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During the Great War over 500 ordained Anglican clergymen volunteered for service in the British and Imperial Armies other than as chaplains. Forty-six are known to have been killed or died in the conflict. Through their own merits six of them were promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Five of them commanded infantry battalions, three on the Western Front, including Lt. Col. Bernard William Vann, VC, MC & Bar, Croix de Guerre avec palmes, of the Sherwood Foresters. He was the only clergyman in the war to be awarded the Victoria Cross as a combatant and was the most highly decorated soldier recorded in The War List of Cambridge University. A muscular Christian from a relatively humble background, he was greatly influenced by his father's Victorian values of duty, self-help and mens sana in corpore sano. Bernard became a talented sportsman. By the age of 19 he had played centre forward as an amateur for Northampton Town, Burton United and Derby County. He scored a goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers and led the attack against such sides as Chelsea, Burnley, Aston Villa and Notts County. During the week he would sometimes also be playing hockey for Leicestershire. He became a hockey blue at Cambridge and reached the rank of sergeant in the University's OTC. He was also captain of football at Jesus College, where he was the co-founder of a debating club, the Roosters, which is still in existence. Following ordination Bernard was appointed as a curate at St Barnabas in Leicester before moving to Wellingborough School as chaplain and assistant master. With his brother Harry he volunteered for the army in August 1914. Until his death on 3 October 1918, four days after the crossing of the Hohenzollern Line, for which action he received a posthumous Victoria Cross, he remained a committed Christian at the front, holding services and communion when the brigade chaplain was unavailable. His young widow did not pass on his papers to the family and this has led to speculation and assumptions which are not borne out by the facts. A few small potted accounts of Bernard's life have been attempted but, even as early as 1919, they were peppered with inaccuracies that have been perpetuated and fail to take into account his family relationships and many faceted character. The Christian Soldier provides an overdue assessment of this extraordinary Edwardian. The author has enjoyed the co-operation of Bernard Vann's family and conducted extensive research, including tracing papers and diaries of his fellow officers, colleagues and acquaintances.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Military history

• Pełny tytuł: Christian Soldier
• Podtytuł: The Life of Lt. Col. Bernard William Vann, V.C., M.C. and Bar, Croix De Guerre Avec Palmes
• Autor: Charles Beresford
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 304
• EAN: 9781910777312
• ISBN: 1910777315
• ID: 09257887
• Wydawca: Helion & Company
• Waga: 898 g
• Wymiary: 243 × 165 × 2 mm
• Data wydania: 15. December 2016

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