Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - 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 na ndị agha Royal nke ndị agha Britain na Jenụwarị 1913. O jere ozi na Agha Worldwa Mbụ, na-enweta ihe nrite nke Distinguished Service Order (DSO) na Agha nke Le Cateau
N'afọ 1914, e nyekwara ya ihe nrite Military Cross, a kpọtụrụ ya aha ugboro anọ n'akwụkwọ akụkọ n'oge niile a na-alụ agha.