2nd Battalion the South Wales Borderers - Newport, Gwent, Wales. - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The plaque is headed: In Memory of the Allied Invasion of Europe 6th June 1944. The plaque gives details with reference to the 2nd Battalion the South Wales Borderers. The local South Wales Regiment, who landed in the Vicinity of Asnelles, (Code named Gold Beach) in Normandy, France.

The Coat of arms atop the plaque 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. (visit link)

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