About Cyril Northam
Lived 1894 – 1981 (aged 86). Cyril Northam was an association football player.
Personal life As of 1911, Northam was working as a merchant's clerk. 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. His younger brother Arthur also served in the London Regiment and was killed in France on 23 May 1917. Northam served again in the Second World War, as lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 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.
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Who was Cyril Northam?
association football player (1894-1981)
When was Cyril Northam born?
Cyril Northam was born on 4 October 1894 in London.
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Cyril Northam died on 21 January 1981 in Edinburgh.
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Cyril Northam was an association football player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cyril Northam. https://biography.guide/cyril-northam/
MLA: "Cyril Northam." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/cyril-northam/.
Chicago: "Cyril Northam." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/cyril-northam/.
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