Ivor Wynne Jones (1927 – 1 April 2007) was a

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journalist. Wynne Jones was born in the

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suburb of Allerton. He served in

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as a paratrooper, and later joined the Forces Broadcasting Service in

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. Finally, he worked in broadcasting in

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before returning to the UK in 1948. Jones was editor of the ''Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald'' before joining the ''

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'', to which he contributed for 52 years. 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". He was also a founder member of the

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Society. He died in hospital at

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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)

Sources

ObituaryBBC website
1927 births 2007 deaths British journalists British expatriates in Mandatory Palestine British expatriates in Cyprus {{Wales-writer-stub