[2][3] He served in World War I in France and Belgium[3] taking part in the Battle of Passchendaele for which he received the Military Cross (MC).
[4] The citation for his MC reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in taping out a strong point, during which he was wounded in nine places.
[5]After the War he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1928 to 1929, alongside fellow students such as John Harding, Gerald Templer, Richard McCreery, Gordon MacMillan, Gerard Bucknall and Alexander Galloway,[6] Cameron was deployed to South Persia and then took part in operations in Kurdistan.
[4] After the War he became Commander of the Special Projectile Operations Group (SPOG) at Cuxhaven which took control of the German guided missile installations.
[3] He then became Deputy Quartermaster General for the Royal Engineers in 1945 and Major-General in charge of Administration for Middle East Land Forces in Egypt in 1948.