Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu 1876, Digby Shuttleworth akadzidza paBedford School, uye akabatana ne3rd Gurkha Rifles muna 1898. Akashanda muIndia pakati pa1912 na1916, muMesopotamia neIran, uye akatungamira 39th Infantry Brigade muCaucasus, pamwe ne83rd Infantry Brigade, Mauto eGungwa Dema, pakati pa1917 na1919. Akanga ari Mutungamiri weAllied Commission of Control, Ottoman War Office
, muna 1920, uye Mutungamiriri we83rd Infantry Brigade panguva yeChanak Crisis, pakati pa1920 na1923. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemajor general muna 1929, aive mutevedzeri weAdjutant uye Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India, pakati pa1930 na1932, uye Commander, Kohat District, pakati pa1932 na1936.