There's a French website which lists every rider who ever participated in the Tour de France. A search of for the name "Klump" or "Clump" produced no results.
A search of participating teams likewise produced no British Armed Forced team... perhaps he was referring not to THE TdF, but to some special armed forces race, or an amature TdF.
Tour de France participants from Great Britain and Ireland: 1947 through 1954 - none
1955 - GRANDE-BRETAGNE 31 BEDWELL Dave (Gbr) ab.3° 32 HOAR Tony (Gbr) 33 JONES Stan (Gbr) ab.7° 34 KREBS Fred (Gbr) ab.11° 35 MAITLAND Bob (Gbr) ab.9° 36 MITCHELL Ken (Gbr) ab.11° 37 PUSEY Bernard (Gbr) ab.2° 38 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) 39 STEEL Ian (Gbr) ab.8° 40 WOOD Bevis (Gbr) ab.3°
1956 - none 1957 - none
1958 - INTERNATIONS 125 ELLIOTT Seamus (Irl) 126 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) 127 COE Ron (Gbr) ab.6° 128 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) ab.20°
1959 - INTERNATIONS 125 ANDREWS John (Gbr) ab.3° 126 HEWSON Tony (Gbr) ab.7° 127 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) 128 ELLIOTT Seamus (Irl) hd.14° 129 SUTTON Vic (Gbr)
1960 - GRANDE-BRETAGNE 121 ANDREWS John (Gbr) ab.11° 122 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) ab.9° 123 KENNEDY John (Gbr) ab.12° 124 REYNOLDS Harry (Gbr) ab.12° 125 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) 126 SHEIL Norman (Gbr) ab.11° 127 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) 128 SUTTON Victor (Gbr) ab.18°
1961 - GRANDE BRETAGNE 85 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) ab.4° 86 COE Ron (Gbr) ab.5° 87 DENSON Vic (Gbr) ab.9° 88 ELLIOTT Seamus (Gbr) 89 HITCHEN Albert (Gbr) ab.4° 90 LAIDLAW Ken (Gbr) 91 MOORE Ian (Gbr) ab.3° 92 O'BRIEN George (Gbr) ab.3° 93 RYALL Peter (Gbr) ab.3° 94 RYAN Sean (Gbr) ab.2° 95 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) 96 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) ab.3°
1962 - PELFORTH-SAUVAGE-LEJEUNE 59 RAMSBOTTOM Alan (Gbr)
1963 - none
1964 - MERCIER-BP-HUTCHINSON 16 HOBAN Barry (Gbr)
1964 - PEUGEOT-BP-ENGLEBERT 32 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr)
1964 - WIEL'S-GROENE LEEUW 66 WRIGHT Michaël (Gbr)
1965 - PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN 47 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) ab.20°
Just for fun - in 1962 the Tour de France returned to trade teams instead of national teams. Here's a list of the participating teams:
ACCB-SAINT RAPHAEL-HELYETT-HUTCHINSON MOSCHETTIERI G.S-GHIGI LIBERIA-GRAMMONT-CLEMENT G.S GAZZOLA-FIORELLI-HUTCHINSON PELFORTH-SAUVAGE-LEJEUNE CARPANO VC XII°-LEREUX-GITANE-DUNLOP WIELS-GROENE LEEUW MARGNAT-PALOMA-D'ALESSANDRO PEUGEOT-BP-DUNLOP LEGNANO-PIRELLI G.S PHILCO FAEMA-FLANDRIA-CLEMENT MERCIER-B.P-HUTCHINSON
Aldo Ross
Monroe, Ohio
<snip>
> His name is John Klump... He talked about the Big Wheel in Denver and how
he
> walked in one day only to find Jack giving him a look over like he was
> familiar. Turns out that they were racing about the same time and were
even
> in a few together!
>
> Anyway, anybody know about British Armed Forces teams in the TdF and if
there
> is any truth to it???
>
> Fun ride anyway. A 68 year old on a new TI and a guy 1/2 his age on a 26
year
> old bike!
>
> Mike "Wishing I can ride like that at 48" Wilkinson
> Parker, CO