Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Nwa amaala Barrow upon Humber na North Lincolnshire, na nwa onye injinia, Malim sonyeere Royal Navy dị ka nwa akwụkwọ mgbe ọ na-apụ Weymouth College na 1936. N'afọ 1941, e zigara ya n'ụgbọ mmiri dị mfe na Scapa Flow ma bulie ya ọkwa lieutenant na July nke afọ ahụ. Na 13 Ọgọstụ 1942, ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri nke Italy torpedoed "Manchester" mgbe ọ bụ akụkụ nke ụgbọ njem na Malta n'oge Agha Mediterenian, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ mebiri nke ukwuu nke na onye isi ya kpebiri ka ọ mikpuo ya. N'ịga n'ala akọrọ, Malim hụrụ onwe ya n'ụsọ oké osimiri nke Algeria, ebe ndị agha Vichy France jidere ya ma tinye ya na Laghouat. A tọhapụrụ ya na Nọvemba, n'ihi mwakpo nke ndị Allied
nke French North Africa, na izu ole na ole mgbe e mesịrị sonyere arọ cruiser na North Atlantic. E zigara ya ọzọ na Royal Naval College, Greenwich, site na 1943 ruo 1945.