Arthur Vann
Personal information
Full name Arthur Harrison Allard Vann[1]
Date of birth 1 May 1884
Place of birth Bugbrooke, England
Date of death 25 September 1915 (aged 31)[2]
Place of death Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Northampton Town
1906 Burton United 2 (1)
1907 Derby County 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Harrison Allard Vann (1 May 1884 – 25 September 1915) was a British Army officer killed in the First World War. He had been a professional football outside left who appeared in the Football League for Burton United.[1]

Personal life

Vann was born on 1 May 1884 in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. His parents, Alfred George Collins Vann and Hannah Elizabeth Vann were teachers and his younger brother was Bernard William Vann.[3] He attended Chichele College, Higham Ferrers, where his father was headmaster.

Vann was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) on 29 June 1908.[4] This was a Territorial Force unit. He resigned his commission in August 1911.[5]

Both Vann and his brother Bernard attended Jesus College, Cambridge. Bernard matriculated in 1907[6] and Arthur in 1909, aged 25. He graduated in 1913.[7]

In the First World War, Vann was again commissioned in the Army as a temporary lieutenant on 1 October 1914.[8] He served in the 28th (County of London) Battalion of The London Regiment, (The Artists' Rifles)[9] and the West Yorkshire Regiment during the first year of the war.[10] He held the rank of captain and was adjutant of the 12th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment when he was killed at the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915.[10] His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.[2]

Bernard Vann also served, winning a VC and an MC and Bar, before being killed in action in France on 3 October 1918.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 295. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vann – Bernard William | Jesus College Cambridge". Jesus College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "No. 28180". The London Gazette. 25 September 1908. p. 6952.
  5. ↑ "No. 28519". The London Gazette. 4 August 1911. p. 5809.
  6. ↑ "Vann – Bernard William | Jesus College Cambridge". www.jesus.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Arthur Harrison Allard Vann, Captain and Adjutant, West Yorkshire Regiment". Jesus College, Cambridge. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "No. 28969". The London Gazette. 10 November 1914. p. 9135.
  9. ↑ Stagoll Higham, S. (1922). Artists Rifles. Regmental Roll of Honour and War Record 1914-1919. Howlett & Son.
  10. 1 2 "Arthur Harrison Allard Vann – Service Record – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bernard Vann VC – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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