Llanddewi (Penrhyn Gwyr - Gower peninsula) - WW1 (3 names) and WW2 (2 names) memorials in the church

Welsh rockers Taran have finally released their exciting debut album ‘Yn y Cymylau’ - one of the most eagerly-awaited Welsh language albums of 2025

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In the ancient church at Llantysilio / Llandysilio-yn-Iâl, near Llangollen, two brass plaques commemorating men killed on the Western Front: George Oliver Thomas, d. 1915 aged 31 & John F C Edwards, d. 10 Nov 1918 aged 21. Y ddau ohonynt yn swyddogion gyda'r Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Wedi gweld hwn am y tro cyntaf heddiw - yng Nghorwen - ac yn bendant hwn bellach yw fy hoff gerflun Cymreig. Saw this for the first time today, in Corwen, and it is now my favourite Welsh sculpture

Rwy'n edrych ymlaen yn fawr at fynd i'r Eisteddfod wythnos nesaf: byddaf yn cymryd rhan yn hwn ar ddydd Llun - trafodaeth am sut mae 'cynefin' yn dod yn rhan o'r cwricwlwm. Croeso i bawb! On Monday I will be at the Eisteddfod discussing how the notion of 'cynefin' is used in the classroom

I saw this for the first time over the weekend - on the Common above Pontypridd. Unveiled by Lord Allenby in August 1923 Gwelais i hwn am y tro cyntaf dros y penwythnos - ar y Comin uwchben Pontypridd. Cafodd ei ddadorchuddio gan Allenby, cadfridog ymgyrch yr Aifft a Phalesteina yn y Rhyfel Mawr 1/2

Rwy wedi bod ar daith yn Llydaw am ychydig ddyddiau, gyda llyfr Owen M Edwards, Tro yn Llydaw, yn gwmni imi. Mae'n llawn ei ragfarnau - yn erbyn y Saeson a'r Ffrancwyr, ac yn erbyn Pabyddiaeth y Llydawyr. Fodd bynnag, mae'n poeni yn y rhagymadrodd, yn y dyfodol 'ni bydd y Llydawyr ond Ffrancwyr'...

An article in yesterday's Western Mail flagging up some research I'm doing - it looks like the nine 'happy girl munitions workers' in a much-publicised 1916 photo were from the Swansea National Shell Factory. I'm wondering whether any more names can be put to faces. Y gwaith oedd Baldwins, Glandŵr

WW1 memorial in the Calvinistic Methodist chapel established by Lady Llanover on her estate - in Welsh, despite its location so close to the border. Two names of men who were killed "defending their country" - one in France, one in Mesopotamia. A line of poetry from the Gwent poet Islwyn 1/2

Memorial to the WW1 dead from Kings Cross Welsh Congregational Chapel – 18 names. Picture of Christ as the Good Shepherd at the top; ‘Celtic’ ribbons on the side; at the bottom, two lines of poetry from the minister. Roedd Elfed, gweinidog y capel ers 1904, yn emynydd a bardd enwog 1/2

Cofeb Ryfel Radnor Walk (Capel yr Annibynwyr), gyda saith enw arni o'r Rhyfel Mawr. Bellach yn Eglwys Gymraeg Ganol Llundain WW1 memorial from Radnor Walk chapel, London. Unusually for a Welsh chapel memorial, this one orders the soldiers by rank, officers first

Memorial to the Royal Fusiliers, High Holborn, on the boundary of the City of London. Unveiled November 1922

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WW1 memorial at Terrace Road School, Swansea, with 65 names upon it. One of them is Dai Dupree - I wrote this about him a while back - war-memorials.swan.ac.uk?p=250 Cofeb yn Ysgol Terrace Rd, Abertawe, i'r 65 o gyn-ddisgyblion a fu farw yn y Rhyfel Mawr

While looking for something else, I have found a report of the unveiling of a plaque in a school in Whitland on St David's Day 1917 to nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed by the Germans in Brussels in Oct 1915. The inscription calls her 'a true daughter of the Empire'. Hefyd barddoniaeth Gymraeg -

