1911
Arthur Northrop, 45, groom gardener, b Harston
Elizabeth, 39, b Rampton
Abraham, 16, grocer assistant, b Harston
Percy, 13, farm labourer, b Harston
Arthur, 11, school and errand boy, b Harston
Edwin, 6, b Harston
Lucy Francis, 4 mos, b Harston
Percy Northrop joined the Cambridge Volunteer Battalion when he was only 16. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1.7.1916.
https://great-war.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/northrop-percy-regiment-number-11th-battalion-suffolks-died-1st-july-1916-harston
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.