Early Life
His mother died when he was 12 and his twin brother was killed falling from a horse when he was 13. His father subsequently married their governess giving him three half-siblings. He was educated in Grahamstown (Saint Andrew's and Saint Aidan's, King Williamstown (Dale College) and Queens .
At 16 he fought in Matebeleland. He joined the Cape Mounted Police and was at the Relief of Mafeking, South Africa. He joined the Somaliland Burgher Corps fighting the "Mad Mullah" in Somaliland. In 1906 he took part in the Zulu Rebellion
He married Nellie and prior to the outbreak of the First World War, he was housemaster at Langley School and a member of the Territorial Army.
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