 13 June 1938) is a Welsh operatic bass, known particularly for his performances of Verdi and Wagner roles.

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Henry V (play)

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599.

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Idris Davies

Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet.

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Ifor Williams

Sir Ifor Williams, FBA (16 April 1881 – 4 November 1965) was a Welsh scholar who laid the foundations for the academic study of Old Welsh, particularly early Welsh poetry.

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Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), born David Ivor Davies, was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

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Jack Elliott (rugby player)

John "Jack" Elliott (also spelled Jack Elliot) (13 August 1871 – 30 March 1938) was a Welsh rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales, winning three caps.

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Jack Jones (novelist)

Jack Jones CBE (24 November 1884 – 7 May 1970) was a Welsh miner, Trade Union official, politician, novelist and playwright.

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James Bevan

James Bevan (15 April 1858 – 3 February 1938) was a Wales international rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Clifton RFC and Newport.

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James Kitchener Davies

James Kitchener Davies (16 June 1902 – 25 August 1952), Biography of James Kitchener Davies also known as J. Kitchener Davies, was a Welsh poet and playwright who wrote mostly in the Welsh language.

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January 14

In the 20th and 21st centuries the Julian calendar is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, thus January 14 is sometimes celebrated as New Year's Day (Old New Year) by religious groups who use the Julian calendar.

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January 19

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January 22

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January 6

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Jim Alford

James William Llewellyn Alford (15 October 1913 – 5 August 2004) was a Welsh track athlete who was born in Cardiff, Wales.

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John Davies (historian)

John Davies (25 April 1938 – 16 February 2015) was a Welsh historian, and a television and radio broadcaster.

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John Griffith (engineer)

Sir John Purser Griffith (5 October 1848 – 21 October 1938) was a Welsh-born Irish civil engineer and politician.

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John James Williams (poet)

John James Williams (8 October 1869 – 6 May 1954), commonly known by his bardic name of "J.J.", was a Welsh poet and served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1936 to 1939.

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John Prescott

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.

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John Thomas Job

John Thomas Job (21 May 1867 – 4 November 1938), was a Welsh minister, hymn-writer and poet.

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July 22

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July 6

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June 13

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June 23

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Lewis Casson

Sir Lewis Thomas Casson MC (26 October 187516 May 1969) was a British actor and theatre director, and the husband of actress Dame Sybil Thorndike.

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Llantwit Major Roman Villa

The Llantwit Major Roman Villa was a Roman L-shaped courtyard villa located at what is now Caermead, immediately north of the town of Llantwit Major in the Welsh county of South Glamorgan.

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March 1

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March 30

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May 14

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May 28

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May 31

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May 8

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Michael Bogdanov

Michael Bogdanov (15 December 1938 – 16 April 2017) was a Welsh theatre director known for his work with new plays, modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare, musicals and work for young people.

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.

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Naunton Wayne

Naunton Wayne (22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a British character actor, born Henry Wayne Davies in Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales.

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Ness Edwards

Onesimus Edwards (5 April 1897 – 3 May 1968), generally known as Ness Edwards, was a Welsh Labour Party politician.

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November 1

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November 28

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November 4

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October 22

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October 9

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) was a title granted to princes born in Wales from the 12th century onwards; the term replaced the use of the word king.

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Princess of Wales

Princess of Wales (Tywysoges Cymru) is a British courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales, who is, since the 14th century, the heir apparent of the English or British monarch.

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Rees Davies

Sir Robert Rees Davies CBE (6 August 1938 – 16 May 2005), was a Welsh historian.

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Reggie Gibbs

Reginald "Reggie" Arthur Gibbs (7 May 1882 – 28 November 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Penarth and Cardiff.

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Richard Hughes (British writer)

Richard Arthur Warren Hughes OBE (19 April 1900 – 28 April 1976) was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays.

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Richard Meade

Richard John Hannay Meade, OBE (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian Olympian.

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Temple of Peace and Health

The Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health, known as the Temple of Peace and Health, is a non-religious civic building in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, in the United Kingdom.

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The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams.

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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave.

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Tom Beynon

Tom Beynon (born c. 1941) was a Canadian football player who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Rough Riders.

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Tony Lewis

Anthony Robert Lewis CBE (born 6 July 1938) is a former Welsh cricketer, who captained England, became a journalist, went on to become the face of BBC Television cricket coverage in the 1990s, and became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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Tudor Davies

Tudor Davies (12 November 18922 April 1958) was a Welsh tenor.

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Victor Erle Nash-Williams

Victor Erle Nash-Williams (21 August 1897 – 15 December 1955) was a noted Welsh archaeologist.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh people

The Welsh (Cymry) are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh history, and the Welsh language.

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Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare is a seaside town in Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel south west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill.

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William Edwards (politician)

William Henry Edwards (6 January 1938 – 16 August 2007), also known as "Will Edwards", was a British Labour politician.

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William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech

William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, (11 April 1885 – 14 February 1964) was a British Conservative politician and banker.

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William Plomer

William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE (he pronounced the surname as ploomer) (10 December 1903 – 21 September 1973) was a South African and British author, known as a novelist, poet and literary editor.

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William Price (industrialist)

Sir William Price (~1860 – 16 April 1938), born in Wales, was a farmer and industrialist, Director of United Dairies Ltd.

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1938 British Empire Games

The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent.

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1938 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1938 in Northern Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_in_Wales

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