Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Rumbold wuxuu ku biiray ciidanka ilaalada ee New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve waxaana loo aqbalay tababarka sarkaalka ee England ee Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Markii uu qalin jabiyay wuxuu ku biiray markabka wax burburiya, isagoo ka mid ahaa taliye-hoosaadyada gaadiidka ee Arctic. Sanadkii 1943 waxa uu ka shaqayn jiray markabka Inglefield xiligii dagaalka sokeeye
Dagaalkii Sicily. Wuxuu ka badbaaday maraakiibtii ku degtay bishii Febraayo 1944 intii lagu jiray Howlgalka Shingle wuxuuna ahaa ninkii ugu dambeeyay ee ka taga maraakiibta, isagoo ka caawiyay shaqaalaha kale inay baxsadaan, taas oo loogu xusay waraaqaha. Ka dib markii uu ku dhacay, waxaa loo magacaabay taliye calanka Calool-wanaaga Gerald Dickens, isaga oo u adeegaya Waqooyiga Afrika, Brussels iyo The Hague.