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Ellis (Hedd Wyn) Humphrey Evans

Golygwyd gan : RhianJames Wales at War / Cymru yn y Rhyfel 09/09/2015

Dyddiad geni: 13/1/1887

Man geni: Penlan, Trawsfynydd

Dyddiad marw: 31/7/1917

Lle bu farw: Pilckem Ridge, Ypres

Rhyw: Gwrywaidd

Lle claddwyd : Mynwent Artillery Wood, Gwlad Belg

Cofebion:

TRAWSFYNYDD WAR MEMORIAL
  • Dyddiad geni - 13/1/1887

    Ble ? - Penlan, Trawsfynydd

  • Dyddiad Ymrestrodd - 1916

    Ble ? - N/A

    Oedran - 29

    Fel -

  • Brwydrau

  • Dyddiad y frwydr - 31/7/1917

    Ble ? - Passchendaele (Trydydd Brwydr Ypres)

  • Rhengoedd

  • Rheng Dyddiad - N/A

    Rheng - Fel Milwr Cyffredin

    Gwasanaeth - Y Fyddin Brydeining

    Fel - Royal Welsh Fusiliers

    Rhif gwasanaeth - 61117

  • Dyddiad marw - 31/7/1917

    Ble ? - Pilckem Ridge, Ypres

Teulu

  • Tad - Evan Evans
  • Mam - Mary Evans

Cyfeiriad

  • Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd

Iaith/ieithoedd siaradwyd

  • Cymraeg

Gwybodaeth bellach

Ellis Humphrey Evans is perhaps better known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn. He was a gifted poet and had competed in many local eisteddfodau under the pseudonym HeddWyn. He won his first eisteddfod chair in Bala in 1907. He was posthumously awarded the bardic chair on 6 September at the 1917 National Eisteddfod in Birkenhead, near Liverpool - under the pseudonym 'Fleur-de-lis' - following his death in the Third Battle of Ypres (also known as Passchendaele) six weeks previously. The winning awdl (or ode) was called ‘Yr Arwr’, or ‘The Hero’, and was completed while he was serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France. During the ceremony, the empty chair, which was made by a craftsman from Flanders, was draped in a black sheet. The Eisteddfod is now more commonly known as ‘The Eisteddfod of the Black Chair’. The chair still resides at the family home in Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd.

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