Cyril Northam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cyril George Northam[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| 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 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cyril George Northam was an English professional football outside right who played in the Football League for Wrexham.[1]
Personal life
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
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ "Cyril George Northam – WW1 Memorial and Life Story". livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "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". www.cwgc.org. 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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- English footballers
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- 1894 births
- People from Hendon
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- Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
- Isthmian League players
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- British Army personnel of World War II
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