He was the son of William Wallace Winn and Jane Winn, of 113, Elswick Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the husband of Sarah Ann Winn, of 27, Edward Street, Morpeth.
Morpeth Herald 14/12/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Mrs Wm. Winn, jun., has received official news that her husband, Private W. Winn, of the Cameronians, S.R., was killed in action on Nov. 28th, 1917.
He was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Winn, butchers, Hexham, formerly of Morpeth, and was educated at Morpeth Grammar School. Before joining the Army Private Winn was a grocer with Messrs Brough and Sons at Ashington.
Private Winn was only in France between two and three weeks when he was killed by a shell. He leaves a widow and one child.
Mrs Winn received the following letter from a comrade:- “Much regret to inform you that your husband, Private Winn, was killed in action on the afternoon of the 28th [sic] November. He suffered no pain whatever as his death was caused by a shell. He was killed a few yards from me. I saw him buried last night.
“This will be a great shock to you, but you will be proud to know that he died like a soldier at his post. I did not know him very well, as he was only with us a short time, but from what I did see of him he was an excellent soldier. He died for a glorious cause, and we who are lucky enough to have come through can only express our admiration for heroes like your husband”.
ROLL OF HONOUR
WINN.- Killed in action, November 28th [sic], 1917, Private Wm. Wallace [Winn], Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles), dearly beloved husband of Sarah A. Winn, also beloved son-in-law of Mr and Mrs R. Carmen, 27 Edward Street, Morpeth.
He is remembered in Morpeth as Winn on M17.01, M17.06, M17.12 and M17.29 and as Wynn on M17.02 and M17.09
