[4] This was the year of the Childers Reforms, which caused turmoil in some areas of the British Army with its disbandment and amalgamation of some infantry regiments.
[1] For his service in the latter war, at the beginning of which in October 1899 he was promoted to major,[7] he received the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel on 22 August 1902.
[1][4] On 10 August 1911, he succeeded Colonel Beauvoir De Lisle as general staff officer, 1st grade (GSO1) of the 2nd Division.
[16] He saw action with his division on the Macedonian front as part of the British Salonika Army (BSA).
[17] On 1 April 1918, he was granted a temporary commission in the newly created Royal Air Force (RAF) as a major general.
On 15 February 1915, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) "in recognition of the meritorious services [...] during the war".
[20] In the 1917 King's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) "for valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field", and thereby granted the title Sir.