After attending the Staff College, Camberley, graduating in 1919, he was appointed Deputy Military Secretary at the War Office in 1923 and the Commander of the 8th Brigade in 1927. In 1928 he became an instructor at the Imperial Defence College and then in 1928 he became Engineer in Chief at Aldershot Command. In 1934 he was appointed Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta in India and in 1937 he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 5th Division. The division was then stationed in Palestine during the Arab revolt.