Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Cheltenham College, Longley bụ onye e nyere ọrụ na East Surrey Regiment na 1887 ma jee ozi na South Africa na 1902, na njedebe nke Agha nke Abụọ nke Boer. N'afọ 1911, a họpụtara ya onye isi ndị agha nke 1st East Surreys wee gaa France n'ọnwa Ọgọst 1914 na mbido Agha Worldwa Mbụ, na-alụ ọgụ na agha Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, La Bassée
na Armentières. Na mbido afọ 1915, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ ọchịagha nke 82nd Infantry Brigade na Disemba 1915, ya na ọkwa Major General, ọ ghọrọ General Officer Commanding 10th (Irish) Division.