Promoted to temporary brigadier-general on 5 January 1915, he was appointed to command the Dehra Dun Brigade, and led the brigade at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 and the Battle of Aubers Ridge in May 1915.
Leta 1882 je diplomiral na Kraljevi vojaški akademiji Sandhurst, nakar je bil dodeljen Worcestershirskemu polku "(Worcestershire Regiment)".