Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Templeman akaberekwa musi wa 3 March 1920, mwanakomana waHerbert William Templeman (mutengesi wemarasha) nemudzimai wake Lilian akaberekwa saPheasant. Akadzidza paSouthall Grammar School uye paSt John's College, Cambridge, kwaakanga ari mudzidzi uye akaverenga History. Zvidzidzo zvake zvakambovhiringidzwa neHondo Yenyika II. Muna 1941, akagadzwa mu4 Gorkha Rifles, uye akaona chiito paNorthwest Frontier, paArakan
, Imphal, neBurma. Nokuda kwebasa rake munguva yehondo, akambotaurwa nezvake mumashoko, uye akabudiswa basa semukuru mukuru wekuremekedzwa, uye gare gare akagadzwa MBE nokuda kwebasa rake rehondo.