# Young Allgood — Memoirs of an Infantry Officer character guide

> Young Allgood in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Allgood

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

## Who they are

A young officer in the narrator's unit.

## Relationships

### [The Generals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/the_generals)

_professional_

The Generals and Young Allgood have a professional relationship, with Allgood likely serving under their command.

## In the story

### [I: At the Army School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/i-at-the-army-school)

A quiet, thoughtful officer who shares Sherston's spare time; later killed in action.

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

A quiet, thoughtful friend at the Army School, fond of birds and history, with a veiled melancholy suggesting he foresees his death.

### [Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/v-escape)

Mentioned as killed in action, adding to the protagonist's sorrow.

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

The narrator sees his name in the Roll of Honour, providing a secondary sorrow and slamming the door on his time at the Army School.

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