2017-07-10 - Remembering hedd wyn - Private Ellis Humphrey Evans
Wendy Williams:
Rhyd-y-Foel held the Annual Scarecrow Fest, this year the theme was Welsh Legends. As we approach the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, I remembered Hedd Wyn a True Welsh Legend..
When Ellis Humphrey Evans was born on 13 January 1887 in Trawsfynydd, North Wales, his father, Evan, was 34 and his mother, Mary, was 22. He had four brothers and six sisters. He died on 31 July 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I, at the age of 30, and was buried in Ieper, West.
Hedd Wyn (born Ellis Humphrey Evans, 13 January 1887 – 31 July 1917) was a Welsh language poet. He was posthumously awarded the bard's chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod. Evans, who had been awarded several chairs for his poetry, was inspired to take the bardic name Hedd Wyn (Welsh: blessed peace) from the way sunlight penetrated the mist in the Meirionydd valleys.
His style, which was influenced by romantic poetry, was dominated by themes of nature and religion. He also wrote several war poems following the outbreak of war on the Western Front.
