Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon yakin duniya na a watan Agustan 1914, an sanya shi ga ma'aikatan na 4th Division kuma ya tashi zuwa Faransa ba da daɗewa ba. Ya yi aiki a
Le Cateau, sa'an nan kuma ya shiga cikin koma baya zuwa Seine da yakin Aisne, inda sojojin Jamus suka tsaya. Daga nan sai ya koma arewa tare da Rundunar Sojojin Birtaniya (BEF) zuwa Flanders, yana shiga cikin yakin Armentières a watan Oktoba 1914. A watan Fabrairun 1915, an ba shi mukamin Brevet Major kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin babban brigade na Brigade na 10. An ji masa rauni a lokacin da brigades suka kai hari, a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1915, a lokacin Yaƙin Ypres na Biyu.