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|Date of birth=1923
 
|Date of birth=1923
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted in the ranks aged 18. Posted 70th Bn DLI. Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU. Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 3/10/1942. Posted 11th Bn DLI 1942. Posted 70th Bde HQ 23/3/1943. Posted 49 Div HQ.  Posted Directorate of Military Training GHQ India 1/6/1946.  
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted in the ranks aged 18. Posted 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion DLI. Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU. Granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt in The Durham Light Infantry 3/10/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1942. Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 23/3/1943. Posted to 49 Div HQ.  Posted Directorate of Military Training GHQ India 1/6/1946.  
|Company/Battery=70th Brigade Headquarters.
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|Company/Battery=11th Battalion - Company not yet known.  70th Brigade Headquarters.
|Task or role=70 Bde HQ - Liaison Officer. 49 Div HQ - OC Defence and Employment Platoon.  India - GSO3.  
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|Task or role=11th Battalion - Duty Officer?  70th Brigade HQ - Liaison Officer. 49 Div HQ - OC Defence and Employment Platoon.  India - GSO3.  
|Joined Brigade=3/10/1942 or shortly thereafter
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|Joined Brigade=3/10/1942, or shortly thereafter.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain.
 
|Promotions=W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.

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Personnel Entry

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Name Troupe Leslie Clement
Army number 247059
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations O.B.E. - 1983
Date of birth 1923
Age 0
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted in the ranks aged 18. Posted 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion DLI. Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU. Granted an Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt in The Durham Light Infantry 3/10/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1942. Posted to 70th Brigade HQ 23/3/1943. Posted to 49 Div HQ. Posted Directorate of Military Training GHQ India 1/6/1946.
Company/Battery 11th Battalion - Company not yet known. 70th Brigade Headquarters.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role 11th Battalion - Duty Officer? 70th Brigade HQ - Liaison Officer. 49 Div HQ - OC Defence and Employment Platoon. India - GSO3.
Joined Brigade 3/10/1942, or shortly thereafter.
Promotions W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.
Home address Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
Source table 11DLI