# Christopher Tietjens — No More Parades character guide > Christopher Tietjens in No More Parades by Ford Madox Ford. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Tietjens, Captain Tietjens, Christopher Tietjens of Groby, Tietjens of Groby **First appearance:** 0001-no-more-parades ## Who they are A brilliant, honorable Yorkshire landowner and captain in the trenches, he recapitulates his wrecked marriage while shells fall and men go mad around him. ## Relationships ### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens) _family_ Sylvia is Christopher's estranged wife, and their marriage is a battleground of cruelty, manipulation, and bitter resentment. ### [Sergeant-Major Cowley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/sergeant_major_cowley) _professional_ Cowley is Tietjens' dependable and loyal non-commissioned officer, managing the unit's practical affairs with competence. ### [Sir Vincent Macmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/sir_vincent_macmaster) _friendship_ Macmaster is Tietjens' old friend and literary ally, though their bond is strained by Macmaster's social climbing and jealousy. ### [Valentine Wannop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/valentine_wannop) _romantic_ Valentine is Tietjens' true love, a suffragist and intellectual companion, though their relationship is complicated by war and social constraints. ### [Captain Mackenzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/captain_mackenzie) _psychological_ Mackenzie is a mentally unstable officer who becomes obsessively hostile toward Tietjens, seeing him as a symbol of authority to defy. ### [Mark Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/mark_tietjens) _family_ Mark is Christopher's older brother, a stern but deeply loyal figure who shares a bond of mutual respect and familial duty. ### [Captain McKechnie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/captain_mckechnie) _professional_ McKechnie is a fellow officer who respects Tietjens' competence but is frayed by war and personal grievances. ### [O Nine Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/o_nine_morgan) _professional_ O Nine Morgan is a soldier under Tietjens' command, representing the tragic human cost of war that Tietjens feels responsible for. ### [O Nine Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/o_nine_morgan) _professional_ O Nine Morgan is a soldier under Tietjens' command, representing the tragic human cost of war that Tietjens feels responsible for. ### [Captain Mackenzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/captain_mackenzie) _psychological_ Mackenzie is a mentally unstable officer who becomes obsessively hostile toward Tietjens, seeing him as a symbol of authority to defy. ### [Sergeant-Major Cowley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/sergeant_major_cowley) _professional_ Cowley is Tietjens' dependable and loyal non-commissioned officer, managing the unit's practical affairs with competence. ### [Captain Mackenzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/captain_mackenzie) _psychological_ Mackenzie is a mentally unstable officer who becomes obsessively hostile toward Tietjens, seeing him as a symbol of authority to defy. ## In the story ### [To William Bird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/to-william-bird) Referenced as the central character whose opinions and inaccuracies (quoting King's Regulations) are not endorsed by the author. ### [No More Parades Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/no-more-parades) Central figure, grappling with war trauma, marital strife, and bureaucratic absurdities. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-i-i) Commanding officer of XVI Casual Battalion, reflecting on the psychological state of his men and his own troubled marriage. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-i-ii) Tietjens is the central consciousness of the chapter, dealing with a draft, reflecting on his wife Sylvia's potential for causing scandal, and being led by Levin to a mysterious visitor. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-i-iii) Tries to write a dispassionate report of his marriage and relationship with Miss Wannop, but is consumed by introspection and the realization that Sylvia manipulated him. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-i-iv) Struggles with obsession over O Nine Morgan's death, deals with horse care and military discipline, and confronts rumors of betrayal from Whitehall. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-ii-i) Christopher appears in the hotel lounge, looking worn out and expressionless. He sends his card to Sylvia, who refuses to see him. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-ii-ii) Reading letters, appears distressed over a soldier's death, engaged in a conference with the general. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-iii-i) Awakens to General Campion's inspection, explains bureaucratic issues, and recounts his arrest by General O'Hara. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/chapters/part-iii-ii) Reads the general's draft, struggles with intrusive visions of O Nine Morgan, and contemplates requesting divisional transport to reassure Valentine Wannop. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters/christopher_tietjens - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_more_parades_se/characters