Joe Middleton

=Joe Middleton= Joe is the eldest son of John and Grace. At the start of the series he is nineteen years old; a strong, handsome young man. He is torn in half by his love for his mother, his little brotherand his yearning to escape the tyranny of his father. He takes a job at the manor house to bring some money in, and falls in love with Martha. Later in the series, he returns from the front and has shell shock, then return to the front and get shot by firing squad for cowardice later on.