Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: William gụrụ akwụkwọ na George Watson's College ma banye na Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ma bụrụ onye e nyere ọrụ dị ka onye nke abụọ n'ọchịchị ndị agha Britain nke Royal Artillery na January 1913. O jere ozi na Agha Worldwa Mbụ, na-emeri ndị Distinguished Service Order (DSO) na
Agha nke Le Cateau na 1914 na mgbe e mesịrị Military Cross na a kpọtụrụ aha na dispatches ugboro anọ n'oge agha ahụ.