The well-known North Wales figures we have lost in 2020 - and why they will be so missed
The region has lost a lot of brilliant people this year - but they won t be forgotten
05:00, 31 DEC 2020
The people we have loved and lost in 2020 (Image: North Wales Live)
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Did Jenkins Give NATO a ‘Headache’ That Lasted Long After His Imprisonment?
A lot will be written after the death of Welsh nationalist, John Barnard Jenkins, and it’s fair to say that his legacy and that of MAC will be remembered mainly in terms of the attack on the 1969 investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.
However it is perhaps one of the last actions of MAC which will have given the British Government and certainly its Ministry of Defence even greater concern. This was the attack in 1969 on the South Stack communications relay station on Anglesey critical to communications to the Republic of Ireland but which also carried communications to the MOD and its installations in the six counties.
John Barnard Jenkins RIP (1933 – 2020) A Welsh Hero John Jenkins who has died was one of the most significant figures in the Welsh independence movement militant national struggle of the twentieth century.
Jenkins headed Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (MAC) – the Movement for the Defence of Wales – which together with the Free Wales Army and later Mebion Glydwr carried a torch for Welsh Freedom from the 1960s. MAC Carried out a bombing campaign from 1966-69.
My own personal view is that MAC and John Jenkins were the most significant players in the 1960s and certainly up until the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, a move that was regarded with disdain by many Welsh people, they ran rings around the British Security Forces.
‘His Struggles Led to a New Awakening’ (This is a translation from the Welsh News item on BBC Cymru about the death of John Barnard Jenkins)
“It was sad and shocking to hear … that the Welsh patriot, John Jenkins had left us,” said Owain Williams – one of the founders of MAC, who was also jailed for bombing the Tryweryn dam in 1963.
“When thinking about what he achieved in a relatively short period of time during the 60s, it is increasingly apparent to all who understand politics that his sacrifice has contributed more than any other event to what happen today, “he said.