Arthur Wileman

Arthur Wileman
Personal information
Full name Harold Arthur Wileman[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Newhall, England
Date of death 28 April 1918 (aged 31–32)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium[3]
Playing position Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Newhall Swifts
1906 Burton United 8 (2)
1909–1911 Chelsea 14 (5)
Millwall Athletic
Luton Town
Southend United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Harold Arthur Wileman MM (1886 – 28 April 1918), sometimes known as Nippy Wileman,[4] was an English professional football inside right who played in the Football League for Chelsea and Burton United.[1]

Personal life

Wileman's brother Heneage was also a footballer and the brothers played together at Burton United, Chelsea and Southend United.[1][4] Prior to 1909, Wileman worked as a miner at Stanton Colliery in Derbyshire.[4] Four months into the First World War, Wileman enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) on 16 December 1914.[2] After transferring to the 11th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment,[5] he was sent to the front in March 1916.[2] Wileman rose to the rank of sergeant,[5] was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in the field in January 1918 and was killed near Ypres on 28 April 1918.[2][3] His name is inscribed on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.[5]

Honours

Newhall Swifts

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 311. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sergeant Arthur Harold Wileman MM | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  3. 1 2 Churchill, Alexandra; Holmes, Andrew (2015-07-15). Over Land and Sea: Chelsea FC in the Great War. The History Press. ISBN 9780750965422.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Village produced a host of top-flight footballers at turn of the last century". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  5. 1 2 3 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2015-12-15.


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