Later, Loch was assigned to the Shan States column and fought at Fort Stedman, receiving a medal with two clasps.
[3] When the British decided to settle on the abandoned site that would become Fort Aijal, Loch was assigned to blast away boulders on the river between Changsil and Sairang.
McCabe, Fort Aijal was expanded under the volition of the commandant of the Lushai Hills military police which was Captain Granville Henry Loch.
After a storm which destroyed the temporary jungle thatched housings, Loch became determined to engineer long term stable development of Fort Aijal and its surrounding buildings.
When Davies questioned the necessity of such quality of building materials, Loch replied that even after ten years of service in Kohima there weren't any stone houses there yet.
Loch was requested an estimate of the budget required to upgrade the buildings in and around Fort Aijal in a strictly necessary manner which became approved.
The matter was not noticed by the Public Works Department until the completion of the quarter guard exceeded the budget by twice the original amount.
After moving the married quarters from the bachelor barracks, the emtpied space contained a knoll of land which Loch began to pave.
The canteen fund provided the money for the whole operation, which was produced by the sums the workers paid to satisfy the labourers.
Loch's battalion never had issues with the labour quotas for construction, as the excess manpower on Saturdays permitted little work per person.