Poets, writers and artists of the First World War Edward Thomas Despite the fact that he was born and Ellis Humphrey Evans, or Hedd Wyn was amongst a generation of poets bred in London, Edward Thomas was of and writers who fought in the war of 1914-18. Other Welsh language Welsh descent. He joined the armed poets and writers who were also involved in the war were Cynan, R. forces in 1915 and later on fought with Williams Parry and Saunders Lewis. the Royal Artillery Garrison before being killed by a shell at the Battle of Amongst the Anglo-Welsh poets and writers were Wilfred Arras in April 1917. Owen, Edward Thomas and the writer and artist David Jones. He wrote most of his poetry during the Llewelyn Wyn Griffith wrote an account of war, such as Gone, Gone Again, and the war in his autobiography about his The Trumpet. experiences with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Mametz Wood, called Up to Mametz and beyond (1931).
He wrote Up to Mametz in memory of his brother Cynan (Albert Evans-Jones) Private Watcyn Griffith, a member of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers who was killed during the battle.
Wilfred Owen was of Welsh descent and was born in Oswestry, Shropshire in 1893. He was recruited in October 1915 and fought on the Western Front but was sent to Craiglockhart, near Edinburgh, suffering from shell shock at the beginning of 1916. He returned to Despite the fact that he opposed the war, Cynan (A.E Jones) contributed to the war the battlefield in 1916 and was killed in France a week before the effort by joining the R.A.M.C (Royal Army Medical Corps) as a stretcher bearer in Armistice. His mother was notified of his death on Armistice Day. France. He won the crown at the National Eisteddfod in Caernarfon in 1921 with his
poem Mab y Bwthyn where he wrote about his war experiences. His poetry includes some of the most iconic poetry of the First World
War, such as Anthem for Doomed Youth, Dulce et Decorum est, Futility The photograph above includes members of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Lewis and The Sentry. Valentine is sitting in the front row in the middle whilst Cynan is standing in the back row, third from left.