<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UWilliam wafunda eGeorge Watsons College futhi wangena eRoyal Military Academy, eWoolwich futhi wamiswa njengelungu lesibili le-Royal Artillery yeButho LaseBrithani ngoJanuwari 1913. Wakhonza eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala, wathola i-Distinguished Service Order DSO e-  <response>: I-Battle of Le Cateau ngo-1914 futhi kamuva i-Military Cross futhi kukhulunywa ngayo emibhalweni izikhathi ezine phakathi nempi. 