Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ā, i whakahau i te Battle Cruiser Squadron i te tau 1939. I uru nui ia ki te pakanga o Norway, a i te tau 1940, me tana haki e rere ana i runga i te kaipuke pakanga HMS "Warspite", i arahi ia i te Royal Navy ki te wikitoria i te pakanga tuarua o Narvik
i te taha o Norway. I te raumati o te tau 1940 ka hoki ia ki te Battle Cruiser Squadron. I whakawhiwhia ia ki a ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua o te Moana me te Tumuaki o nga Kaimahi Moana i te tau 1941 me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua, Rosyth i te tau 1944. I reti ia i te tau 1946.