We remember Ellis Humphrey Evans - Hedd Wyn

We remember Ellis Humphrey Evans - Hedd Wyn

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1887
birth Trawsfynydd, Meirionydd United Kingdom Source:5497874 Source:7724710 13th January 1887
1889
sibling David Source:7724708 1889
1890
sibling Mary Source:7724708 1890
1891
location Ysgwrn, Tyllwyd Terrace, Trawsfynydd United Kingdom parents address Source:7724706 1891 - 1911
1892
sibling Kate Source:7724708 1892
1896
sibling Maggie Source:7724708 1896
1899
sibling Robert Llewelyn Source:7724708 1899
1901
employment Farmer's Son Source:7724708 1901
1902
sibling Evan Source:7724710 1902
1904
sibling Ann Source:7724710 1904
1907
sibling Enid Source:7724710 1907
1911
employment Mab Farmwr Gweithiwr Farm Source:7724710 1911
1917
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:7724723 June 1917
1917
service British Army Private 61117 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion Source:7724723 1917
1917
death Killed in Action @ the Battle of Passchendaele Pilckem Ridge, Ypres Belgium Source:7005631 Source:5497874 31st July 1917
burial Artillery Wood Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Artillery Wood Cemetery ,11. F. 11 Boezinge West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium Belgium II. F. 11 Source:7005631

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ellis Humphrey
Initials EH
Last Name Evans - Hedd Wyn
Source 7724706
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Ysgwrn, Tyllwyd Terrace, Trawsfynydd United Kingdom parents address 1891 - 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 61117 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Evans mother
Evan Evans father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
David brother 1889
Robert Llewelyn brother 1899
Mary sister 1890
Kate sister 1892
Maggie sister 1896
Evan brother 1902
Ann sister 1904
Enid sister 1907

Media

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  • Memorial stone
    Memorial marker stone in the Artillery Wood Cemetery Boezinge West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium

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    Timothy8864

  • Ellis Humphrey Evans (alias Hedd Wyn)
    Photograph of Hedd Wyn taken in the 1910s. Public domain image downloaded from Wikipedia Commons.

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    C2356

  • 'Yr Arwr'
    This is the first page of the infamous poem written by Ellis Humphrey Evans - Hedd Wyn - which won him the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod in Birkenhead

    Contributed by:
    Selena49658

  • Hedd Wyn statue
    Statue of Hedd Wyn in Trawsfynydd

    Contributed by:
    Selena49658

  • Eisteddod Chairs
    Postcard showing Hedd Wyn's home & Bardic Chairs

    Contributed by:
    Selena49658

  • Headstone
    Artillery Wood Cemetery

    Contributed by:
    Jeremy102799

  • Hedd Wyn, Cerddi'r Bugail
    Book written by Hedd Wyn, held by IWM rare books collection

    Contributed by:
    Catherine91214

  • Hedd Wyn, Cerddi'r Bugail
    Book by Hedd Wyn, held by IWM rare books collection

    Contributed by:
    Catherine91214

  • Hedd Wyn, Cerddi'r Bugail
    Book by Hedd Wyn, held by IWM rare books collection

    Contributed by:
    Catherine91214

  • Bardic chair posthumously awarded to Ellis
    This chair was awarded to Ellis Evans (under the pseudonym Fleurs de Lis) for winning the National Eisteddfod in 1917. He had been killed in Belgium just weeks earlier, and so the chair was brought to his home in Snowdonia.

    Contributed by:
    Charlotte33

  • Carving with initials 'E E', Yr Ysgwrn
    On the outside wall of the house, there is graffiti reading 'E E' - believed to be carved by Ellis Evans

    Contributed by:
    Charlotte33

  • Yr Ysgwrn, where Hedd Wyn lived

    Contributed by:
    Charlotte33

  • Report of Private Evans' death
    Report appearing in the Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 28 August 1917

    Contributed by:
    John6705

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Selena49658
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Selena49658

External Evidence

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NOTES AND LETTERS REGARDING THE DEATH OF HEDD WYN, 1917 Timothy8864
Wikipedia entry for Hedd Wynn, Welsh war poet. Timothy8864
Memorial stone at burial place Timothy8864
Peoples collection Wales Selena49658
National library of Wales Selena49658
Hedd Wynn film Selena49658
Welsh bard falls in the battle fields of Flanders Charlotte33
Stolen Lives: Individual Tragedies of the Great War by Andrew Hamilton and Alan Reed Charlotte33
The Shepherd War Poet Hedd Wyn (Ellis H Evans 1887 - 1917) - edited by Gruffudd Antur Charlotte33
Hedd Wyn's poem "Rhyfel" ("War") Connie110407

Multimedia

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Memorial stone Timothy8864
Ellis Humphrey Evans (alias Hedd Wyn) C2356
'Yr Arwr' Selena49658
Hedd Wyn statue Selena49658
Eisteddod Chairs Selena49658
Headstone Jeremy102799
Hedd Wyn, Cerddi'r Bugail Catherine91214
Hedd Wyn, Cerddi'r Bugail Catherine91214
Hedd Wyn, Cerddi'r Bugail Catherine91214
Bardic chair posthumously awarded to Ellis Charlotte33
Carving with initials 'E E', Yr Ysgwrn Charlotte33
Yr Ysgwrn, where Hedd Wyn lived Charlotte33
Report of Private Evans' death John6705

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