# Mr. Blofeld — A Yankee in the Trenches character guide

> Mr. Blofeld in A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blofeld

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-going-in

## Who they are

An officer or comrade mentioned in the narrator's unit.

## In the story

### [II: Going In](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/ii-going-in)

Lieutenant commanding the platoon; democratic, shakes hands with new men, and calls for volunteers for a raid.

### [III: A Trench Raid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/iii-a-trench-raid)

Organizes and leads the raid, throws bombs into dugouts, destroys a mine shaft, and receives the Military Cross.

### [Hiking to Vimy Ridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/vi-hiking-to-vimy-ridge)

Points out the ruined village of Abalaine to the narrator during the hike.

### [On the Go](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/viii-on-the-go)

An officer who is personally close and sympathetic, organizing a farewell party for the noncoms before the Somme.

### [IX: First Sight of the Tanks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/ix-first-sight-of-the-tanks)

Orders the men out of shelters as the tanks approach.

### [X: Following the Tanks Into Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/x-following-the-tanks-into-battle)

Grabs the narrator and turns over a gang of thirty prisoners to him.

### [XIII: Back on the Somme Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/xiii-back-on-the-somme-again)

Acting second in command of the company, not present for the platoon commander summons.

### [XIV: The Last Time Over the Top](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/xiv-the-last-time-over-the-top)

Killed by an explosive bullet; the narrator mourns him as a friend and ideal officer.

## Links

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