Old photograph of the War Memorial in Wigtown, Scotland. Wigtown gives its name to the county of Wigtownshire. Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this. The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognized as such during the reign of King Alexander III.
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS BURGH AND PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918
John Black
William Black
Robert Boyd
Andrew Briggs
John Briggs
Alexander Broadfoot
Edward Clark
John Coburn
Robert Copland
Thomas Cromie
William Edwards
John Ewing
John Flynn
Edward Hale
James Hargreaves
John Harvey
Adam Horner
Robert Hughes
William Irvine
William Jamieson
David Kellie
Francis Kennedy
Leslie Kennedy
Edward Kilpatrick
William Kilpatrick
David Kiltie
Alexander Knowles
Robert Knowles
Charles Landers
Alexander Laurie
James Loan
James Love
Blain Malone
David Malone
Robert Murray
David McCaskie
Thoma McCaskie
Thomas McCheyne
Ernest McClelland
James McCulloch
Louis McGuffie
Charles McKinna
James McNeil
Joseph McRobert
Hugh Neil
William Paton
Stanley Rolfe
Walter Scott
William Sproul
George Todd
William Walker
Charles Boyd
John Davies
David McMurray
AND IN WORLD WAR 1939 TO 1945
Robert Aird
James Clark
Frank Davidson
William George Dodds
Kenneth Drysdale
John ALexander McCulloch
John McEwan
John McHugh
James McMillan
Fraser Nimmo
James Salvona
Robert Douglas Thomson
John Watson
The distance from Wigtown to Glasgow and Paisley is 86 miles
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