[1] He was educated at Cordwainers' Technical College[1] and enlisted in the British Army in 1939, serving in Iceland from 1940 to 1942.
[1] On 20 March 1943, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment[2] and served with the 1st Battalion until he was demobilised with the rank of captain in 1946.
[1] He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) as a lieutenant on 1 March 1945 for gallantry in North-West Europe.
[4][1] On 15 June 1974, he was in command of the public order operation in Red Lion Square which resulted in the death of Kevin Gately.
In 1974, he took over No.1 Area and on 1 January 1978 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner "D" (Personnel and Training),[5] a post he held until his retirement in 1981.