Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga nan ya zama Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin Indiya na 7 a Indiya a 1911 kuma Shugaban Babban Jami'in a Indiya daga 1912. A watan Janairun 1916 an nada shi Kwamandan Sojojin Mesopotamian, a matsayin wani bangare na rundunar da aka tura don kwantar da sojojin Sir Charles Townshend a
Ku tafi. A shekara ta 1913 an ba shi mukamin Kanar na East Lancashire Regiment, wanda ya rike har zuwa 1920.