Joseph Edward was born in Higham on the Hill Leicestershire. He had two older brothers Thomas who also died in the war, and Alfred William who was my maternal grandfather. His family was an old Higham family and was well known in the village. His father was a sextant and the church and also a blacksmith, his mother was a nurse to the children at the Manse, who were the Fisher family, who's son later became the Archbishop of Cantebury. His father was also a bellringer with his son Alfred. 

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