world war 1 info joseph winn .joseph walker

[joseph walker]

hi,i would like to find mu grandfathers record during the 1914 -18 war he was from Glasgow and has the unusual name joseph winn .joseph walker

[MaxD]

Welcome to Rootschat!

Just to be clear, is that 3 forenames Joseph Winn Joseph ie JWJ Walker?

Do you know his year/date of birth?

MaxD

[ShaunJ]

Max - I think this is Joseph Walker asking about a Joseph Winn.

[joseph walker]

my grandfather joseph winn was born in 1900

[ShaunJ]

Are you sure about the birth year? The only Joseph Winn in the Scottish censuses was born circa 1896-7. This tallies with a birth registration in Camlachie in 1897.

[MaxD]

Sorry Joseph (both of you!), mis-read your post.

While you are at it with the date, do you have any other detail, where in Glasgow for example.  There are a number of J Winn showing u but we need more clues, did  he survive the war for example?

MaxD

[joseph walker]

you are right with the date and camlavhie

[MaxD]

You may not be aware that some 60% of Great War service records were lost to bombing in WW2.  He does not seem to figure in extant identifiable records which would suggest that his record may well have been among those lost.
There are medal records for a number of Joseph Winns but these have no personal detail to identify the man. There are pension records too but none that can be tied to him as far as I can tell.

Does the family have any medals/photographs or any other clues?

MaxD

[joseph walker]

 he had 3 medals 2 coin shaped and 1 bronze star  I am sure he would have been in a regiment that recruited around Glasgow