Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I kuraina a Romilly ki Wellington College me Oxford University, kātahi ka mahi hei kaikawe pakanga i te Pakanga Taketake o Paniora me te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I hopukina ia i te marama o Mei 1940
i te taone nui o Narvik i Norway i a ia e pūrongo ana mō te "Daily Express".