Born in Sint-Petersburg as George Spiridonoff out of Russian parents, Clement who studied at Oxford changed his name by deed poll in 1938. After he was conscriped he was recruited by SOE and was trained as a wireless operator. On 24 July 1943 Clement was parachuted together with Henri Gaillot to François Valleé's PARSON network which operated in the Rennes area.
According to MRD Foot- SOE's historian, Clement was caught whilst transmitting on 28 November 1943 after which he was taken to Rennes before sent to Fresnes. It appears that after his arrest he kept transmitting, his first transmission without his security check. Yet this was unnoticed by Baker Street. Despite allegations of collaborating with the Germans he was awarded a Mention in Despatches.
He was executed in Mauthausen.
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