Pembrokeshire, when his father is appointed head of the primary school. 1917 – Attends grammar school at Narberth. 1923 – Begins studies at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. 1926 – Graduates in English and trains as a teacher. 1928 – Begins to teach at various primary schools in Pembrokeshire. 1931 – "Cofio" (Remembering) – inspired by a visit to the farm of his friend Willie Jenkins at Hoplas, Rhoscrowther 1936 – Publication of Cerddi'r plant (Poems for Children) jointly with E Llwyd Williams 1938 – "Y Tŵr a'r Graig" (The Tower and the Rock) – a milestone in which Waldo contrasts the independent judgement he valued in a Pembrokeshire community with the militarism of the state 1941 – Marries Linda Llewellyn in Blaenconin chapel (April) 1941 – "Y tangnefeddwyr" (The peacemakers) – a poem of love for his parents and peacemakers, and of horror at the bombing of Swansea 1942 – Conscientious objector to military service on pacifist grounds, conditionally exempted by the South Wales Tribunal sitting at Carmarthen (February 1942) 1942 – Moves from Pembrokeshire with his wife to the Llŷn Peninsula in north-west Wales, to teach at Botwnnog County School (1 March 1942). 1943 – Linda Llewellyn dies of tuberculosis on 1 June 1943. Waldo is grief-stricken. 1945 – Leaves Llŷn for England, working in schools in Kimbolton and Lyneham, Wiltshire, 1945–1948. 1949 – Returns to Wales as a supply teacher in Builth Wells. 1950 – Returns to Pembrokeshire for the rest of his life, teaching in schools and at extramural classes. 1950 – The Korean War: Williams resigns from teaching to begin a protest of non-payment of income tax against the war. This continues until the end of compulsory military service in 1963. Bailiffs sequestrated his possessions and ultimately he was imprisoned. 1953 – Joins the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). 1956 – Publication of Dail Pren (The Leaves of the Tree) 1959 – Stands as Plaid Cymru candidate in the Pembrokeshire constituency at the general election. Receives 2,253 votes (4.3%). 1960 – Imprisoned for six weeks in Swansea Prison for non-payment of income tax. 1961 – Imprisoned again for non-payment of income tax, in Ashwell Prison, Rutland, in February–March 1961. 1963 – Resumes teaching at various primary schools in Pembrokeshire. 1971 – Suffers a stroke and dies in St Thomas's Hospital, Haverfordwest. Published works Dail Pren (The Leaves of the Tree, 1956), the only volume of