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1940 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1940 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

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Events

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Arts and literature

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Awards

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  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bangor (radio))
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - T. Rowland Hughes
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld

New books

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Music

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Film

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Broadcasting

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  • 25 February - The Proud Valley is the first film to have its première on radio, when the BBC broadcasts a 60-minute version.[10]
  • May - The BBC Radio Variety Department relocates to Bangor because of wartime disruption; it will broadcast from here until August 1943.[11]
  • August - The National Eisteddfod of Wales is broadcast on the British Home Service, including 15 minutes each for the crown and chair ceremonies.[12]

Sport

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  • Football
  • Quoits - Jack Price wins the Welsh championship for the third time.

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  9. ^ "Plaza Cinema, Talbot Road, Port Talbot". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  10. ^ Stephen Bourne (30 November 2001). Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television Second Edition. A&C Black. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8264-5539-0.
  11. ^ British Broadcasting Corporation (1944). BBC Handbook. p. 50.
  12. ^ "Literature Wales: Encyclopedia - Broadcasting". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  13. ^ "Brian D. Josephson Biographical". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Leighton Rees". The Telegraph. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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  21. ^ Donald Evans (16 December 1991). Rhydwen Williams. University of Wales Press. p. 83.
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  23. ^ Edward Morgan Humphreys. "Lewis, Sir Alfred (Edward) (1868-1940), banker". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  24. ^ "Hugh Hesketh Hughes". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2011. Regiment/Service: Welsh Guards Date of Death: 23/05/1940 Service No: 103800 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
  25. ^ ‘BOWEN, Sir George Bevan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 30 Nov 2013
  26. ^ Obituaries (Obituaries) The Times Friday, Jul 05, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48660; col E
  27. ^ David Williams. "Thomas, Sir Daniel Lleufer (1863-1940), stipendiary magistrate". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  28. ^ Lawrence Normand (1 September 2003). W.H. Davies. Seren. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-85411-261-3.
  29. ^ David Thomas. "Jones, Robert Thomas (1874-1940), Labour leader". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2019.