WW2 memorial in the Guildhall to Swansea Corporation staff killed in WW2: 3 Navy; 10 Army; 14 RAF; 13 Civil Defence; 1 Home Guard; 2 Police; 3 Civilians Cofeb i staff Gorfforaeth Abertawe a laddwyd yn yr Ail Ryfel Byd, yn Neuadd y Ddinas: 46 o enwau i gyd

It is noteworthy how many WW1 memorials in Wales are placed close to ancient inscribed stones. Here's one from St Llawddog's church graveyard, Cilgerran. Mae'n rhyfedd sut mae cymaint o gofebau i'r Rhyfel Mawr yng Nghymru ar bwys cerrig hynafol. Dyma un o fynwent Eglwys St Llawddog, Cilgerran

I have written before about Lloyd George's Queen's Hall speech of 19 Sept 1914 - one of the most important speeches in the history of Wales, kick-starting a massive recruiting campaign. Just found that the audience sang 'Men of Harlech' beforehand & LlG called it 'the best battle-song in the world'

Braf iawn i gael y cyfle i siarad ar raglen @aledhughes.bsky.social ar Radio Cymru am hanes David Rees Thomas yn gwasanaethu gyda'r 3rd Welsh Field Ambulance yn y Rhyfel Mawr - dyma'r adroddiadau yn y papurau newydd am rai o'r dynion yr oedd wedi gofalu amdanynt

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www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/first-w... It's great to see this article about a book I will be helping to launch on Monday - the WW1 diaries of David Rees Thomas of Treboeth, who served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine

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Just received images of 2 WW1 chapel memorials in Holyhead – Tabernacl Newydd (left) is really interesting; Tabernacl (r) is also worth looking at Newydd derbyn lluniau o 2 gofeb ryfel o gapeli yng Nghaergybi – diolch i @meilyr21.bsky.social – mae un y Tabernacl Newydd (chwith) yn dra ddiddorol 1/4

Braf iawn i dderbyn rhifyn mis Mai o gylchgrawn Barn. Mae erthygl gen i ynddo, '2025 a 1938 - Adleisiau ac Odlau Hanes'. Rwy'n falch iawn fy mod wedi cynnwys ymadrodd ardderchog Goronwy O Roberts yn hwn - 'cyfalafiaeth wancus y cyfnod imperialaidd'

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Crëyr las a'i ffrindiau (Bosherston, Sir Benfro) A heron and his two friends (Bosherston, Pembrokeshire)

The first new conker tree of the year (rather later than usual, I think) Castanwydden gyntaf y flwyddyn (ychydig yn hwyrach nag arfer, fi'n credu)

A cartoon from the South Wales Daily Post in October 1917 with a message that is very contemporary – an aggressive warmonger declaring ‘Let us have peace’ Cartŵn o’r South Wales Daily Post, Hydref 1917, sydd â neges hynod amserol – rhyfelgi treisgar yn datgan ‘Gadewch i ni gael heddwch’

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A book launch in Swansea next month - the First World War Diaries of David Rees Thomas, 3pm on 12 May at the West Glamorgan Archives. Readers of my book 'Having a Go at the Kaiser' will know him as 'Dai', Richard Eustis' best mate in the 3rd Welsh Field Ambulance as they servied in Egypt & Palestine

Rwy newydd gorffen y PPT ar gyfer y ddarlith rwy'n rhoi heno i Gymrodorion Caerdydd: 'Gwyn Alf Williams: Yr Hanesydd a'i Gymru'. Byddaf yn siarad ar Zoom am 7:30 heno

WW1 memorial from St Philip's Church Swansea (which used to be on Clarence Terr - plaque is now in St Mary's). 4 names of those who were killed + 46 who served & returned. Cofeb i'r Rhyfel Mawr o Eglwys St Philip, Abertawe, nawr yn Eglwys y Santes Fair. Enwau 4 a laddwyd + 46 a wasanaethodd. 1/3

