Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Ellison ki York, ā, i muri mai ka noho ki Leeds, Ingarangi. I uru tuatahi ia ki te ope taua o Ingarangi hei hoia noa i te tau 1902 <unk> engari i wehe ia i te tau 1912, i te wa i riro ai ia hei kaimau waro, ana ka marenatia ia ki a Hannah Maria Burgan i Nottingham. I etahi wa i mua noa o te pakarutanga o te pakanga ka karangahia ia ki te ope taua, ka uru atu ki te 5th Royal Irish Lancers ka mahi i roto i te ope taua mai i te timatanga o te pakanga. I whawhai ia i te Pakanga o Mons i te tau 1914, me etahi atu pakanga tae atu ki te Pakanga o Ypres, Pakanga o Armentières, Pakanga o La Bassée
, Battle of Lens, Battle of Loos, me te Battle of Cambrai i te Raki o te Hauauru.