Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Aibva kuBarrow upon Humber kuNorth Lincolnshire, uye ari mwanakomana wemunjiniya, Malim akabatana neRoyal Navy semudzidzi paakasiya Weymouth College muna 1936. Muna 1941 akatumirwa kulight cruiser muScapa Flow uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant muna Chikunguru wegore iroro. Musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1942, "Manchester" yakaputitswa nemabhoti maviri eItaly Navy MS-ngarava pavaive chikamu chechitima kuenda kuMalta panguva yeHondo yeMediterranean, uye ngarava yacho yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya zvekuti Kaputeni wayo akasarudza kuinyudza. Achipinda munyika yakaoma, Malim akazviwana ari pamhenderekedzo yeAlgeria, uko akasungwa nemauto eVichy France ndokuiswa mujeri kuLaghouat. Akasunungurwa muna November, nemhaka yokupinda kweAllied
yeFrench North Africa, uye mavhiki mashomanene gare gare akabatana nechikara chinorema muNorth Atlantic. Akazoendeswa kuRoyal Naval College, Greenwich, kubva muna 1943 kusvika muna 1945.