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]

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
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]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 219. ISBN 190589161X.
  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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