1. William Thomas Havard was a Welsh clergyman and rugby union international player.
21 Facts About William Havard
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William Havard served as a military chaplain during the First World War, and later as Bishop of St Asaph and then Bishop of St David's in the Church in Wales.
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William Havard attended Brecon county school before studying at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated with a 3rd-class BA degree in history in 1912.
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William Havard then trained for ordination at St Michael's College, Llandaff and was ordained deacon in 1913 and priest in 1914.
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William Havard was curate of Llanelli from 1913 to 1915.
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William Havard retained an honorary commission as chaplain to the forces, 4th class.
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William Havard was Mentioned in Despatches in 1917, and was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 New Year Honours.
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On 21 April 1919, William Havard played for Wales in a tour match against the New Zealand Army.
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William Havard was an Oxford blue, playing for Oxford in The Varsity Match of 1919.
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William Havard was part of the Jesus College rugby team that won the inter-collegiate cup in 1920.
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William Havard played football to a high standard, playing for Swansea Town.
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In September 1912, two days before the Swansea Town's first Southern League match, William Havard was in the reserve team in a match against Merthyr and scored Swansea's first goal in their first competitive season.
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In January 1914, William Havard had recently played football for Llanelli, prompting objections that this should debar him from playing rugby for Llanelli as an amateur: he was allowed to play one match, but not another.
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William Havard was a canon of Brecon Cathedral from 1930 to 1934.
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William Havard had in 1923 he returned to a more active army role, joining the Territorials in his previous grade on 8 May 1923, he was then promoted to Chaplain, 3rd class on 21 February 1925 before being appointed to a reserve commission on 6 January 1934, which he retained until reaching the age-limit for the position in 1949, when he was again granted an honorary commission.
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William Havard was translated to St David's in succession to David Prosser in 1950.
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William Havard was regarded as a powerful preacher in both Welsh and in English, with his sermon on the Sunday before the National Eisteddfod often being broadcast.
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William Havard was Select Preacher at St Andrew's University and Canterbury, and travelled to Yale University in 1951 as a special lecturer and preacher.
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William Havard was prominent in educational activities, chairing the education council of the Church in Wales, and acting as Visitor to St David's College, Llandovery College, Trinity College, Carmarthen and St John's College, Ystrad Meurig.
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William Havard died on 17 August 1956, and was buried in Brecon.
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William Havard's memorial is in the Havard Chapel of Brecon Cathedral.