Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Ron Greenwood ki 15 Lennox Street, Worsthorne, e tata ana ki Burnley, Lancashire, engari i neke ki Rānana i te tau 1931 i te wā o te Raru. I whakaakona ia i te Wembley County Grammar School e noho ana inaianei ki te Alperton Community School i Middlesex, ka wehe atu ia i te 14 o ona tau ki te mahi hei kaituhi tohu tohu. I mahi ia ki tētahi wae irirangi pūkoro o RAF i te tuatahi i Ireland ki te Raki, kātahi ki Wīwī
i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.