Between 1955 and 1957, he served as Subaltern in the Headquarters of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in Winchester and in the regiment's 1st Battalion in Derna in Libya.
Zwischen 1955 und 1957 diente er als Subaltern im Hauptquartier des King’s Royal Rifle Corps in Winchester und im 1. Bataillon in Derna in Libyen.