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ROBERTS, ARTHUR BRYN (1897 - 1964), trade unionist general secretary of the National Union of Social Workers from 1934 to 1962 when he retired due to ill-health. The union grew considerably under his leadership. He was a representative at the American Labour Federation in 1942 and was one of the deputation of Labour unionists to China in 1954. For a period he was a member of a committee on social workers in the Mental Health Service and was prominent as
ROBERTS, Sir GEORGE FOSSETT (1870 - 1954), soldier, politician and administrator Hospital Management Committee, 1948-51. Roberts was a member of a large number of local committees, was a prominent public figure in the Aberystwyth area and at Llanbadarn Fawr church. He won great respect because of his high principles, his kindness and generosity, and unfailing courtesy. Fossett Roberts was awarded the O.B.E. in 1919, the T.D. in 1922, was knighted in 1935 and received the C.B. in 1942
ROBERTS, GLYN (1904 - 1962), historian and administrator from 1535-1832 and in 1929 was awarded an M.A. as well as the Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd prize for his thesis which reveals the influence of Lewis Namier. In the same year he was appointed assistant lecturer at University College, Swansea where he remained until 1939 when he joined the Civil Service. By 1942 he was an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Supply and in 1944 was promoted deputy head
ROBERTS, GOMER MORGAN (1904 - 1993), minister (CM), historian, author and hymnwriter History Society, 1973-83. He delivered the Historical Lecture in 1942 and 1964 and the Revival Memorial Lecture in 1966. As part of his work with the History Society he edited Selected Trevecka Letters (1743-47) in 1956 and Selected Trevecka Letters (1747-94) in 1962. In 1973 he edited the first two volumes of Hanes Methodistiaeth Galfinaidd Cymru. In the same year he was elected Moderator of the
ROBERTS, GORONWY OWEN (Baron Goronwy-Roberts), (1913 - 1981), Labour politician was awarded the Freedom of Caernarvon in 1972. His hobbies included walking, music and collecting year books and annuals, and he also wrote and broadcast regularly on political and literary topics. He was elected FRSA in 1967. His political papers are in the custody of the National Library of Wales. He had married in 1942 Marian Ann, the daughter of David and Elizabeth Evans of Robertstown, Aberdare
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1912 - 1969), priest and poet publications include: Wrth y tân, 1944; Coed Celyddon, 1945; Gwasanaethau'r Plant (trans.), 1953, Hanes y Beibl, 1954; Cerddi 1954; Yr Esgob William Morgan, 1955; Llyfr y Siaced Fraith, 1957; Seintiau Cymru (with E.P. Roberts), 1957; Ymddiddanion Llafar, 1961; Sgyrsiau wedi'r Oedfa, 1966; Awdl Goffa i R. Williams-Parry, 1967; Ysgrifau, 1968; Cofnodion, 1970. He married in 1942 Margaret Morris, daughter of
ROBERTS, ROBERT ELLIS VAUGHAN (1888 - 1962), headmaster and naturalist naturalist, Richard Morgan (1854 - 1939). In 1942 he was appointed the first head of the elementary agricultural technical school at Llysfasi but in 1948 returned to the headship of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl school, a post which he held until his retirement in 1953. Throughout his life he was a regular contributor to a number of Welsh and English journals incl. Y Cymro, Yr Herald Cymraeg, Meirionnydd, Yr Athro
ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY (1907 - 1982), actor, broadcaster also took part in plays broadcast from Cardiff, sometimes under the direction of T. Rowland Hughes and including some by Saunders Lewis, 'Amlyn ac Amig' (with Hugh Griffith), 'Buchedd Garmon'. He served in the army during World War II and went to India, to Calcutta and Mysore, in 1942. He resumed his career on his return to Newborough and became well known as an elocution adjudicator. He was honoured
ROWLEY, HAROLD HENRY (1890 - 1969), professor, scholar and author Chair of Semitic languages at Manchester University in 1945, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the University (1953-56), remaining there until his retirement in 1956. He was also president of the Baptist Union of Britain (1957-58). Among his numerous published works are: Darius the Mede and the four world empires in the Book of Daniel (1935), The Relevance of the Bible (1942), The
RUSBRIDGE, ROSALIND (1915 - 2004), teacher and peace campaigner Fellowship. Rosalind and her brother were both conscientious objectors in the Second World War. Educated at Swansea High School for Girls, Rosalind won a state scholarship to Cambridge University, gaining a first in classics in 1938 and going on to take a DipEd with distinction at Oxford University. She married Ewart Rusbridge (1917-1969), an Oxford double first in music and classics, in 1942. Both were
RUSSON, Sir WILLIAM CLAYTON (1895 - 1968), industrialist Cross, a company which specialised in growing and selling roses and other plants. By the start of World War II the company was also selling garden seeds and in 1940 moved to Dolgellau and then to Barmouth and finally, in 1942-43, to Llangollen. He had by this time become fully involved in the life of Wales and in 1944 became the first chairman of the North Wales Industrial Society and its president in
SALMON, HARRY MORREY (1891 - 1985), conservationist, naturalist, soldier Command Defence Officer at Coastal Command, Northwood, travelling extensively from Cornwall to the Shetlands, from Kent to Northern Ireland. The formation of the RAF Regiment in February 1942 saw Salmon reorganising and training the new units, and in September he was appointed the Commander-designate of all the units taking part in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, arriving in Algeria on 12

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