Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Hondo Yenyika I payakatanga, Raymond akabva angokumbira mukuru wemachechi kuti aende kuhondo kune dzimwe nyika. Akanga ane hondo yakaitika uye akashanda semufundisi webato regumi reManchester Regiment (1915-17), kubato regumi nemapfumbamwe reWorcestershire Regiment (1917 na1919), kumatunhu eEast Lancashire muGallipoli muna Nyamavhuvhu 1915, uye pane mamwe mativi mashanu: Sinai,
France neBelgium, Mesopotamia, Persia, uye Russia.