
• 1977: Attended Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi.
• 1981: The Welsh group ‘Women for Life on Earth’ marched from Cardiff to Greenham Common to protest.
• 1987: Went to India for six weeks, where she met Mother Theresa, before joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
• 1989: Helen joined the Yellow Gate camp at Greenham Common and translated a Greenham publicity pamphlet into Welsh.
• 1989: 5 August – Helen was hit by a passing Police horse box while waiting to cross a road.
• 1989: The death is determined to be accidental. Helen’s was the only death that occurred at Greenham during the peace protests.
• 2000: The Women’s Peace Camp closed on 5 September.
• 2002: A Peace Garden was opened at Greenham Common, including a small garden dedicated to Helen Thomas
• Dafydd Iwan wrote a song entitled ‘Cân i Helen’ (A Song for Helen) in her memory.
• 2019: Helen Thomas was one of five women short-listed for commemoration by the first statue of a named woman in Wales.
‘”We felt it was appropriate to remember her fight against nuclear weapons.” The Mayor of Newcastle Emlyn, Hazel Evans, said the town council wanted to honour her memory and her commitment to peace.’ – ‘Greenham Common campaigner Helen Thomas is honoured’, BBC News, 6 November 2011 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-15598177