# Mansfield — Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man character guide

> Mansfield in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0041-ii

## Who they are

A character mentioned in the hunting or military context.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iii)

A new officer who travels with Sherston to the depot; his unorthodox dress draws the Adjutant's scorn.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iv)

Fellow officer who picks up training quickly, competent, wears New Army style dress.

### [At the Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/x-at-the-front)

His lurid language provides amusement during night work.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/i)

Travels with Sherston and Dick to the battalion; received with reservations of cordiality.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/ii)

Mansfield is mentioned as playing 'nap' with Ormand in the officers' mess.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iii)

Mansfield remarks on their luck and uses lurid language; he comments on the narrator's appointment as Transport Officer.

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