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{{Personnel
|id=2807
|Surname and forenames=Tiplady Ronald
|Army number=4452858
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Decorations=M.M.
|Age=0
|Unit=11 DLI, Z Reserve 6/7/46, O/S Exe 1955 N/E.
|Prisoner of War=PoW 13/8/40
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Lance Corporal.
 |Decorations=Military Medal - gazetted 6/6/1946 (awarded for escaping - see details below) ? T.D.  Service Awards.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938.  Posted to the ? 8th Battalion.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5/1940 - 16/6/1940.  Known to have been taken Prisoner of War  - notification dated 13/8/1940.  Serial Escaper. Posted ? Bn DLI on return to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 6/7/46, O/S Exe 1955 N/E.  Commissioned General List - Army Cadet Force as a 2/Lt London 17/5/1949, Durham Acting Captain 1/7/1950.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938.  Posted to the 8th Battalion.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5/1940 - 16/6/1940.  Known to have been taken Prisoner of War  - notification dated 13/8/1940.  Serial Escaper. Posted ? Bn DLI on return to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 6/7/46, O/S Exe 1955 N/E.  Commissioned General List - Army Cadet Force as a 2/Lt London 17/5/1949, Durham Acting Captain 1/7/1950.
 |Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
-|Company/Battery=Company not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=8th Battalion - B Company based at Chester-le-Street.  11th Battalion - Battalion HQ.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=11th Battalion - probably Administration Platoon.
-|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
+|Task or role=Initially Rifleman and possibly Rifle Section Commander.  11th Battalion - Provost Sergeant.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 21B, PoW Number 3883.  (Escaper - reported to Odessa 1/4/1945).
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Promotions=Lieutenant 14/11/1952, Acting Captain 14/2/1953.
+|Promotions=Possibly Sergeant.  Lieutenant 14/11/1952, Acting Captain 14/2/1953.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Home address=Joined Durham Police - Plawsworth - 1946, served London 1952.  No family details as yet.

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−	The debriefing report states: 4452858 L/Cpl Tiplady, Ronald, 11 Bn Durham Light Inf. Tiplady was captured in France in May 1940. His first escape was from a working camp in October 1941 when, having obtained civilian clothing, he cut his way through the roof of his hut. With the aid of Polish farmers he reached Gutenhaven where he hoped to get a boat to Sweden, but he was picked up by the police. A year later he made a similar attempt from Lichnau and was at liberty for 3-4 weeks getting as far as Kammin, travelling chiefly by rail. Between November 1942 and January 1943 he escaped three times. On one of these occasions he was with another soldier and once he climbed out of Fort 13 by rope and tied up the guard. These periods of liberty varied from three to eight days. He made several other partly successful attempts later and in July 1944 he and another soldier escaped from the working party at Weichselgard and after five days reached Thorn where they expected to get civilian clothes, but they were arrested by the police. In January 1945 on the march back to Germany Tiplady and another soldier broke away and were sheltered by a Polish family together with two others till the Russians arrived. They then all made their way to Odessa where they contacted the British on 1 April 1945. Captain Ronald Tiplady, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the County of London TA, 17/5/49 (404367), Captain 14/2/53, it is therefore probable that Tiplady erased his rank on obtaining his promotion.'	+	The debriefing report on the award of the Military Medal incorporates the official citation and states: 4452858 L/Cpl Tiplady, Ronald, 11 Bn Durham Light Inf. Tiplady was captured in France in May 1940. His first escape was from a working camp in October 1941 when, having obtained civilian clothing, he cut his way through the roof of his hut. With the aid of Polish farmers he reached Gutenhaven where he hoped to get a boat to Sweden, but he was picked up by the police. A year later he made a similar attempt from Lichnau and was at liberty for 3-4 weeks getting as far as Kammin, travelling chiefly by rail. Between November 1942 and January 1943 he escaped three times. On one of these occasions he was with another soldier and once he climbed out of Fort 13 by rope and tied up the guard. These periods of liberty varied from three to eight days. He made several other partly successful attempts later and in July 1944 he and another soldier escaped from the working party at Weichselgard and after five days reached Thorn where they expected to get civilian clothes, but they were arrested by the police. In January 1945 on the march back to Germany Tiplady and another soldier broke away and were sheltered by a Polish family together with two others till the Russians arrived. They then all made their way to Odessa where they contacted the British on 1 April 1945. Captain Ronald Tiplady, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the County of London TA, 17/5/49 (404367), Captain 14/2/53, it is therefore probable that Tiplady erased his rank on obtaining his promotion.'

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 |Surname and forenames=Tiplady Ronald
 |Army number=4452858
-|Rank=L/Cpl
+|Rank=Lance Corporal.
-|Decorations=M.M. 6/6/1946 (awarded for escaping) ? T.D.
+|Decorations=Military Medal - gazetted 6/6/1946 (awarded for escaping - see details below) ? T.D.  Service Awards.
-|Age=0
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 1938.  Posted to the ? 8th Battalion.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing 10/5/1940 - 16/6/1940.  Known to have been taken Prisoner of War  - notification dated 13/8/1940.  Serial Escaper. Posted ? Bn DLI on return to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 6/7/46, O/S Exe 1955 N/E.  Commissioned General List - Army Cadet Force as a 2/Lt London 17/5/1949, Durham Acting Captain 1/7/1950.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 13/8/1940, Serial Escaper, Posted ? Bn DLI, Class Z Army Reserve 6/7/46, O/S Exe 1955 N/E. Commissioned General List  ACF, 2/Lt London 17/5/1949, Durham A/Capt 1/7/1950
+|Date of birth=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=Lt 14/11/1952, A/Captain 14/2/1953
+|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
-|Prisoner of War=21B  3883 (Escaper - reported to Odessa 1/4/1945)
+|Company/Battery=Company not yet known.
 |Source table=11DLI
-|Home address=Joined Durham Police - Plawsworth - 1946, served London 1952.
+|Home address=Joined Durham Police - Plawsworth - 1946, served London 1952.  No family details as yet.
 }}

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 |Army number=4452858
 |Rank=L/Cpl
-|Decorations=M.M.  ? T.D.
+|Decorations=M.M. 6/6/1946 (awarded for escaping) ? T.D.
 |Age=0
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 13/8/1940, Serial Escaper, Posted ? Bn DLI, Class Z Army Reserve 6/7/46, O/S Exe 1955 N/E. Commissioned General List  ACF, 2/Lt London 17/5/1949, Durham A/Capt 1/7/1950
-|Prisoner of War=21B  3883
+|Promotions=Lt 14/11/1952, A/Captain 14/2/1953
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Home address=Joined Durham Police - Plawsworth - 1946, served London 1952.
 }}