Private John Flynn
1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 11 November 1914
John Flynn was born on 25 February 1891 at 49 St Michael Street, Dumfries, the illegitimate son of Jane Flynn, a weaver. By 1901 John and his sister were boarding with the Gilmour family at 14 Bank Street, …
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Corporal Charles Boyd
1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
With the war barely two months old, Wigtown heard of the first of many deaths from amongst the young men associated with the town. Charles Boyd was the son of Charles Boyd, a baker in Wigtown, and his wife …
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Private John Briggs
2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
Died 31 October 1914
The second soldier from Wigtown to die in the Great War was Private 12078 John Briggs, a member of the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. The battalion formed part of the British Expeditionary Force, which landed at …
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