Glyndwr Michael Evans

"The incredible true story behind the body of a Welsh man that fooled Hitler." 

Glyndwr Michael was born on January 4, 1909 on 136 Commercial Street in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly. He was the son of Sarah Ann Chadwick and Thomas Michael, who worked as a colliery haulier at a time where the town contained the largest colliery waste tip in Europe and was the largest coal mine in the Rhymney Valley. Records show that the family also included two sisters - Gladys and Doris. 

Ganed Glyndwr Michael ar Ionawr 4, 1909 ar 136 Commercial Street yn Aberbargoed, Caerffili. Roedd yn fab i Sarah Ann Chadwick a Thomas Michael, a oedd yn gweithio fel cludwr pwll glo ar adeg pan oedd y dref yn cynnwys y domen wastraff glofaol fwyaf yn Ewrop a hwn oedd pwll glo mwyaf Cwm Rhymni. Mae cofnodion yn dangos bod y teulu hefyd yn cynnwys dwy chwaer - Gladys a Doris.

In January 1943, the 34-year-old's body was found in a warehouse in King's Cross in London, with a coroner's report indicating that he had taken his own life by taking poison. Glyndwr Michael had lived a destitute and lonely life, but after his death became the unlikely hero of the Second World War.