This article is about the particular significance of the year 1924 to Wales and its people. Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: (Welsh for Land of My Fathers) Capital Cardiff (Caerdydd) Largest city Cardiff (Caerdydd) Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056... The Welsh (Cymry) are an ethnic group or nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ...

See also 1923 in Wales, other events of 1924, 1925 in Wales and the list of years in Wales. Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. ...

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 - Elfed

The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor, the current Princess of Wales. ... The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part). ... Alfred George Edwards (1848-1937) was elected the first Archbishop of the disestablished Church in Wales. ... Druid can refer to: a priest of the religion of the ancient Celts, see Druidry. ... The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...

Events

• January - Ramsay MacDonald, MP for Aberavon, becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the UK.
• April 26 - Harry Grindell Matthews fails to convince the War Office of the efficacy of his new invention, the "death ray".
• October 29 - In the United Kingdom general election, 1924:
  • The Welsh electorate is 1,289,924
  • Of 36 Welsh MPs, eight are elected unopposed.
  • MacDonald loses his position as Prime Minster
  • Only one female candidate stands for election in Wales.
  • Newly-elected MPs include Walter D'Arcy Hall (Brecon and Radnor), Henry Arthur Evans (Cardiff South), Alfred Mond (Carmarthen) and Walter Runciman (Swansea West).
• Vernon Hartshorn becomes Postmaster-General.
• Jimmy Thomas becomes Colonial Secretary.
• David Ifon Jones becomes the only Welshman ever to be given a state funeral in the Soviet Union.

James Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866–9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... Harry Grindell Matthews (1880 - September 11, 1941) was a British inventor who is famous for claiming to have invented a death ray that he could not demonstrate convincingly. ... Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with energy weapon. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924. ... Lt-Col Walter DArcy Hall MC (10 August 1891 - January 22, 1980) was a soldier, Unionist Member of Parliament and hunter of game (big and small). ... Henry Arthur Evans (24 September 1898 – 25 September 1958), known as Arthur Evans, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician. ... The Iconoclart Sir Alfred Mond. ... Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1870-1949) was a prominent Liberal, later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom from the 1900s until the 1930s. ... Vernon Hartshorn (1872-1931) was a British Labour Party politician who served on the Simon Commission and in various positions in the Labour governments of Ramsay MacDonald. ... James (Jimmy) Henry Thomas, (October 3, 1874 - January 21, 1949) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician. ...

Arts and literature

• Claude Friese-Greene visits Cardiff, Chepstow and Raglan in the course of his drive from John O'Groats to Land's End.
• A rare Handled Beaker is found during archaeological excavations at a Bronze Age burial cairn in the Black Mountains.

Claude Friese-Greene (1898 – 1943), British-born cinema technician and filmmaker, and notably most famous for his 1926 collection of films entitled The Open Road. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... For the magazine see Cairn Magazine. ... There are several mountain ranges named the Black Mountains. ...

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Pontypool)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Albert Evans Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Edward Prosser Rhys

The Eisteddfod (from Welsh eistedd, to sit; plural is eisteddfodau) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 37,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ...

New books

• Saunders Lewis - A School of Welsh Augustans
• Arthur Machen - The London Adventure

Saunders Lewis (John Saunders Lewis), (October 15, 1893 - September 1, 1985), was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic and political activist. ... Arthur Machen (March 3, 1863 – December 15th, 1947) was a leading Welsh-born author of the 1890s. ...

Music

Film

Broadcasting

• December 12 - The first broadcast is made from the 5SX radio relay station at Swansea. The studio is opened by the mayor of Swansea.

December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... Swansea (Welsh: , mouth of the Tawe) is a city in Wales and a Welsh County. ...

Sports

• Football - 49-year-old Billy Meredith becomes the oldest man ever to play in an FA Cup semi-final.

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Births

• March 15 - Tom Ellis, politician
• June 7 - Donald Watts Davies, computer scientist (d. 2000)
• September 17 - Islwyn Ffowc Elis, author
• date unknown
  • Emrys Evans, banker (d. 2004)

March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Donald Watts Davies (June 7, 1924 - May 28, 2000) was a UK scientist who was a co-inventor of packet switching, along with Paul Baran and Leonard Kleinrock; he is the originator of the term packet switching. Just prior to Davies death, he contested Kleinrocks views on the importance... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Islwyn Ffowc Elis (November 17, 1924 - January 22, 2004) was one of Wales most popular writers in the Welsh language. ...

Deaths

• date unknown
  • John Roberts (Pencerdd Gwynedd), organist and composer
  • John Richard Williams (J. R. Tryfanwy), poet
  • William Henry Griffith Thomas, influential clergyman