 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ellison akaberekerwa muYork uye gare gare akagara muLeeds, England. Akatanga kupinda muuto reBritain semusoja wenguva dzose muna 1902 asi akanga abva muna 1912, panguva iyo akanga ava mushandi wemugodhi wemarasha, uye paakaroora Hannah Maria Burgan muNottingham. Nguva pfupi hondo isati yatanga, akadanwa kuhondo, akabatana ne5th Royal Irish Lancers uye akashanda muuto kubva pakutanga kwehondo. Akarwa muHondo yeMons muna 1914, uye dzimwe hondo dzakawanda kusanganisira Hondo yeYpres, Hondo yeArmentières, Hondo yeLa Bassée, Hondo yeLens, Hondo yeLoos, uye Hondo yeCambrai kuWestern Front. 