Book (available at Sanquhar Tollbooth Museum)-Letters of a Durisdeer Soldier-Private James Hendries, Scots Guards, also gives full biographical details and photographs of all other Durisdeer men involved in WW1

The Scotsman 1 Nov 1921- WAR MEMORIALS DURRISDEER.— Durrisdeer War Memorial, which takes the form of a granite obelisk, was unveiled on Sunday by Mr John Vernon, a disabled soldier. An oration was delivered by the Rev. Gavin McKay, minister of the parish, who served during the war with the Argyll and sutherland Highlanders.