Ia tusia se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na fanau Moreton i Oakham, Rutland, ma aʻoaʻoina i le St Edward's School, Oxford ma le Trinity College, Oxford. Sa tautua o ia i le Royal Artillery i le taimi o le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi, ma na tuuina atu ia te ia le Military Cross i le 1944, ina ua maeʻa le Taua o Kohima
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