Cyril Northam

Cyril George Northam (4 October 1894 – 21 January 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wrexham as an outside right.[1]

Cyril Northam
Personal information
Full name Cyril George Northam[1]
Date of birth 4 October 1894
Place of birth London, England
Date of death 21 January 1981(1981-01-21) (aged 86)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
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]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. Cyril Northam on Lives of the First World War
  3. "Supplement To The London Gazette, 19 October 1916. 10071" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. "Arthur Reginald Northam". Southampton Cenotaph. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. "Casualty Details: Arthur Reginald Northam". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. "Supplement To The London Gazette, 7 June 1940. 3421" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. "Supplement To The London Gazette, 15 February 1949" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  8. "Supplement To The London Gazette, 6 June 1952. 3115" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.


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