Signatories to the 1925 Churches Peace Appeal

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The 22 signatories to the 1925 Welsh Churches Peace Appeal to America, represent leaders of many of Wales’ largest Christian congregations in the 1920s.

Leaflet of Signatories

Transcription of Signatories

SIGNATORIES TO THE MEMORIAL

  1. J ST DAVID’S (John Owen), The Right Rev. THE LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVIDS. Wikipedia; Welsh Biography
  2. C MONUMUTEN (Charles Green). The Right Rev. THE LORD BISHOP OF MONMOUTH. Wikipedia; Welsh Biography
  3. The Rev. B. HUMPHREYS, President of the Baptist Union of Wales and Monmouthshire. – Welsh Biography
  4. The Rev. E. EDMUNDS, Secretary of the Baptist Union of Wales and Monmouthshire.
  5. The Rev. W. EVANS, President of the English Baptist Union of Wales and Monmouthshire.
  6. The Rev. PHILIP JONES, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodists or Presbyterian Church of Wales.
  7. The Rev. J. D. EVANS, M.A., Secretary of the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodists or Presbyterian Church of Wales.
  8. The Rev. DAVID HOSKINS, M.A., Moderator of the North Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association.
  9. The Rev. J. PRITCHARD, M.A., B.D., Secretary of the North Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association.
  10. The Rev. T. E. ROBERTS, M.A., Moderator of the South Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association.
  11. The Rev. STEPHEN GEORGE, M.A., Secretary of the South Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association.
  12. The Rev. D. LLOYD MORGAN, D.D., Chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents.
  13. The Rev. JAMES DAVIES, B.A., Senior Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents.
  14. Mr. J. M. EDWARDS, President of the English Congregational Union of North Wales.
  15. The Rev. D. J. NICHOLAS, B.D., Secretary of the English Congregational Union of North Wales.
  16. Professor D. MORGAN LEWIS, M.A., President of the South Wales English Congregational Union.
  17. The Rev. D. J. THOMAS, Secretary of the South Wales English Congregational Union.
  18. The Rev. HuGH EVANS (Cynfor, President of the Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Assembly.
  19. The Rev. H. MEIRION DAVIES, Secretary of the Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Assembly.
  20. The Rev. J. JABEZ HARRISON, President of the South Wales Primitive Methodist Synod.
  21. The Rev. W. OVERTON, Secretary of the South Wales District Committee of the Primitive Methodist Church.
  22. Mr. H. D. PHILLIPS, of the Society of Friends in Wales.

Missing Voices? Faith in 1920s Wales

Compared to interfaith initiatives today, a number of religions are notable by their absence: as well as Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh and wider world religions. We can only speculate as to possible reasons for these gaps on the petition.

Many Welsh towns in the 1920s, especially the larger cities and ports, would have had thriving multicultural, interfaith communities with mosques, synagogues and other dedicated community prayer centres. However, few were ‘networked’ or represented by national bodies who could sign up to policy pledges on behalf of an entire faith movement; a strength nowadays provided through bodies such as the Muslim Council of Wales and Welsh Jewish Cultural Centre. Among Christian churches, Catholic leaders are also notably absent. However, it is conceivable that Irish independence from Britain in 1921 – with Partition of Northern Ireland and civil war dividing Catholic and Protestants – may have been considered a considerable barrier for Welsh Catholic leaders asked to co-author a Peace Declaration.

Memorial Signatories in Detail