[10] Savory initially served in World War II as Assistant Quartermaster-General for 5th Indian Division from 1939 (with promotion to colonel on 21 September 1939).

[15][16] In January 1942 he was given command of 23rd Indian Division in Burma and in 1943 was appointed as Director of Infantry for India (with permanent promotion to major-general on 24 October 1943).

[18][19] After the War Savory became Adjutant-General, India (with promotion to acting lieutenant-general on 15 March 1946),[20][21] and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on 1 January 1947,[22] before retiring in May 1948.

[6][23] After retirement, but when he was still on the Reserve List, his acting rank of lieutenant-general was in November 1949 made substantive with seniority backdated to September 1947.

[25] In retirement he wrote the book His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany During the Seven Years' War (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966).