Personal information | |||
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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]
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]
Personal information | |||
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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]
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]