Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Alexander akaberekerwa muLondon nevabereki vaiva nemukurumbira uye akadzidziswa kuHarrow asati aenda kuRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, kunodzidziswa kuva mukuru wemauto weIrish Guards. Akasimuka mukurumbira kuburikidza nebasa rake muHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, achigamuchira kukudzwa kwakawanda uye kushongedzwa, uye akaenderera mberi nebasa rake remauto kuburikidza nemishandirapamwe yakasiyana yeBritish muEurope neAsia. MuHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, Alexander akatungamira zvikamu zvekupedzisira zvekubviswa kweAllied kubva kuDunkirk uye akazoita mauto epamusoro muBurma, North Africa neItaly, kusanganisira kushanda saMukuru weMukuru weMiddle East uye achitungamira 18th Army Group muTunisia. Ipapo akatungamirira 15th Army Group nokuda kwokukundwa kweSicily
uyezve muItaly asati agamuchira tsvimbo yake yomukuru mukuru wehondo ndokuitwa Mutungamiriri Mukuru weAllied Mediterranean.