3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment served in Northern Ireland on Home Defence duties early in World War Two as part of 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division.
Monmouthshire Regiment drownings in Carlingford Lough, Co. Down
The July 1941 drownings in Carlingford Lough, Co. Down claimed the lives of 6 members of 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment based in nearby Rostrevor.
3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment in Northern Ireland
Edward Thomas Chapman
Corporal
Corporal Edward Thomas Chapman married Rhoda Watkins in Belfast, Co. Antrim before winning the Victoria Cross with 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment.
