Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga payakatanga, Keeling akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muIndia Army Reserve of Officers. Akashanda muMushandirapamwe weMesopotamia, uye akanga aripo pakuzvipira kwaKut
nemaBritish mumaoko emauto eOttoman. Pashure pokuzviisa pasi, akabatira somusungwa wehondo muTurkey kusvikira apukunyuka, izvo pakupedzisira zvakamuendesa kuBolshevik Russia. Achidzokera kuEngland, akashanda semukuru webazi rakakosha (rinotarisira Turkey neBulgaria) muBritish General Staff yekugonesa maofficial kutiza. Akapiwa Military Cross muna October 1918. Akabudisa nyaya yake se"Adventures in Turkey and Russia" muna 1924.