# Major Macartney — Memoirs of an Infantry Officer character guide

> Major Macartney in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-i-at-the-army-school

## Who they are

A major, mentioned in the narrative.

## In the story

### [At the Depot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/vi-at-the-depot)

The second-in-command, a reserved and dignified man with a trembling hand, who sits long in the mess, perhaps thinking of Ireland.

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

Second-in-command; sits long in the mess, drinking port with a trembling hand; reminiscent of Kitchener.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/vi)

Acting-Colonel at Clitherland, visibly embarrassed and kind, tries to persuade Sherston to reconsider his protest and refuses to put him under arrest.

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