Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1914 Robb pamwe nebato rake vakaunganidzirwa hondo uye vanonyorwa sevanopinda munhandare yemabasa (kureva France) muna April 1915. Akapiwa Military Cross achishumira neNorthumberland Fusiliers. Paaiva kuWestern Front nechikwata chake, Kaputeni Robb akanyorwa senhengo inoshingaira uye yakakurumbira ye4th Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers. Akatopiwa chinzvimbo chenguva pfupi chetezvara mukuru uye akatungamirira battalion muHondo yeSt Quentin
musi wa 21 March 1918; mukati mehondo iyi inotyisa zvikuru akakuvadzwa ndokubviswa.