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INGHAM COLLECTION, 1900 - 1923

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEPP/ING

Scope and Contents

Include photographs, dinner menus, certificates and a bank book

Dates

  • Creation: 1900 - 1923

Biographical / Historical

Wilfrid Ingham (1889-1952) was born on 25th June 1889 and passed the entrance exhibition for Classics from St Peter's School, York to Selwyn in 1908. He was awarded a scholarship in 1910 and then a second class honours in Classics 1911. He remained in residence for two more years until gaining an additional second class in the Theological Tripos in 1913. He was captain of the College hockey team and won colours for rugby. He entered teaching before the war. During the war he served with the Army Service Corps (ASC) (MT) and XXIst Battalion Tank Corps but was wounded. He continued teaching after the war and became an active and successful master of several schools, including Collingwood School, Wallington. He died at Wallington in September 1952.

Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box) : Paper

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Wilfrid Ingham's daughter, Miss SMJ Ingham, in 1991.

Related Materials

Obituary in Calendar 1953-54, p. 52

Originator(s)

INGHAM, Wilfrid

Finding aid date

2005-04-04 11:05:48+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository

Contact:
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014