 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1937 akapinda muUniversity College, London somudzidzi wezvokurapa. Apo Hondo yeNyika II yakatanga muna 1939, akatumirwa kuFrance sorutivi rweBritish Expeditionary Force, akabatanidzwa kuungwaru uye ari mutariri werabhoritari duku inofamba uye mubatsiri kutsvaka kunyora kwakavanzika mutsamba yeHondo. Apo Expeditionary Force yakatanga kudzokera shure yakananga kuDunkirk, akava mutyairi wekutumira akagoverwa motokari duku. Akanga ari mumwe wokupedzisira kusvika muDunkirk nokuda kwokubviswa, achiendesa mukuru mukuru ikoko pasi pokurwiswa kazhinji kazhinji nendege dzeGermany. 