Ya yi aiki a yakin duniya na biyu kuma ya umurci Squadron Battle Cruiser a 1939. Ya shiga cikin yakin Norway kuma a 1940, tare da tutar da yake tashi a cikin jirgin ruwa na HMS "Warspite", ya jagoranci Royal Navy zuwa nasara a karo na biyu na yakin duniya.
Yaƙin Narvik daga Norway. A lokacin rani na 1940 ya koma Battle Cruiser Squadron. An sanya shi Sarkin Ruwa na Biyu kuma Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojojin Ruwa a 1941 kuma Babban Kwamandan, Rosyth a 1944. Ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 1946.