At the end of 1916 until 1918 he was based in Egypt, finally commanded the 6th Balloon Wing in the Middle East.
At the end of the war, he returned to the Royal Garrison Artillery as Lieutenant-Colonel and left the army in January 1920.
[10] He was made an Officer of the Ordre de St. Saveur (Order of the Redeemer) by Alexander of Greece.
[11] He married Victoria Eleanor Joan Ley (1880-1957) on 22 April 1909 at St Mary Abbots, Kensington.
The family had lived at Gordon House on Ham Common, London, after the war.