 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rance akaberekerwa muSouthend-on-Sea, muduku pavana vashanu vaRev Frederick Ernest Rance, mufundisi weAll Saints Church. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge aberekwa mhuri yakatamira kuSt Margarets, Leytonstone, uko Frederick Rance akabata basa mangwanani mangwanani zuva nezuva nokuda kwevarimi vemukaka vomunharaunda pa5am. Rances obituarist muThe Times anotsinhira kuti, Kuremekedza vashandi vomumunda wemukaka nokudaro kwakadzidziswa muna Rance kubvira pamakore ake apakuvamba zvikurusa. Akadzidza paChrists Hospital kubva kwaakaenda kuRoyal Military Academy, Sandhurst muna 1936. Akapiwa basa muNorthamptonshire Regiment muna 1938. Apo Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri yakatanga akaendeswa kuBuffs Royal East Kent Regiment, kwaakanga ari mubatsiri webato rehondo yehondo, uye akadzidzisa huwandu hwevarume vake kuverenga nekunyora. Akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru pazera remakore 24, uye akashanda muHondo yeAnziomuna 1944. Pashure pehondo iye akashandiswa muVienna pamabasa ouchenjeri. Akarega basa muuto muna 1949 uye akashanda kwemakore maviri pahofisi yeConservative Central muLondon. 