Wales & wars Flashcards
The first Boer war
1880-1881
The second Boer war
1899-1902
When did the Lib party dominate the political life in Wales?
1860s - 1922
The first piecec of legislation treating Wales as seperate from England since 1542
The Sunday Closing Act 1881
The only Welsh Prime Minister
David Lloyd George
The Great War
1914 - 1918
% of the Welsh male population in conscription (WW 1)
21,52%
Two important figures that took part in the 1st WW
Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans)
Edward Thomas
(DATE & AUTHOR)
“Mametz Wood”
1916
Christopher David Williams RBA
(DATE + WHO)
Established Urdd Gobaith Cymru
1922
Ifan ab Owen
What is Urdd Gobaith Cymru (est. 1922)
Welsh medium youth movement, cultural activities (lit, trad, relig, lang)
(DATE + WHO)
Establishment of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru
1925, Pwllheli
Sanders Lewis
3 things Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru wanted
-keep Wales Welsh-speaking
-Welsh as the official language
-home rule
(WHO + DATE)
Fire yn Lly^n
1936
Sanders Lewis, L Valentine, D.J. Williams
Describe Fire yn Lly^n
building set on fire, S. Lewis, L. Valentine, D.J. Williams claimed responsibility
refused to speak English
exposed political bankrupcy
(DATE + CONSEQUENCES)
The Welsh courts act
1942
Welsh might be used in courts, the court should pay for interpreters
(same as with Greek, Arabic)
Communist or socialist sympathisers
-South Wales Miners’ Federation
-Communist Party
(DATE)
Who were Bevin Boys?
1943,
10% of Welsh 18yo conscripts sent to work in coal mines
(labour shortages)
(DATE + PLACE)
Three Nights Blitz
19-21.02.1941
Swansea
Operation Pied Pipier was…
evacuation of children to rural areas of the UK (a lot to Wales)
By 1945 the War Office had taken over…..
10% of land in Wales
Areas in Wales that became a permanent military training ground
Mynydd Epynt, Breconshire
The Falklands War
2 April - 14 June 1982
