Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'ịga na Staff College, Camberley site na 1931 ruo 1932, n'akụkụ Brian Horrocks, Sidney Kirkman, Cameron Nicholson na Thomas Rees, Dowler hụkwara ọrụ na-arụsi ọrụ ike na Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, na mbụ na 1939 dị ka Onye isi ndị isi (CO) nke 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment na mgbe ahụ dị ka General Staff Officer (GSO) na 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. N'afọ 1940 e buliri ya n'ọkwa Brigadier ma jee ozi na General Staff nke V Corps ma, bulie ya n'ọkwa na 1 Ọktoba 1940 ka ọ bụrụ kọlụm, wee nyezie ndị agha nke abụọ iwu. O tinyere aka na Narvik
njem nlegharị anya na 1940, akụkụ nke Mgbasa Norway. N'afọ 1942, e mere ya General Officer Commanding (GOC) nke 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division na mgbe ahụ Major-General na-ahụ maka nchịkwa nke Southern Command. E nyere ya ọrụ nlekọta maka Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) na 1944.