 He attended Tonbridge School and then went to the King's School, Rochester.He went to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, London, England, which was established in 1741 to educate the military branch of the Board of Ordnance to produce officers for the Artillery and Engineers.He entered the Royal Artillery in 1885 and was promoted to Captain (1895), Major (1904), Lieutenant-Colonel (1907), and Colonel (1914).