Ellis Humphrey EVANS a War Poet who wrote under the name Hedd Wyn which means Blessed Peace.
ELLIS HUMPHREY EVANS Private 61117
15th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Born 13 January 1887, Pen Lan, Trawsfynydd. Son of Evan and Mary Evans of Ysgwrn Farm, Trawsfynydd, Merioneth.
Died 31 July 1917 aged 30 years at Passchendaele.
At rest in Artillery Wood Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave II.F.11
“Y prifardd hedd wyn”
February 1917, he went for training at Litherland Camp, Liverpool and in March 1917 the government called for farm workers to help with ploughing and many soldiers were temporarily released. Hedd Wyn was given seven weeks' leave. 1917 was such a wet year and he stayed on the farm for a further 7 days. This extra seven days made him a deserter. The
military police came to fetch him from the hayfield and took him to the jail at
Blaenau. From there he travelled to the war in
Belgium.
In June 1917 he joined the 15th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
A War Poet who wrote under the name Hedd Wyn which means Blessed Peace.
Photograph credited to Poetry Foundation
