TWO members of 1Rifles have spoken about how they saved an elderly woman, stranded on the mud flats of the River Wye at Beachley, as revealed in last week's Forester.

Corporal Daniel McCouaig and Rifleman Jay Pond were on guard on the evening of Monday April 22.

Using a 10 million candle power torch they scanned across the riverbank in search of her. They spotted the lady, who had fallen around two feet into the mud.

"She would have definitely been below water level when the tide came in," said Daniel.

The two soldiers jumped down onto the mud and performed first aid checks.

For more read this week's edition of The Forester.