 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akapinda Royal Military College, Sandhurst, uye muna 1939 akagamuchira basa muRifle Brigade. MuHondo Yenyika II, Rolt akanga ari lieutenant muRifle Brigade uye muna 1940 akatumirwa kuFrance, kwaakanga achitungamirira boka revasori. Nokukurumidza akanga ava pakati pokurwa uye akabatsira kudzivirira Calais. Varume vaidzivirira Calais vakabata kwemazuva matatu vachiedza kumisa 10th Panzer Division Wehrmacht kubva pakufambira mberi, uye mukuita kudaro kunonoka kurwisa kwavo Dunkirk. Akabatwa ndokuitwa musungwa wehondo pakapera hondo yeCalais, nguva pfupi Dunkirk isati yabviswa. Nokuda kwezviito zvake, akapiwa Military Cross: zviito zvake zvaisanganisira kubatsira shamwari yakakuvadzwa paakanga achipfura pfuti yake yeBren kumauto echiGermany akanga achifambira mberi. 