 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1890, Chetwode akatanga kuona basa rinoshanda muChin Hills expedition muBurma kubva muna 1892 kusvika muna 1893 uye akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni musi wa7 Kukadzi 1897. Akashanda muHondo yeChipiri yeBoer uko kwaakatora chikamu muzviito zveReitfontein muna Gumiguru 1899, Ladysmithmuna December 1899, Laings Nek muna June 1900 uye Belfast muna August 1900: iye kaviri kutaurwa mu dispatches uye akanga paakavapa Distinguished Service Order. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru musi wa 21 December 1901, akagara muSouth Africa kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Hondo yakaguma neRugare rweVereeniging mukupera kwaMay 1902, uye mwedzi wakatevera Chetwode akadzokera kumusha mu SS Tagus, achisvika kuSouthampton muna July. Akabudirira sa7th Baronet muna 1905. 