Basic Details
Surname
Northrop
Forenames
Geoffrey W
Gender
Male
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Alternative forename
Geoffrey William
Served or died
Served
Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘Geoffrey William Northrop, born in the October to December quarter of 1891. Eldest son of Alfred and Julia Northrop. His father owned Albion Mill. In the 1911 Census the family lived at Chellow Dean, and Geoffrey was a student aged 19. Captain, 2nd West Riding Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, enlisted 1911, retired 1920, died 27 January 1922 at Banchory Sanatorium, Kincardineshire, Scotland, leaving his widow Alice Foster Northrop, née Rawson, who prior to her marriage was a Gentlewoman living with her mother at Brooklands, Thornton. Also on Thornton Grammar School War Memorial Buried and remembered in the family grave with his mother and father.'
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