Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 3 ga Maris, 1914, ya zama Janar Janar na Kwamandan Rundunar Highland. Ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Duniya na Farko a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin Highland, a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin 9th (Scottish), a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin 15th (Scottish) kuma a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin 3rd a Yammacin Yamma duk a cikin 1914. Ya dauki 3rd Division bayan mutuwar Major-General Hubert Hamilton; duk da haka ya yi aiki ne kawai na makonni biyu a wannan matsayi kafin a sauke shi daga umurninsa bayan sakamakon da ba a samu ba a yakin La Bassée.
a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1914.