[5] He left Southampton in the SS Moor in March 1900 with the staff of the 8th division and 600 men of militia regiments,[6] arriving in Cape Town the next month.
In South Africa, he took part in operations about Dewetsdorp and Thabanchu during the relief of Wepener (April 1900), the occupation at Senechal, and the action at Biddulphsberg (May 1900).
Later that year he took part in the occupation of Harrismith and the action at Doornberg (Sep 1900) where he was wounded, then served for the duration of the war in the Orange River Colony.
[7] Following the end of the war with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902, he returned home on the SS Dilwara which arrived at Southampton in late October 1902.
[9] On the outbreak of the First World War he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the British Expeditionary Force, then promoted to brigadier-general and assigned to the staff of V Corps in early 1915.