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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]

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

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]

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