Ivor Wynne Jones

Ivor Wynne Jones (1927 – 1 April 2007) was a Welsh journalist and a noted historian.[1]

Wynne Jones was born in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton.[2] He served in World War II as a paratrooper, and later joined the Forces Broadcasting Service in Jerusalem.[2] Finally, he worked in broadcasting in Cyprus before returning to the UK in 1948.[2]

Jones was editor of the Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald[2] before joining the Liverpool Daily Post, to which he contributed for 52 years.[1] He was the paper's chief foreign correspondent. His weekly column, which continued to appear until two months before his death, was entitled "Forthright and Fearless".[1]

He was also a founder member of the Lewis Carroll Society in 1969.[3]

He died in hospital at Colwyn Bay aged 80 and the funeral was on 10 April at Llanrhos, Llandudno.[1] He was survived by his wife, Jeanette, son Mervyn, an army spokesman in Northern Ireland, daughter Sian and two grandchildren.[3]

Works

• Llandudno Regina, the Queen of Welsh Resorts (1973)
• Shipwrecks of North Wales (1986)
• The Llechwedd Strike of 1893 (1993)
• Colwyn Bay: a Brief History (1995)
• Gold, Frankincense and Manure (1997)
• Alice's Welsh Wonderland (1999)
• Hitler’s Celtic Echo
• Victorian Slate Mining (2003)

References

1. Obituary
2. Live, North Wales (3 April 2007). "Obituary - Ivor Wynne Jones". North Wales Live. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
3. BBC website