the son of john thomas woolrych perowne – who married edith marione browne in  he was educated at wellington college and royal military academy woolwich perowne was commissioned into the royal engineers in  he served in world war ii with the commandos in france and then as commander of th anti-aircraft brigade from  th anti-aircraft brigade from  and rd infantry brigade in india and burma from later in  as commander of rd brigade he fought a successful campaign in the naga hills he was present at the reoccupation of malaya in 