The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years.
Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet, founder of the regiment
Soldier of 24th Regiment of Foot, 1742
Plaque 24th Regiment of Foot in Quebec, Canada, dating to 1840
Memorial to Private James Cooper VC who fought gallantly in the Andaman Islands in May 1857
Monmouthshire is a county in the south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk.
Image: Autumn view from the Kymin 2 geograph.org.uk 2171172
Image: Ragland
Image: Old Severn Bridge HDR
Hillfort on the summit of Skirrid Fawr