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0:00:05 > 0:00:08- My great-grandfather - was called Simon Jones.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13- Like thousands of other young men, - he was called up to serve in WW1.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22- He spoke a lot to the family - about one of his friends.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- He wasn't a good soldier, - a natural soldier.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31- He was unfocused, as if he were - composing an ode in his head.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- One night, Simon Jones - and another friend, Ned Bach...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- ..were writing letters - to their families.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- But the poet - wasn't writing a letter.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- He was composing a poem - about his two friends.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- It was about his desire - to see Simon Jones and Ned Bach...
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- ..returning home safely - after the war.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03- "One moonlit evening - above the rough meadows
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- "Two lads from Llanuwchllyn - were writing their best
0:01:07 > 0:01:12- "They were both sending - letters to their loved ones
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- "The name of one was Simon, - the other was Ned Bach."
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- It's a striking poem.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25- Both Simon Jones and Ned Bach - fortunately survived the war...
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- ..unlike the poet - who wrote the poem.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33- It's a sad story.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40- My great-grandfather, Simon Jones, - saw his friend, the poet, die.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- He remembered - that it was early morning...
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- ..on the first day - of the battle at Passchendaele.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- The poet was killed - by a shell to the abdomen.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- The poet in question was Hedd Wyn.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- There was another even better verse.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- We were blessed to return home.
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