Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaakona i Cheltenham College, i tukuna a Longley ki te East Surrey Regiment i te tau 1887 ka mahi i 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,
Ko La Bassée me Armentières. 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.