Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na te taenga mai o te kawanatanga o Belgian i te whakaraunga me te hanganga whaimana o nga Free Belgian Forces, ka noho ia hei Kaihauturu Nui me te whakahaere i te whakahaere o te 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, he waahanga i whawhai i muri mai i te
pakanga i te raki-uru o Uropi. I te tau 1941 ka riro ia hei Kaiwhakahaere-Tianara mo nga ope whenua o Belgian i Great Britain.