Miners and the Great War

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Ar ddechrau’r Rhyfel Mawr ym 1914, mwyngloddio am lo oedd diwydiant pwysicaf gwledydd Prydain er gwaethaf anawsterau mawr a phrinder gweithwyr. Roedd yn cyflogi tua miliwn o bobl mewn ymhell dros 3,000 o byllau yn amrywio o byllau drifft bach ar ochr y bryniau a gloddiwyd gan ychydig i lofeydd sylweddol gyda gweithluoedd a chymunedau maint pentrefi a threfi bach.
At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, despite many difficulties and falling manpower, coalmining was the most important industry in Great Britain. It employed around a million persons in well over 3,000 pits ranging from small hillside drift mines with a few hands to substantial collieries with workforces and pit communities the size of villages and small towns.