Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaakona ia ki Cheltenham College, i tonoa a Longley ki roto i te East Surrey Regiment i te tau 1887 ā, i mahi ia ki Awherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1902, i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o Boer. I te tau 1911 i tohua ia hei Kaihauturu o te 1st East Surreys ka haere ki Parani i te marama o Akuhata 1914 i te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whawhai ia i nga pakanga o Mons, Le Cateau, te Marne, te Aisne, La Bassée
Ko Armentières hoki. I te tīmatanga o te tau 1915 ka tohua ia hei Kaihautū o te 82nd Infantry Brigade, ā, i te marama o Tihema 1915, i te taumata o te Major General, ka noho ia hei Kaihautū Matua mo te 10th (Irish) Division.