Private Baldrick is a private in a First World War trench, serving under Captain Blackadder and Lieutenant George, and he is the platoon's cook despite lacking cooking skills, he is rather dumb and silly and has his “cunning plans” which dont work almost every time. He wears a standard British infantry uniform with a British army Forage cap, he is armed with a lee enfielf rifle, he also wears glasses. He is often around Captain Blackadder and Lieutenant George. He is pretty friendly.