Breconshire Memorials

Breconshire, or Brecknockshire, is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and is named after its county town of Brecon.

The county is mountainous and primarily rural, and is land-locked, being bordered to the north by Radnorshire, to the east by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, to the south by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and to the west by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.

The county has numerous war memorials in its towns and villages, mostly situated in Churches and Chapels. It also has a rich military history, being the home county to the famed South Wales Borderers.