Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka noho hei Kaihauturu (CO) o te 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards i te tau 1940. I haere ia ki te hei Kaiwhakahaere o te 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group, a ka hopukina ia i a ia e whawhai ana i te Whakatairanga Moutere o te Hauauru i Awherika ki te Raki i te 1942 ka noho hei herehere pakanga i Itari, engari i mawhiti i te 1943. I te marama o Tihema 1943, i whai mana ia ki a Brigadier John Marriott i te rangatira o te 32nd Guards Brigade, tetahi waahanga o te Major General Allan Adair's Guards Armoured Division, i whakahau i te parirau puta noa i te pakanga i te raki o te uru o Uropi
mai i te tau 1944 ki te tau 1945.