 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yake neRoyal Engineers, McNeile akaona chiito paKutanga neChipiri Hondo yeYpres - akafa negasi muhondo yechipiriuye Hondo yeSomme. Muna 1916 akapiwa Military Cross uye akanzi mumashoko; muna November gore iroro iye gazetted kuti vaite mabasa makuru. Kubva musi wa1 Kubvumbi kusvika musi wa5 Gumiguru 1918, akatungamira battalion yeMiddlesex Regiment uye akasimudzirwa kuita lieutenant-colonel; nyanzvi Lawrence Treadwell anoona kuti kune mainjiniya kutungamira regiment yevarwi yaive... isingawanzoitika. 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment pasi peMcNeile yakaona chiito chekusara kwekutungamira kwake, uye yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana panguva yeZana Mazuva Anopesana muSt Quentin-Cambrai sector munaSeptember 1918; mukati megore, iye zvakare akataurwa mumashoko. Musi wa2 Gumiguru 1918 akaputsa gumbo rake uye akambopinda muchipatara kwenguva pfupi, izvo zvakamuita kuti arege basa rake rekutungamira regiment musi wa4 Gumiguru. Akanga ari pazororo rokupora pakapera hondo muna November 1918. Mukati mehondo, akanga apedza mwedzi 32 muFrance, uye zvimwe akanga apedzwa gasi kanopfuura kamwe. Basa rake rokunyora kubva muna 1915 kusvika muna 1918 raiva nenyaya dzinopfuura 80 dzakaunganidzwa uye dzisina kuunganidzwa. Munununa wake - aivawo muRoyal Engineers - akanga aurayiwa kare muhondo. 