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. Below is a list of some of the towns and villages in the county. Those with hyperlinks point to completed pages on this website. Those without are yet to be written up:
Breconshire War Memorials
Abercamlais War Memorial (Garnons Williams family)
Beaufort (St. Andrew’s) War Memorial
Beaufort (St. David’s) War Memorial
Beaufort War Memorial, World War Two
Brecon (Christ College) War Memorial
Breconshire Constabulary War Memorial
Brynmawr (Bailey Street Presbyterian Chapel) Memorial
Brynmawr (Calvary Baptist Church) Memorial
Brynmawr (St. Mary’s Church) War Memorial
Builth Wells and Llanddewi’r Cwm War Memorial
Cross Oak (Llanfeugan) War Memorial
Hay-on-Wye and Cusop War Memorial
Llanelly (St. Elli) War Memorial
Llangammarch Wells War Memorial
Llangammarch Wells – Lancaster JB471
Llangammarch Wells – Wellington R1597