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Joe Macknade
Played by Lloyd Thomas
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
6 February 1896
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| Place of birth |
Folkestone
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| Age at outbreak of WW1 |
18
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| Occupation |
Unemployed barker
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| Address |
Saffrons Place, Folkestone
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Affable and well-meaning, though not very bright, Joe is unfairly tarred with the Macknade brush.
Like his father, Bill, he is largely unemployed, though he does odd jobs as a carnival barker. He has poor health, is small in stature and famously rotten teeth. He is desperate to enlist to escape an unhappy family home and a life of poverty.