Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa mwanakomana waArthur Blair uye akadzidza paHarrow School neRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, Blair akagadzwa semutevedzeri wechipiri muSeaforth Highlanders musi wa 26 Ndira 1939. Akashanda muHondo yeNyika II neBataiyoni rechipiri nerechinomwe rehurumende yake. Achishumira ne 2nd Battalion, iyo yakaumba chikamu che 51st (Highland) Division, muna 1940, battalion yakamanikidzwa kuzvipira kuDunkirk, uye akava musungwa wehondo kuOflag V-B musasa kuBiberach muBaden-Württemberg. Akapotera kuSwitzerland uye kubva ikoko kuSpain uye kuGibraltar. Somunhu akadaro akanga ari mukuru mukuru wokutanga kudzokera kumusha pashure pokutiza musasa wevasungwa vehondo. Blair akapiwa mubayiro weMilitary Cross nokuda kwezvaakaita. Gare gare akashanda ne7th Battalion, Seaforths, iyo yakaumba chikamu che15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, uye yaive nebato iri munguva yese ye
nhimbe muNorthwest Europe, vachidzika muNormandy nguva pfupi pashure peD-Day muna June 1944 uye vachirwisana kusvikira paZuva reKukunda muEurope inenge mwedzi gumi nerimwe gare gare.