# Corporal Wells — A Yankee in the Trenches character guide

> Corporal Wells in A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Wells

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

## Who they are

A fellow corporal in the narrator's unit, sharing the march, the billets, and the endless small miseries of noncommissioned life.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/narrator)

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Corporal Wells is a non-commissioned officer who interacts with the narrator in a military chain-of-command relationship.

### [Tommy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/tommy)

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Corporal Wells and Tommy have a military superior-subordinate relationship, with Wells giving orders to Tommy.

### [Bonesie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/bonesie)

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Bonesie and Corporal Wells have a military working relationship, likely with Wells in a position of authority over Bonesie.

### [Tommy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/tommy)

_professional_

Corporal Wells and Tommy have a military superior-subordinate relationship, with Wells giving orders to Tommy.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/narrator)

_professional_

Corporal Wells is a non-commissioned officer who interacts with the narrator in a military chain-of-command relationship.

## In the story

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

Helps the narrator learn trench lingo and becomes a fast friend.

### [V: Feeding the Tommies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/v-feeding-the-tommies)

Describes the game of 'House' as one where the winner 'ollers 'ouse and the rest 'ollers 'ell.'

## Links

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