BORN DRIFFIELD 1897. SON OF ROBERT GRIFFIN (1864-1927) & CAROLINE ELIZA SUMNER (1861-1935), OF 34, SCARBOROUGH ROAD, DRIFFIELD.
SON OF A BUTCHER. HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, ROBERT. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY FOR THE LOCAL PHARMACY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1335 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH DORSET REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/06/1918, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, CAROLINE.
First name:
CLARENCE SUMNER
Regiment:
Military Number:
203597
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/06/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
34, SCARBOROUGH ROAD, DRIFFIELD, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
