Allied Invasion of Europe - Newport, Gwent, Wales.
N 51° 35.379 W 002° 59.830
30U E 500196 N 5715399
A memorial plaque - commemorating the Allied Invasion of Europe on 6th June 1944. Mounted on a rough hewn standing stone. located in front of the exchange building (the Old Post office) Newport - Gwent, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMTE84
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/10/2016
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The plaque is headed: In Memory of the Allied Invasion of Europe 6th June 1944. With reference to the 2nd Battalion the South Wales Borderers.
The Coat of arms above the heading is the 'Newport Shield' the City Council Coat of Arms.
"The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1689. Based at Brecon the regiment recruited from the border counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Brecknockshire, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various conflicts in India, the Zulu War, Second Boer War, and World War I and World War II. In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales." Text Source. (
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