Welcome to the Glenkens Archive, a collection of documents, photos and recordings about the Glenkens in south west Scotland.


Latest items added

  • Glenkens Gazette 151

    Editor: Sarah Ade
  • The Stewartry Roll of Honour in The Great War 1914-1918.

    Roll of Honour compiled by the publishers J. H. Maxwell Ltd, Castle Douglas.
    "The purpose of this volume is to place on record the names of the men and women belonging to the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright who saw active service in the Great War."
  • Ivy Cottage: The poem, the history, the mystery.

    By Joshua Wells. Prize winning entry in the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society Young Researcher Competition for 2024.
  • Montage of photos of 35 of the 82 men on the Glenkens Roll of Honour of men who died in WW1.

    • George Ferguson
    • Gnr. A Campbell
    • William Stewart
    • Private Robert Hamilton
    • Pte. J. Tait
    • Private David Cuthberton
    • James Faed
    • Captain A. E. Cathcart
    • Alfred Tait
    • Joseph McCulloch
    • Robert McWhirter
    • Pte. A. Doyle
    • Captain A. Clark Kennedy
    • Robert James Clark
    • L-Sgt A Byers
    • Cpl R Baird
    • Pte A. McCheyne
    • Pte W Martin
    • Private A McNaught
    • George Buck
    • Private T Wilson
    • Lance-Corporal George Hamilton
    • Sgt J Milroy
    • Pte A Clement
    • Second Lieutenant John Murray
    • John Martin
    • L-Cpl R Corrie
    • Adam Byers
    • Archibald McIntyre
    • Matthew Stewart
    • George McGaw
    • Private Alex McCulloch
    • Private David J. Coltart
    • Pte W Robertson
    • John Little