The brilliant Biophilic building in central Swansea - when it opens late summer you will be hearing a lot more about this innovative world-leading project Yr adeilad Bioffilig newydd yng nghanol Abertawe - pan fydd hwn yn agor ar ddiwedd yr haf byddwch yn clywed llawer am sut mae'n arloesi

Spending the afternoon in Carmarthen and it is striking how many public military monuments there are here. Yn ymweld â Chaerfyrddin ac yn cael fy synnu gan y nifer o gofebau milwrol sydd yma. General William Nott, who fought a successful campaign in Afghanistan in 1842 1/x

This afternoon I had a seminar in Cardiff with students, looking at details of convicts transported to Australia. I shared the example of Charlotte Davies of Caernarfon, sent to Tasmania in 1824. The records state that she did not speak English (Mae’r edefyn hwn hefyd ar gael yn y Gymraeg) 1/4

(This thread is also available in English) Prynhawn yma roedd gen i seminar yng Nghaerdydd gyda myfyrwyr yn chwilio am fanylion am garcharorion a drawsgludwyd i Awstralia. Soniais am Charlotte Davies o Gaernarfon,a anfonwyd i Tasmania yn 1824. Mae’r cofnodion yn nodi nad oedd hi’n siarad Saesneg 1/4

Sgwrs hyfryd y bore ma ar 'Dros Frecwast' BBC Radio Cymru gyda rhai o ddisgyblion Ysgol Llun y Forwyn [dyna enw pert!] yn y Rhondda Fach i nodi 40 mlynedd ers diwedd Streic y Glowyr. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 5 munud olaf y rhaglen @dylanebz.bsky.social

Cofeb ryfel Aberystwyth yn yr heulwen - Aberystwyth War Memorial, designed by Mario Rutelli

Defnyddiais i'r cartŵn hwn o 1929 mewn seminar ddoe A cartoon from the Western Mail in 1929 that shows some contemporary attitudes towards young women. The man in the middle admiring the flapper is obviously Lloyd George - I guess that it's Ramsay MacDonald on the left & Stanley Baldwin on the right

This is a very very worrying article. It should be read in conjunction with the news item from two days ago on the BBC website 'Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian-linked bribes'. nation.cymru/news/arron-b...

An interesting - and very troubling - news item on the third anniversary of the current Russian campaign against Ukraine Eitem newyddion arwyddocaol tair blynedd wedi cychwyn ymgyrch ddiweddaraf Rwsia yn erbyn Iwcrain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

3 blynedd o ryfela erchyll ac amddiffyn dewr. 1 mis o frad gan y llwfrgi oren. Slava Ukraini

A 100 years ago this week, 28 Feb 1925, the WW1 memorial was unveiled at the Holyhead Liberal Club naming 8 members of the club who had died. Yr un a ddadorchuddiodd y gofeb oedd yr AS lleol, Syr Robert Thomas. The local MP performed the ceremony, with a speech summarised as ‘no room for idlers’ 1/3

Yn sgil newyddion y dyddiau diwethaf, rwy'n credu ei fod yn hynod o amserol i edrych eto ar rai o'r pethau doeth a ddywedwyd yn 1938, yn dilyn bradychu pobl Tsecoslofacia gan wleidyddion y gwledydd mawr. Dyma Cyril Cule, yn Heddiw, Rhagfyr 1938 cylchgronau.llyfrgell.cymru/view/1048090... 1/3

While searching for something else I came across this – ‘Foretold his Death’ – in a number of Welsh newspapers (see next for Cymraeg) in Sept 1915, relating the story of 18 year old Tom Arnold from Briton Ferry who had a premonition of his death the day before he was killed in the Dardanelles 1/3

Just popped up - the first apple sapling of the year Newydd ymddangos - goeden fach afalau cynta'r flwyddyn

Diddorol i weld clawr albwm Motorhead yn yr IWM. Rwy'n cyfeirio at gân y band, '1916', yn fy ysgrif am Mr Ian Kilmister - Lemmy - yn y DNB Cymreig bywgraffiadur.cymru/article/c14-...