Lance Corporal William Schofield South Wales Borderers. Died Saturday 19 May 1917 - A Street Near You.

What happened to Lance Corporal William Schofield?

The Near Death Of Lance Corporal Schofield

An explosion in the German bunker leaves Schofield temporarily blinded, forcing him to depend on Blake to get out of the crumbling underground trap.

Is Lance Corporal William Schofield a real person?

Blake and Schofield aren't real people, but “1917” is inspired by actual events. Writer Sam Mendes took “fragments” of stories told by his grandfather, Lance Corporal Alfred H. Mendes, and turned them into 1917.