THE photographs show the laying of wreaths on the monument to Monmouthshire's losses on the 8th May 1915, Monmouthshire's worst day of the First World War.

The monument is three miles north east of Ypres in Belgium and is to Lt Birrell-Anthony and the 1st Battalion of the Monmouthshire Regiment who fell on 8th May 1915 although the 2nd and 3rd Battlions of the Regiment also lost similarly large numbers and so the monument tends to be recognised as to the whole regiment as there is no other monument to the regiment in Flanders.

The wreaths were laid on 30th April 2015 in time for the 100th anniversary of the 8th May 1915 by the Mayor of Chepstow, Councillor Ned Heywood MBE, the deputy mayor Councillor Dale Rooke, and the town clerk, Sandra Bushell. 

The wreaths laid on the monument are from Chepstow Town Council, commemorating the names of those from Chepstow who fell that day, a wreath from the British Legion Chepstow Branch, and a wreath from the Mayor of Newport, Councillor Matthew Evans. Newport suffered the heaviest losses that day and a new monument for the 8th May 1915 has been put up in Newport.

The first photograph shows all three wreaths - the mayor is laying the Chepstow wreath, the deputy mayor is laying the Newport wreath, and the town clerk is laying the British Legion wreath.  A wreath from Monmouthshire County Council is due to be laid by the Chairman, Councillor John Prosser after 8th May.

The picture of Menin Gate shows panel 50 which lists the names of all of those from Chepstow who fell and from the rest of the Monmouthshire Regiment.

The third picture contains the name of Rifleman Francis Warman. His great nephew, Richard Francis Jarvis has laid a wreath at the memorial on 8th May on behalf of the family.