 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekwa mwanakomana waMajor Ishe Bernard Gordon-Lennox, Gordon-Lennox akabatana neRoyal Navy muna 1924. Akashanda kuMiddle East, mumigwagwa yokuEast Coast uye mumigwagwa yokuArcticpanguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Akava Commanding Officer weHMS sloop Mermaid pamwe chete naKaputeni we2nd Frigate Squadron muna 1954. Akaenderera mberi kuva Mutungamiri wechikoro chechiratidzo HMS Mercury muna 1955, Flag Captain achitungamirira cruiser HMS Newcastle panguva yeMalayan Emergency muna 1957 uye Mutevedzeri Mukuru weZvinhu uye Kutakura paAdmiralty muna 1959. 