Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Melbourne, Canada East, nwa Udolphus Aylmer, 7th Baron Aylmer na Mary Journeaux, Aylmer gụrụ akwụkwọ na High School of Montreal na Royal Naval College na Portsmouth, England. O jere ozi na ndị agha Canada n'oge
Ọ na-eme mwakpo ndị Fenian ma bụrụ onye lieutenant na Royal Marine Artillery. Ọ haziri Richmond Field Battery na 1876 ma jide iwu ruo November 1887, mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na ọkwa nke lieutenant-colonel.