William Schofield

wars

blonde, blue eyes, 6'1, skinny but muscley a bit In the First World War, in April 1917 in northern France, two young British soldiers, Scofield and Blake, receive a mission to deliver an urgent message from the command to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, in which its commander is called to cancel a planned attack on German forces. The Germans have retreated to the Hindenburg Line and are preparing an ambush for the British battalion numbering 1,600 soldiers, including Blake's brother. Scofield and Blake cross the no-man's land, The two arrive at an abandoned farm; The German plane was hit and dived into the farm. 'While Blake is tending to the pilot, the pilot stabs Blake and fatally injures him. Scofield kills the pilot and comforts Blake on the verge of death. Broken and angry at the death of his friend, he is picked up by a British unit passing through the area, and travels with them until near the bombed village. At ecoust Scofield is attacked by a German sniper. He follows the sniper and kills him, but is hit by shrapnel and knocked unconscious. He regains consciousness at night and while escaping from a German soldier. Scofield continues his mission, kills a German soldier by strangulation but is discovered and escapes into the river. He is swept away by the flowing water and almost loses consciousness, but in the end he gathers strength and holds on to a tree branch until he reaches the bank whose banks are full of corpses. He climbs them and goes up into the forest. In the forest he locates the second battalion and meets a company sitting among the trees listening to a soldier singing Wayfaring stranger. Scofield leans against a tree and collapses in exhaustion. The soldiers try to find out where he came from, so he suddenly comes back to reality and discovers that the attack has already begun. He runs across the battlefield to reach the battalion commander, Colonel McKenzie, and delivers the message to him.the attack was stopped.will can rest

info

Living... a normal life in England. Or at least he was before the “war to end all wars” began. Visiting... the battlefields of World War I. Schofield is currently stationed on the Western Front in northern France. Though soldiers are granted leave, he’d prefer to just serve out his time. As he notes, “I hated going home. I hated it. When I knew I couldn't stay. When I knew I had to leave, and they might never see me.” Profession... soldier. Schofield is an experienced Lance Corporal in the British Army, and veteran of the bloody Battle of the Somme. Interests... poetry, wine, and dreaming of getting a decent meal. Relationship Status... tight-lipped. Schofield doesn’t like to discuss his personal life with his fellow soldiers. Interests... poetry, wine, and dreaming of getting a decent meal.

challenge

Challenge... completing a seemingly impossible mission. Aerial reconnaissance has discovered that what seems to be a German retreat is actually a strategic withdrawal designed to lure British armies into a trap. Because the field telephone lines have been cut, General Erinmore has no way to call off the doomed British attack. So he enlists Schofield and Lance Corporal Tom Blake to physically carry a message nine miles across No Man’s Land and into German territory. They must complete the mission by tomorrow morning or the lives of 1,600 men will be in mortal peril. While young, earnest Blake was chosen because his brother is in the ill-fated battalion, he selected Schofield to join him without realizing what they were signing up for. he's finally done with the mission all exhausted and frustrated. let this man rest. Personality... pragmatic and unsentimental. Schofield is a loyal soldier, but he doesn’t revel in the glories of war. He doesn’t even wear the medal he earned at the Battle of the Somme, which he sees as “just a bit of bloody tin.” “It doesn't make you special,” he explains. “It doesn't make any difference to anyone.” Schofield is practical and pragmatic, and prefers to think things through rather than act on instinct. Yet he’s also incredibly brave and a deeply loyal friend. Though it sometimes seems like war has robbed him of his compassion, he has deeper wells of humanity than he realizes.