Cyril Northam
Cyril George Northam (4 October 1894 – 21 January 1981) was an English professional football outside right who played in the Football League for Wrexham.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cyril George Northam[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 October 1894 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Date of death | 21 January 1981 86) | (aged||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Playing position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1914 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
Dulwich Hamlet | |||
Wrexham | |||
Connah's Quay & Shotton | |||
Dulwich Hamlet | |||
1921 | Wrexham | 16 | (4) |
Connah's Quay & Shotton | |||
Whitchurch | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Personal life
As of 1911, Northam was working as a merchant's clerk.[2] Northam served as a private in the London Regiment during the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant and attached to the Royal Scots in September 1916.[2][3] His younger brother Arthur also served in the London Regiment and was killed in France on 23 May 1917.[4][5] Northam served again in the Second World War, as lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.[6] He remained in the army after the war and rose to the rank of honorary major, before moving back down to second lieutenant on 25 April 1952.[7][8]
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References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 190589161X.
- Cyril Northam on Lives of the First World War
- "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 19 OCTOBER 1916. 10071" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- "Arthur Reginald Northam". Southampton Cenotaph. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- "Casualty Details: Arthur Reginald Northam". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 7 JUNE 1940. 3421" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15 FEBRUARY 1949" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 6 JUNE 1952. 3115" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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