During World War One hundreds of young men with Wigtown and district connections went off to fight for their country. More than 70 died between September 1914 and April 1920. Wigtown Community Council salutes the bravery of all those who served and remembers those who never came home.
On the 100th Anniversary of each man’s death we will use this notice board to provide information about him.
Private Alexander Paterson Tennant
Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 7 January 1915
Born in Renfrew in 1883, Private 18941 Alexander Paterson Tennant was the son of the area weights and measures inspector. He was educated in Wigtown and was employed in the chemist shop of Mr Starke and, later, Mr …
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Private James Loan
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
Died 16 May 1915
Private 10634 James Loan, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, was born in Whithorn, the eldest son of James Loan, a traction engine driver, and his wife, Mary. He had two sisters and a brother and lived in George Street, …
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Private Hugh Jamison (or Muir)
Australian Imperial Force
Died 8 May 1915
On 23 December 1914 at Rochford, Victoria, Hugh Jamison joined the Australian army stating that he was born in Wigtown, was 40 years old and had no living next of kin. Almost 6 feet tall with a dark …
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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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Please find, attached, files containing information about Wigtown & District Community Council’s first consultation (supported by Dumfries & Galloway Council) on arrangements to commemorate Louis McGuffie VC at the centenary of his VC award (which will be autumn 2018).
The main file contains an explanatory note, a work in progress …
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