Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yakin duniya na farko ya barke a watan Agusta na 1914, an tura shi zuwa ma'aikatan sashen na 4 kuma ya tafi 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.