# Now It Can Be Told — Character guide

> Key figures in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

- [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): The unnamed narrator and focal character, a war artist and observer.
- [The Germans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_germans.md): The collective German enemy forces throughout the war.
- [The Colonel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_colonel.md): A recurring unnamed colonel figure in various units.
- [The Boy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_boy.md): A young soldier often observed by the narrator.
- [The Officer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_officer.md): A generic but recurring officer figure in various scenes.
- [General Haldane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_haldane.md): A British general commanding a division.
- [Sir John French](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/sir_john_french.md): Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force.
- [The Australians](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_australians.md): The Australian Imperial Force units in France.
- [Sir Douglas Haig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/sir_douglas_haig.md): British field marshal and commander on the Western Front.
- [Sir Herbert Plumer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/sir_herbert_plumer.md): British general commanding the Second Army.
- [Sir Henry Rawlinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/sir_henry_rawlinson.md): British general commanding the Fourth Army.
- [The Scots Guards](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/the_scots_guards.md): British Guards regiment serving on the front.
- [Charles Geoffrey Vickers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/vickers.md): A British officer and later author, friend of the narrator.
- [Colonel Ronald Campbell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/col_ronald_campbell.md): A British colonel mentioned in the narrative.
- [Colonel Childs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/colonel_childs.md): A British colonel involved in military administration.
- [Colonel Crosby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/colonel_crosby.md): A British colonel mentioned in the narrative.
- [Mademoiselle Carpentier](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/mademoiselle_carpentier.md): Daughter of Madame Carpentier, a young French woman.
- [General Currie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_currie.md): Canadian general commanding the Canadian Corps.
- [Marshal Foch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/marshal_foch.md): Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front.
- [General Harper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_harper.md): British general commanding the 51st Highland Division.
- [General Hull](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_hull.md): A British general mentioned in the narrative.
- [General Rawlinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_rawlinson.md): British general, possibly same as Sir Henry Rawlinson.
- [General Hunter Weston](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/gen_hunter_weston.md): British general commanding the VIII Corps.
- [Lord French](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/lord_french.md): British field marshal, former commander of the BEF.
- [General Nivelle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_nivelle.md): French general who launched the Nivelle Offensive.
- [General Gough](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_gough.md): British general commanding the Fifth Army.
- [Tomlinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/tomlinson.md): A notable figure mentioned in the narrative.
- [Suzanne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/suzanne.md): A young French woman known to the narrator.
- [Sir Neville Macready](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/sir_neville_macready.md): British general and Adjutant-General to the Forces.
- [Death](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/death.md): Personification of death, a recurring motif.
- [General Ludendorff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_ludendorff.md): German general, key figure in German strategy.
- [Red Indians](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/red_indians.md): Indigenous soldiers or references to them.
- [General Byng](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_byng.md): British general commanding the Third Army.
- [Charles Lever](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/charles_lever.md): An Irish novelist referenced in the text.
- [Jack Johnsons](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/jack_johnsons.md): Slang for German heavy shells, named after the boxer.
- [Mort aux Boches](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/mort_aux_boches.md): French slang for Germans, meaning 'Death to the Germans'.
- [Captain Augrere Dawson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/capt_augrere_dawson.md): A British officer mentioned in the narrative.
- [Margot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/margot.md): A beautiful woman referenced in the text.
- [Hooge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/hooge.md): A location and château used as a command post.
- [Young Paul Bensher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/young_paul_bensher.md): A young officer mentioned in the narrative.
- [Charlie Lowndes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/charlie_lowndes.md): A British officer mentioned in the narrative.
- [Prince Max of Hesse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/prince_max_of_hesse.md): A German prince mentioned in the narrative.
- [Colonel Campbell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/colonel_campbell.md): A British colonel mentioned in the narrative.
- [Hindenburg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/hindenburg.md): German field marshal and later president.
- [Hullo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/hullo.md): A character or exclamation mentioned in the narrative.
- [Honest John](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/honest_john.md): A character or nickname mentioned in the narrative.
- [General Pilcher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_pilcher.md): A British general mentioned in the narrative.
- [Little Jeanne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/little_jeanne.md): A young girl or reference to Jean Jaurès.
- [General Baker-Carr](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_baker_carr.md): A British general mentioned in the narrative.
- [Lieutenant John Wood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/wood.md): A British officer mentioned in the narrative.
- [General Foch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_foch.md): French general and Supreme Allied Commander.
- [Apply](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/apply.md): A character or name mentioned in the narrative.
- [France](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/france.md): Personification of the nation of France.
- [General Charteris](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_charteris.md): British general and intelligence officer.
- [General Macready](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_macready.md): British general, possibly Sir Neville Macready.
- [General Allenby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/general_allenby.md): British general commanding in Palestine.
- [Willie Woodbine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/willie_woodbine.md): Slang for a type of cigarette or soldier.
- [Kamerad](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/kamerad.md): German word for comrade, used as a surrender cry.
- [Sir Philip Sidney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/sir_philip_sidney.md): Elizabethan poet and soldier, referenced historically.
- [Lord Cavan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/characters/lord_cavan.md): British general commanding the XIV Corps.

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