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Created page with "{{Personnel |Surname and forenames=Troupe Leslie Clement |Army number=247059 |Rank=2/Lt |Decorations=O.B.E. - 1983 |Date of birth=1923 |Age=0 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - enl..."

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Troupe Leslie Clement
|Army number=247059
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=O.B.E. - 1983
|Date of birth=1923
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - enlisted as Regimental Number 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 70 Bde HQ 23/3/1943, Posted 49 Div HQ, Directorate of Military Training GHQ India 1/6/1946,
|Company/Battery=
|Task or role=70 Bde HQ - Liaison Officer, 49 Div HQ - OC Defence and Employment Platoon, GSO3,
|Joined Brigade=3/10/1942 or shortly thereafter
|Promotions=W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain
|Died/Killed in action=23/8/1991 aged 68
|Home address=Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Troupe Leslie Clement
 |Army number=247059
-|Rank=2/Lt
+|Rank=Private.  2nd Lieutenant
 |Decorations=O.B.E. - 1983
 |Date of birth=23/1/1923 at Hartlepool, County Durham.  Birth registered Q1 1923, mother's maiden name Bainbridge.
 |Age=68 at the time of his death.
-|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.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - enlisted in the ranks aged 18 under Regimental Number 4468868.  Posted 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion DLI.  Posted as Cadet to 164 OCTU 12/6/1942.  Documents to Ashford 8/7/1942.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (XVII) 2/10/1942.  Granted an Emergency Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant 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 49th Division HQ.  Posted Directorate of Military Training GHQ India 1/6/1946.
 |Company/Battery=11th Battalion - Company not yet known.  70th Brigade Headquarters.
-|Task or role=11th Battalion - Duty Officer?  70th Brigade HQ - Liaison Officer.  49 Div HQ - OC Defence and Employment Platoon.  India - GSO3.
+|Task or role=11th Battalion - Duty Officer?  70th Brigade HQ - Liaison Officer.  49th Division 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.

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 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Decorations=O.B.E. - 1983
-|Date of birth=23/1/1923 at Hartlepool, County Durham.
+|Date of birth=23/1/1923 at Hartlepool, County Durham.  Birth registered Q1 1923, mother's maiden name Bainbridge.
-|Age=0
+|Age=68 at the time of his death.
 |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.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.
-|Home address=Worked as Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
+|Home address=Worked as Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=3/10/1942, or shortly thereafter.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.
-|Home address=Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
+|Home address=Worked as Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Date of birth=1923
 |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.
+|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.
+|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.
+|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
+|Joined Brigade=3/10/1942, or shortly thereafter.
 |Promotions=W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.

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 |Date of birth=1923
 |Age=0
-|Unit=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,
+|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.
 |Company/Battery=70th Brigade Headquarters.
 |Task or role=70 Bde 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
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 9/3/1943, T/Captain.
-|Died/Killed in action=23/8/1991 aged 68
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/8/1991 aged 68.
 |Home address=Forestry Commission Conservator, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}