Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai ko te tama a Arthur Blair, i whakaakona ki te Kura o Harrow me te Royal Military College, Sandhurst, i tukuna a Blair hei tuarua tuarua ki nga Seaforth Highlanders i te 26 o Hanuere 1939. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao me te 2nd me te 7 o nga Battalions o tana rerenga. I te mahi ki te 2nd Battalion, i hangaia hei waahanga o te 51st (Highland) Division, i te 1940, i akiakihia te puranga ki te tuku i Dunkirk, a ka noho ia hei hoia hoia i te puni Oflag V-B i Biberach i Baden-Württemberg. I rere ia ki Switzerland, mai i reira ki Spain, ki Gibraltar. Ko ia te rangatira tuatahi i hoki ki te kaainga i muri i tana rerenga mai i te puni herehere o te pakanga. I whakawhiwhia a Blair ki te Cross Military mo ana mahi. I muri mai ka mahi ia ki te 7th Battalion, Seaforths, i uru ki te 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, a i te ope taua i te wa katoa o te Pakanga o Ingarangi.
i te pakanga ki te raki-uru o Uropi, i te taenga mai ki Normandy i muri tata mai o te ra D i te Hune 1944 me te whawhai tae noa ki te ra Wikitoria i Uropi tata tonu ki te tekau ma tahi marama i muri mai.