Ellis Humphrey Evans ( Hedd Wyn ) Poet, born This Day ( Jan 13th ) 1887

Ellis Humphrey Evans was born on this day ( Jan 13th ) in Merionithshire He was a poet who used the baedic name Hedd Wyn ("Holy Peace"). He was killed in action at Passchendaele during World War I.

Hedd Wyn from FirstWorld War.com:-

"Hedd Wyn (1887-1917), born Ellis Humphrey Evans, was a sheep farmer turned poet-soldier who was killed during the First World War.

Evans - who chose Hedd Wyn ('white peace') as his pen name - was born in Penlan, Trawsfynydd the eldest of eleven children, and lived for much of his life at Yr Ysgwrn, a hill farm east of Trawsfynydd." MORE HERE

Welsh Poet Hedd Wynn Death At Passchendaele

LINKS

Hedd Wyn at 100 Welsh Heroes

Hedd wyn on IMDB

Hedd Wyn at The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum

Hedd Wyn at Gathering the Jewels

The Hero by Hedd Wyn ( in his own hand ) From GTJ

Hedd Wyn on Wikipedia