Clarence Reginald Dearden Drummond

A Lance Corporal with 2nd Bn., Clarence died on 2nd of March 1916 at the age of 21. 

Clarence was born at Leeds in 1895, a son of Robert LIddell and Ellen Drummond. Clarence was baptised at Saint Martin's Church, Potter Newton, on 3 November 1895. In 1901 his family lived at 27 Amberley Green, Potter Newton. By 1911 Clarence's family had moved to Lowestoft and lived at 32 Kirkley Park Road, Lowestoft. However, it seems that Clarence remained in the Leeds area to complete his education and the census shows him staying with his aunt and uncle, Annie and John Dearden, at 30 Reginald Terrace, Leeds. 

Clarence volunteered to join the Army and he enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment. On 27 July 1915 he arrived in France to serve with the 2nd Battalion. 

On 2 March 1916 the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment were involved in an attack at The Bluff, near St. Eloi, south-east of Ypres. This attack was judged to be very successful and and of the enemy tranches were taken and three enemy machine guns captures and 49 prisoners taken. However, the 2nd Battalion suffered loses, including Clarence.