Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, Clement akapiwa basa muBataiyoni 4 yeWales Regiment. Akakuvadzwa muchiito kaviri, nguva yokutanga yakanga iri mukati meHondo yeCaen
, panguva yechiito chaakapihwa neMilitary Cross (MC). Musi wa 23 July 1944, Clement, zvino akanga ava mutungamiriri wehondo uye mukuru wenguva pfupi, akanga ari chikamu chekurwisa nzvimbo dzevavengi dzakapoteredza Le Bon Repos, pedyo neCaen. Clement akanga ari mutungamiriri weimwe yekambani mbiri dzeWelch Regiment dzaibatanidzwa mubasa racho, asi sezvavaifamba vachidzika makubhiti 900 vakananga kunangwa, iye nevarume vake vakawira pasi pemoto wakaoma uye Clement akakuvadzwa pagumbo rake. Vakatambura mwero wakakwirira wokurasikirwa, rimwe remauto aClement rakanga raparadzwa chose chose, riine vapukunyuki vana bedzi. Vakakuvadzwa neboka iri vaisanganisira mumwe wevamwe vakuru vakuru vaviri vakanga vatanga kurwisa naClement. Akakwanisa kuunganidza mauto ake ndokurwisana nemuvengi ari pedyo, achiuraya vanenge 30. Paakarayirwa kuti adzokere, Clement akasara kusvikira vakakuvadzwa vake vapora, uye ipapo bedzi akadzokera kunzvimbo yokusangana, uko pakupedzisira akabvuma kurapwa. Nokuda kwezviito zvake mukusangana uku akapiwa Military Cross musi wa 21 December 1944. Muna 1945 akakuvadzwa muchiito muNetherlands, zvakare achitungamirira kambani yake ye4th Battalion.