Name Ivor Jones | Role Journalist | |
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Died April 1, 2007, Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom Books Shipwrecks of North Wales, Llandudno, Victorian Slate Mining, Llandudno's Alice Trail, The eagles of Llechwedd | ||
Ivor Wynne Jones (1927 – 1 April 2007) was a Welsh journalist.
Wynne Jones was born in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton. He served in World War II as a paratrooper, and later joined the Forces Broadcasting Service in Jerusalem. Finally, he worked in broadcasting in Cyprus before returning to the UK in 1948.
Jones was editor of the Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald before joining the Daily Post, 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 Lewis Carroll Society.
He died in hospital at Colwyn Bay.
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