He was educated at Kingston Grammar School in Kingston upon Thames, and worked in an insurance office as a clerk (1914) and as an insurance adjuster (1918 to 1928) at Sun Insurance Company, London.
He was educated at Kingston Grammar School in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He followed after his father and grandfather by working as an insurance office as a clerk (1914) and as an insurance adjuster (1918 to 1928) at Sun Insurance Company, London.