[2] He was awarded the Military Cross for correcting gunfire from the top of a haystack 200 yards from the enemy front line in December 1914,[4] and a bar to the MC, the citation for which reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.

His fearlessness and initiative enabled him to secure valuable information by means of personal reconnaissances during operations, and on one occasion he displayed the utmost gallantry in extinguishing a burning gun-pit under heavy and accurate shell fire.

He armed the Lewis gunners of the Battery with rifles, and by skilful dispositions held off the enemy until the guns had been blown up and the detachments withdrawn.

His behaviour throughout was marked by great coolness under difficult circumstances and unconcerned courage.After attending the Staff College, Camberley, from 1919 to 1920, in 1926 he became an instructor in Gunnery at the School of Artillery.

[2] In 1929 he went to India and served on the North West Frontier, before returning to the School of Artillery in 1937 as Chief Instructor for Equipment.