 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muLondon, Tallents akadzidza paHarrow neBalliol. Akatanga basa rake semushandi wehurumende paBoard of Trade muna 1909 asati aendeswa kunobatsira William Beveridge naHubert Llewellyn Smith mukutanga shanduko dzevashandi. Akagadzwa muna August 1914 uye akashanda somukuru muIrish Guards muHondo Yenyika I kusvikira akuvadzwa zvakakomba paFestubert. Ipapo akashanda paMinistry of Munitions, achichinjirwa muna 1916 kuMinistry of Food. 