Pamwe chete neshamwari yake yepedyo Rear Admiral A. E. Armstrong, Blakeney akatsigira kubatanidzwa kweBF neSangano reKuchengetedza Zvigadzirwa uye akagamuchira mamiriro ehurumende ekuti kufamba kwacho kunofanira, kwechinguva chiduku, kusiya zvinyorwa zvechisimba kuti zvibatanidzwe muboka rinotsigirwa nehurumende. Akapikiswa mune izvi nemuvambi weBF Rotha Lintorn-Orman uye BF Grand Council yakapikisa chinzvimbo chaBlakeney, ichivhota 40<unk>32. Vasingavhiringidzwi, Blakeney navatsigiri vake vakaparadzana neBF kuti vagadzire boka rainzi vaLoyalist; boka iri rakapindwa neOMS pakarepo pashure pokutanga kweGeneral Strike ya1926
. Earl weGlasgow naIshe Ernest Hamilton - kufanana naArmstrong, nhengo mbiri dzine pesvedzero dzeBF - vakatsigirawo nzira yaBlakeney ndokumutevera kupinda muVatsigiri.