# Dinky — A Yankee in the Trenches character guide

> Dinky in A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0007-iv-a-few-days-rest-in-billets

## Who they are

A soldier or nickname in the trenches, possibly a comrade.

## In the story

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

Carried inside the narrator's tunic; the narrator pats him on the back after surviving a shrapnel burst.

### [XII: I Become a Bomber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/xii-i-become-a-bomber)

The narrator pats Dinky on the back just before the shell hits.

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

The narrator's velvet black cat mascot, carried inside tunic for luck.

### [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)

The narrator's mascot, to whom he prays during the attack.

## Links

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