Brooke’s famous poem was printed in Welsh newspapers often in 1915-18, sometimes quoted by serving soldiers; sometimes by grieving parents. It was rendered into Welsh by G R Thomas (keeping the reference to England) – sylwch fod y cyfeiriad at 'lecyn o Loegr' yn aros yn y fersiwn Cymraeg - 2/2

Bu farw Isaac D Evans ar 24.4.1916 a John Evans Clarke ar 11.6.1916, ac mae’r ddau wedi eu claddu ym mynwent CWGC Amara (3,500 o filltiroedd i ffwrdd o’u cartrefi). Dyna darn o farddoniaeth iddynt a gyhoeddwyd yn Baner ac Amserau Cymru ar 19 Awst 1916 2/2

Hmmm - how can you trust anything written by an author who declared to the Daily Mail that Welsh was an "appalling and moribund monkey language"?

This is the memorial to the 5th Welsh Regiment (with an archaic spelling). The only Welsh upon it is the aggressive regimental motto, 'Gwell angau na chywilydd' - 'Better death than dishonour'. 2/2

Funnily enough, I found this today in the (Swansea) Sporting Post, Sept 1914

Yn ogystal â'r Rhyfel Mawr a'r Ail Ryfel Byd, ceir yma hefyd enwau'r dynion lleol a fu farw yn rhyfeloedd ymerodrol Ffrainc

Yn y 136 o flynyddoedd ers i OME ysgrifennu, mae llawer o bethau wedi dylanwadu ar ffawd y Llydawyr, ond mae'n rhaid pwysleisio effeithiau rhyfeloedd Ffrainc ar bobl Lydaw. Wele'r gofeb ryfel (yn Ffrangeg yn unig) yn Kloar-Karnoed. Hwn yn datgan bod bechgyn y dref wedi marw dros Ffrainc

Information about Benjamin Evans from Y Goleuad, the publication of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists - killed in an attack on a German strongpoint during the Battle of Loos 1915. His name is also on the Cardiff City Police Force memorial. Cafodd ei frawd, John Evans, ei anafu y flwyddyn ganlynol 2/2

A handwritten Roll of Honour for Kings Cross Chapel with 161 names on it dates from the war years – you can see the additions made to it. 13 are noted as ‘killed in action’ + 1 as ‘died of wounds’. There are at least 5 women on the list.
Yr enw cyntaf yw Annie Breeze, a’r 3ydd yw Mary Davies 2/2