Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Sandhurst, e nyere ya ọrụ dịka onye isi nke abụọ na Grenadier Guards na 29 Jenụwarị 1925. N'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, site na 1942 ruo 1944, ọ bụ onye isi ndị ọrụ (GSO) na Ngalaba Ndị Nchebe. Ọ bụ mgbe ahụ onye isi ndị agha nke 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, na
Ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Europe. N'afọ 1945 ọ chịịrị ndị 8th Infantry Brigade na Germany na Palestine. Site na 1946 ruo 1947 ọ bụ onye isi nke 1st Guards Brigade, na Palestine, n'oge Palestine Emergency.