Claro Times - 10th September 1915

Sergeant J J Winterburn, of Harrogate, is now in hospital and progressing favourably, after having been gassed at the Front.

Harrogate Herald - 19th September 1917

Roll of Honour

Sergeant John Winterburn, son of Mr & Mrs R Winterburn, 27 Tower Street, Harrogate, has been wounded. In a letter home he says : "Just a few lines to put your minds easy. I am in this hospital after 14 hours on the train, and glad to say feeling no worse. You need not worry. You need not write until you hear from me again, which I hope will be somewhere in Blighty".