Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ nwa nwoke nke Harold Power Carver na Winifred Anne Gabrielle Carver (née Wellesley) ma gụrụ akwụkwọ na Winchester College na Royal Military College, Sandhurst, a họpụtara Carver dị ka onye nke abụọ na Royal Tank Corps na 1 February 1935. E buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant na 31 Jenụwarị 1938. O jere ozi na Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ na mbido na-ahazi lọjistik na isi ụlọ ọrụ nke 7th Armored Division nke na-alụ ọgụ ndị Italiantali na North Africa: a kpọtụrụ ya aha na ozi na 1 Eprel 1941 na ọzọ na 8 Julaị 1941 ma nye ya obe ndị agha na 9 Septemba 1942. N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwa onye isi na 31 Jenụwarị 1943, e nyere ya ọkwa nwa oge nke Lieutenant Colonel ma họpụta ya onye isi ndị ọrụ nke 1st Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment na 14 Eprel 1943, na-eduga ha na North Africa nke enyere ya onyinye Distinguished Service Order (DSO) na 4 Mee 1943 na Italy nke enyere ya Bar na DSO ya na 24 February 1944. A họpụtara ya onye isi nke 4th Armored Brigade na 27 June 1944 ma duzie brigade ya na
mkpọsa na North West Europe. A họpụtakwara ya onye isi nke Order nke Alaeze Ukwu Britain na 1945.