Our poet at Passchendaele 1917

Hedd Wyn
Ellis Evans, c.1910. Frontispiece in Cerddi'r Bugail (1918)
Born	Ellis Humphrey Evans 13 January 1887 Trawsfynydd, Meirionydd, North Wales
Died	31 July 1917 (aged 30) Pilckem Ridge, Ypres
Resting place	Artillery Wood Cemetery,Boezinge, Belgium
Occupation	Poet Shepherd/farmer
Language	Welsh
Ethnicity	Welsh
Citizenship	British
Genre	Welsh Poetry
Literary movement	Romantic and war poetry
Notable works	Yr Arwr, Ystrad Fflur, Plant Trawsfynnydd, Y Blotyn Du, Nid â’n Ango, Rhyfel
Notable awards	Bard's chair at the 1917National Eisteddfod

Hedd Wyn (born Ellis Humphrey Evans, 13 January 1887 – 31 July 1917) was a Welsh language poet who was killed near Ypres, Belgium, during the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I. 

He was a Royal Welsh Fusilier.

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.

See also the  Oscar nominated 1992 film, Hedd Wyn (film).

For more information:

http://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/1123