[3] Returning to Britain he worked on the excavations at the Roman site of Corstopitum, modern Corbridge, in Northumberland, that were directed by R H Forster and W H Knowles.
[4] J P Bushe-Fox then directed a series of excavations for the research committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
The first site he dug for the committee was at Hengistbury Head (then in Hampshire, now in Dorset) from December 1911 to June 1912, which was published in 1915.
While working as an inspector of Ancient Monuments he also continued to direct excavations for the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries.
[10] In the summer of 1922, Bushe-Fox began excavating at the site of the Roman fort at Richborough in Kent.
[13] In 1931 J P Bushe-Fox suffered a serious accident when he was buried by a collapsing trench while inspecting an excavation in Colchester, which had a continuing effect on his health.
[15] Bushe-Fox served on the Council of the Society of Antiquaries in 1924-5, in 1930, and again in 1936-7 and was an active member of the Research Committee from 1912 until 1943.