Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Brian Yarde i te 5 o Hepetema 1905, i kuraina ia i te Kura o Bedford, i te Royal Air Force College Cranwell, i reira ia i whiwhi ai i te Sword of Honour i te tau 1926. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i mahi ia i Parani, Malaya, me te Middle East. I te tau 1945, i tohua ia hei kaiwhakahaere tuarua mo nga Mahi Bomb i te Manatū Rererangi. I waenga i te 1947 me te 1949 ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere Tuunga o RAF Gatow i te wa o te Berlin Airlift
, ana i waenga i te 1951 me te 1953 ko ia te Provost Marshal me te Tumuaki o te Royal Air Force Police. I waenga i te 1953 me te 1954 ko ia te Air Officer Commanding No. 62 Group, ana i waenga i te 1954 me te 1957 ko ia te Commandant-General o te RAF Regiment.