 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Benson akava mubatiri muduku ne9th Queens Royal Lancers gore rakatevera racho uye akagadzwa kuva mubatsiri womusasa kuVice-King weIndia muna 1913. Akadzokera kuchikwata chake apo Hondo Yenyika I yakatanga uye akabatira muFrance muhondo dzeAisne, Ypresuye Messines; nokuda kwokuzvibata kwake mune yokupedzisira, akapiwa Military Cross. Muna 1915, akaurayiwa negasi uye akakuvadzwa muhondo yechipiri yeYpres ndokudzoserwa kuEngland kunorapwa. Paakanga apora zvakakwana, akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wokutaurirana kuGurukota reFrance reMarine, asi akanga ari mumiriri asingazivikanwi womukuru webasa rakavanzika reBritain. Mushure mekushandira muIreland panguva yeEaster Rising 1916, akadzokera kuFrance semukuru wekubatana kutanga naGeneral Franchet DEsperay uyezve naMarchal Petain; hurumende yeFrance yakamupa Croix de Guerre uye yakamugadza nhengo ye Légion dhonneur. Hondo yapera, akava Mutungamiriri weBritish Mission paParis Peace Conference muna 1919. Pashure pokusimudzirwa kuva Major muna 1920, Benson akava Munyori weMasoja kuGavhuna weBombay, uye akabatsira kuronga rwendo rwePrince of Wales muna 1922. Akasiya basa muuto pashure pacho, asi akaiswa pabasa rakavanzika naMutungamiriri weHurumende David Lloyd George kuti atengese neSoviet Union. Akatengesa tii nezvimwe zvokushandisa zvaikosha 10,000, zvaakapinza zvisiri pamutemo muhomwe dzake. 