1917 in Wales - Events

Events

  • February - Psychoanalyst Ernest Jones marries composer Morfydd Llwyn Owen.
  • 6 July - Aqaba falls to a joint force of Arab irregulars and the supporters of Auda Abu Tayi, largely thanks to the efforts of T. E. Lawrence.
  • 17 July - Prince Louis of Battenberg is created Marquess of Milford Haven.
  • August - At the Birkenhead eisteddfod, the announcement is made that the winner of the chair, Hedd Wyn, has been killed in battle. Contralto Laura Evans-Williams sings I Blas Gogerddan instead of the traditional chairing song.
  • 25 August - The steamship Cymrian is torpedoed by a German U-boat off Porthcawl, resulting in the deaths of 10 crew.
  • September - Hugh Evan-Thomas is promoted to vice-admiral.
  • 28 October - The steamship Eskmere is torpedoed by a German U-boat in St Bride's Bay, resulting in the deaths of 20 crew.
  • 7 December - The steamship Earl of Elgin is torpedoed by a German U-boat in Caernarfon Bay, resulting in the deaths of 18 crew.
  • 15 December - The steamship Formby is torpedoed by a German U-boat in Caernarfon Bay, resulting in the deaths of 15 crew.
  • 27 December - The steamship Adela is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the Skerries, Anglesey, resulting in the deaths of 24 crew.
  • The Rotary Club opens its first branches in Wales, at Cardiff and Llanelli.
  • Launch of the first submarine built in Pembroke.
  • Josiah Towyn Jones becomes a Junior Lord of the Treasury and government Whip.
  • Jimmy Thomas becomes General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, which he had been instrumental in forming.
  • Margaret Haig Thomas becomes Director of the Women's Department of the Ministry of National Service.
  • St Winefride's Well at Holywell temporarily dries up as a result of mining activity.
  • Trade unionist Ness Edwards is imprisoned as a conscientious objector.

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