Serving in the British Army during the First World War, Chute rose from staff captain to brigade major of 164 Infantry Brigade and in 1919 was awarded the Military Cross.Obituary in The Times, 2 October 1956 The citation stated that the decoration was awarded “for great gallantry and devotion to duty as Brigade Major at the Bac de Wavrin on 16th October, 1918.The London Gazette, 8 October 1919, Issue 13510, p. 3251
