 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1939 akanyoresa muTerritorial Army, rutivi rweuto reBritain, muBataiyoni 4, Green Howards. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II akaunganidzwa ndokuendeswa ku6th Battalion, Green Howards ndokuenda kuFrance sechikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force muna 1940, kwaakashanda semutyairi wemukuru mukuru. Akakwidziridzwa kubva kuva Lance Corporal kusvika kuva Sergeant panguva yokubuda muDunkirk. Akabva arwa kubva kuEl Alamein kuenda kuTunis sechikamu cheBritish Eighth Army muNorth Africa Campaign. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Company sergeant mukuru nguva pfupi pamberi pokupinda kweSicily muna 1943, kwaakakuvadzwa muhondo yePrimosole Bridge. 