Joseph Blackwood died of wounds on this day in 1918
Joseph Blackwood was born in Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh on 6 March 1896.
His parents were George and Elizabeth (née Lundy).
At the 1901 Census, age 5, Joseph was living at home, the youngest of eight children.
At the 1911 Census, age 15, Joseph was living at home with his parents and his much older brothers George and William, cousin Lizzie and a nephew.
He went to school at Coramlet National School and Armagh Royal School.
Before the war, he worked on the family farm. He enlisted in the Irish Guards in Dundalk 6 May 1915.
He served from September 1915 and was wounded on 20 October 1915.
In March 1917, he was reported 'absent' whilst in England.
Seriously wounded on 25 March 1918, he died at No.2 Canadian General Hospital, Le Treport five days later.
He is buried in the Mount Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport.
Joseph's brother James, who had emigrated to Canada in 1913, served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and died on 5 November 1917.
His brother George, born in 1881 and older by 15 years, served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from August 1914.
Brother William John, born in 1882 was killed on the HMS Mary Rose on 17 October 1917.
Corporal Joseph Blackwood, 2nd Bn Irish Guards