<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - u-Armstrong wazalwa ngo-June 11, 1897 futhi wafunda eCheltenham College. Ngemuva kokufunda eRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst, wathunyelwa e-East Surrey Regiment ngo-Ephreli 1915. Wathunyelwa e-Machine Gun Corps, wakhonza eFrance kusukela ngo-1916 kuya ku-1918, lapho alimala khona kabili futhi, ngoMashi 1918, waba yisiboshwa sempi. Wabuyiselwa ekhaya ngoDisemba 1918, wakhonza eNyakatho yeRussia ngo-1919 futhi wanikezwa uMphambano Wezempi ngenxa yesibindi. Wayekhona eMesophothamiya ngo-1920-21  <response>: futhi e-Indian North West Frontier ngo-1930-31, esebenza kakhulu phakathi kwempi yakhe ne-1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment eGibhithe, eSudan, eHong Kong naseNdiya. 