Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Cheltenham, Longley an ba shi izini a cikin East Surrey Regiment a 1887 kuma ya yi aiki a Afirka ta Kudu a 1902, zuwa ƙarshen Yaƙin Boer na Biyu. A 1911 an nada shi Kwamandan Kwamandan na 1st East Surreys kuma ya tafi Faransa a watan Agusta 1914 a farkon yakin duniya na, ya yi yaƙi a yakin Mons, Le Cateau, da Marne, da Aisne,
La Bassée da kuma Armentières. A farkon 1915 an nada shi Kwamandan Brigade na 82 na Sojoji kuma a watan Disamba na 1915, tare da mukamin Manjo Janar, ya zama Janar Janar na Kwamandan 10th (Irish) Division.