<prompt> Ngwala go tšwela pele ga serapa se - Armstrong o belegwe ka June 11, 1897 gomme a rutwa Kholetšheng ya Cheltenham. Ka morago ga go tsenela Sekolo sa Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, o ile a laelwa go ya go East Surrey Regiment ka April 1915. O ile a abelwa go ya go šoma sehlopheng sa dithunya tša metšhene gomme a hlankela Fora go tloga ka 1916 go fihla ka 1918, moo a ilego a gobatšwa gabedi gomme ka March 1918 a dirwa mogolegwa wa ntwa. O ile a bušetšwa gae ka December 1918, a hlankela ka Leboa la Russia ka 1919 gomme a newa Sefapano sa Madira ka baka la sebete. O be a le gona Mesopotamia ka 1920-21  <response>: le ka India North West Frontier 1930-31, a hlankela kudu ka gare ga ntwa ya gagwe le 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment kua Egypt, Sudan, Hong Kong le India. 