 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kwaSeptember 1917 mu The London Gazette kwakaratidza kuti Philipps akasiya basa rake reHondo pakutanga kwegore, pasina tsananguro yakapihwa. Ichi chisarudzo chakabva mukukuvara: kupinda kwake muna 1951 Ndiani Ndiani kunorondedzera kuva asina kukodzera, zvichiratidza kuti maronda akamuita kuti asagone kuita basa rinotevera, uye anosimbiswazve netsamba yakatumirwa naPhilipps kuna Reginald Wingate iyo inoratidza kuti akanga adzokera kuBritain muna March. Philipps akakurumidza kupora ndokudzorera basa rake: akashandiswa paHurumende yeHondo muLondon neHurumende yeHurumende, June-August 1917; ipapo yakashandiswa zvakafanana paAdmiralty, August-October 1917. Pakazosvika November 1917 akanga ari muAbyssinia achiita basa rokutsvakurudza nezvokutengeswa kwevaranda. Mwedzi wakatevera wacho anonzi akanga aripo pakukundwa kweJerusarema. Muna 1918 akatanga basa kuArab Bureau chikamu cheCairo Intelligence Department, achishanda seMukuru weUnyanzvi padzimbahwe ravo muCairo. Iri raiva basa raiwanzogara muCairo, riine nguva muPalestine neSyria, vachishanda pamwe chete naLawrence weArabia mumishandirapamwe yokupedzisira yeArab Revolt. Basa rake neBureau rakakanganiswa nokutora kwake rutivi murwendo rwechiuto kurwisa vanhu veTurkana April-June 1918, avo vaigara kumucheto kweBritish East Africa uye vaizivikanwa nekupamba mombe. 