Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akashanda muHondo Yenyika Yokutanga kuWestern Front uye muMesopotamia. Munhu oga oga, ruzivo rwaMason-MacFarlane semukuru muduku wemapurisa akasiya mukurumbira semukuru mukuru uyo aigara akagadzirira "kutarisira zvinetso" uye uyo akanga asina kuvimba zvikuru nemutungamiri mukuru. Asingawirirani, aizivikanwa nokuda kworudo rwake rwokuita mitambo yeamateur, mitambo uye nokuda kwokunyora nhetembo dzinoseka dzinoseka mukuru mukuru. Munguva yechando ya1915/1916, akashanda nemauto ekuyamura akabatanidzwa mukurwisana kweropa kunze kweKut sezvo maBritish akatsvaga pasina kubudirira kununura Indian 6th Division yakakomberedzwa nemaOttomans mukati meKut.
. Akapihwa Military Cross muna 1916, bhawa kune mubairo muna 1918 (yakashambadzirwa munaGunyana) uye bhawa rechipiri mugore rimwe chetero, rakapihwa paakanga akabatanidzwa kuArtillery Headquarters ye41st Division, mudiki kudarika Chikamu cheMasoja eKitchener. Kududzwa kweBhari yechipiri kwakabudiswa mukuwedzera ku "London Gazette" musi wa 2 December 1918, uye kunorava kuti: