Early Life
He was born in Cheltenham, the second son of Theodore Page, a furniture maker and member of the Plymouth Brethren. He and educated at Cheltenham Grammar School. In 1902, against his parents wishes, he moved to London to study electrical engineering at Finsbury Technical College.
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