 Ironside akaramba ari mu99th Brigade kwemwedzi mitanhatu bedzi; muna September 1918, akabatanidzwa kuAllied Expeditionary Forcevachirwisana nevaBolshevik kuchamhembe kweRussia, uye muna November akapiwa basa rokutungamirira uto racho, achichengeta chinzvimbo chake chenguva pfupi cheBrigadier-General. Uku ndiko kwaiva kutonga kwake kwokutanga akazvimiririra, uye akazvipira zvizere; kweanopfuura gore, aifamba achienderera mberi achitevedza Northern Dvina kuti arambe achidzora mauto ake epasi rose akapararira, pane imwe nguva achingopukunyuka kuurayiwa. Zvisinei, Mauto Matsvuku akakwanisa pakupedzisira kuwana nzvimbo yakakwirira muHondo yeVanhu uye mukupera kwa1919 akamanikidzwa kusiya Mauto Machena kumugumo wavo. Muna November akaendesa hurumende kuna Henry Rawlinson, uyo aizotarisira kubviswa kwacho, ndokudzokera kuBritain. Ironside akagadzwa Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, uye akasimudzirwa kuva Major-General nokuda kwekuedza kwake; izvi zvakaita kuti ave mumwe wevaduku vevakuru vakuru muBritish Army. 