Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yakin duniya na biyu ya barke, Whiteley ya ba da kansa ga Royal Air Force. Amma, sun ƙi amincewa da shi domin idanunsa ba su da kyau. Daga nan sai ya nemi shiga Royal Marines, wanda ya yarda da shi, kuma ya fara horar da jami'in. An ba shi izini a matsayin mai kula da na biyu a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1940. A ranar 20 ga Maris, 1942, an tabbatar da aikinsa kuma an ba shi mukamin Laftanar tare da tsufa daga ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1941. A lokacin yakin, ya yi aiki a kan jirgin ruwa, wani jirgin ruwa, da kuma jirgin ruwa, wani jirgin ruwa mai haske. A lokacin karshen yakin, ya yi aiki tare da British Pacific Fleet wanda ke yaƙi da Jafananci. Zai iya da'awar cewa ya harba wasu daga cikin harbe-harben karshe na yakin: a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1945, yayin da wani jirgin saman Japan ya kai hari a kan jirginsa, yana kokarin harba shi lokacin da labarin tsagaita wuta da Japan
aka karɓa.