 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akazvarwa muKensington muna 1897, Hugonin akava musoja webasa pashure pokudzidziswa paRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich, uye akagadzwa muRoyal Artillery musi wa15 October 1915. Pakazosvika ma1930 akanga aroora uye ava nevana, uye muna 1937 akaenda kuIndia nemhuri yake nengarava yainzi Dilwarra. Akaendeswa kuSingapore muna Ndira 1939 ne3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery, uye akava musungwa wehondo wechiJapan muna Kukadzi 1942 pakadonha kweSingapore, mukati meHondo Yenyika II. Muna September 1946, apo akanga ane chinzvimbo che acting lieutenant colonel, akagadzwa kuva Officer of the Order of the British Empire nokuda kwebasa rake rehondo rehondo semusungwa wehondo, panguva iyo akanga aratidza kushora kukuru kwechiJapan, akanga aparadza midziyo yevavengi, uye akanga adzivirira varume vake, kunyange kusvika pakurova vamwe. Iye akakwanisa kutamba kiriketi yokutanga-kirasi mukati memakore epakati ebasa rake reMasoja. 