Joe was described by those who knew him as a ‘gentle man with a smile for everyone’. In a letter to his mother, sent during WWII when he was on active service in the Middle East, he wrote that it was his ability to always find a funny side to the events around him that kept him going.

These two items stored in a wallet containing his mementoes of that time show us his sense of humour and how it would bring a smile to those around him.