 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Ichiburukira muMarseilles musi wa9 June 1916, Battalion yechi47 yakaenda kumakomba mwedzi wakatevera, kwayakapinda muchiito chayo chikuru chokutanga chehondo paPozières. Kwenguva yasara yegore racho, Chalmers akachinjana kushanda mumakomba uye kudzidzira kumashure kwemitsetse yepamberi neboka rake. Sezvo akanga arwara nechirwere chetsoka, Chalmers akaendeswa kuEngland kunorapwa muna February 1917. Munguva iyi, Chalmers akaroora Jessie Alice Courtenay pahofisi yekunyoresa, Dorset, musi wa30 Chikunguru 1917; vaviri vacho vaizove nemwanakomana nemwanasikana. Apora zvakakwana, akabatanazve ne47th Battalion muFrance mukati meSeptember. 