Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1942 ya sami kwamiti na gaggawa a cikin The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) kuma nan da nan aka tura shi zuwa Glider Pilot Regiment. A shekara ta 1944 ya yi aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Sashen, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment, wani ɓangare na Airborne Forces a Arnhem
Ka yi haƙuri. A lokacin da ya yi ritaya, a matsayin Hon. Kyaftin a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba 1953, an sake shi zuwa The Black Watch.