At the end of 1917, Potts was sent to the education office, to give lectures to soldiers about agriculture.

[3] After the war, Potts joined the University of Saskatchewan as head of the dairy department.

Shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Potts received a request from then Major-General Andrew McNaughton to accept demotion and take over the Saskatoon Light Infantry.

He led the brigade in Operation Gauntlet, the commando raid at Spitsbergen[5] In May 1942, he became General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry Division with the rank of major-general.

Potts and his wife, the former Mary Ann Rattray Stewart, had six children including two sets of twins.