[2] From Winchester he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] graduating into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant in August 1906.
[14] He scored 58 runs in the Army's first-innings, before becoming one of Claude Ashton's seven wickets.
[15] In July 1924, he was seconded for service with the Colonial Office,[16] with promotion to the rank of major coming in October of that same year.
[18] While serving in British India, he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for a Punjab Governor's XI against the Muslims at Lahore.
[21] He served in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of colonel in May 1940, with seniority to July 1937.