Pari gbolohun yii: A bi Digby Shuttleworth ni ọjọ kẹtalelogun oṣu kẹjọ ọdun 1876, o kẹkọọ ni ile-iwe Bedford, o si darapọ mọ Gurkha Rifles kẹta ni ọdun 1898. O ṣiṣẹ ni India laarin 1912 ati 1916, ni Mesopotamia ati Iran, o si paṣẹ fun Brigade 39th Infantry ni Caucasus, bakanna bi Brigade 83rd Infantry, Ọmọ ogun ti Okun Dudu, laarin 1917 ati 1919. Ó jẹ́ Ààrẹ Ìgbìmọ̀
Allied Commission of Control, Ottoman War Office, ni 1920, ati Alakoso ti 83rd Infantry Brigade nigba Chanak Crisis, laarin 1920 ati 1923. Wọ́n gbé e ga dé ipò ọ̀gágun ní ọdún 1929, ó jẹ́ igbákejì adjutant àti Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India, láàrin ọdún 1930 àti 1932, àti Commander, Kohat District, láàrin ọdún 1932 àti 1936.