Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akakwidziridzwa kuva sub-lieutenant musi wa5 Mbudzi 1940, aine mukuru kubva musi wa19 Chikumi. Pashure penguva yakatumirwa kuAdmiralty pakupera kwa1941, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa1 Kukadzi 1942. Pashure pokupedza kosi yeAir Signaller, akaiswa ku700 Naval Air Squadron muna July 1942 kuti ashande ari mungarava yehondo, achibhururuka muSupermarine Walrus ndege dzokuongorora, uye kutora chikamu mumotokari dzeRussia muna May, mu
kumhara muNorth Africa muna November, uye mukati mokupinda muSicily muna July 1943. Akagoverwa kune anotakura anotakura munaSeptember 1943 kuti ashande seOperations Officer, achitora chikamu mukuvhima-kuuraya mabasa muAtlantic uye paArctic convoys, akabva ashanda seMutauriri weKutaurirana pavashandi veMutungamiri Mukuru, Western Approaches Admiral Sir Max Horton kubva munaSeptember 1944. Stovin-Bradford akarayira 825 Naval Air Squadron kubva pakugadziriswa kwayo paRNAS Rattray munaJuly 1945, uye kubva musi wa28 December 1945 akatungamira 735 Naval Air Squadron yakavakirwa paRNAS Burscough.