 Nekubuda kweHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, Barttelot pakutanga akashanda muFrance ne4th Reserve Battalion Coldstream Guards, kubva musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, kwaakakuvara muhondo yeAisne uye akapihwawo French Croix de guerre. Akazogadzwa General Staff Officer, Grade III musi wa11 Kukadzi 1915 uye aive nehanya nekudzivirirwa kwemahombekombe akapoteredza Portland, uye akashanda mumushandirapamwe weGallipoli kubva muna Chikunguru 1915, kwaakakwidziridzwa mukuru musi wa1 Gunyana 1915. Akagadzwa kuva Brigade Major musi wa 11 Ndira 1916, nokuda kwehondo yeMesopotamia. Akagadzwa kuDistinguished Service Order DSO musi wa22 Zvita 1916, uye akagadzwa GSO, Giredhi II kubva musi wa11 Gunyana 1917. uye aive Military Attaché kuTehran kubva musi wa17 Kurume 1918 aine kukwidziridzwa kwenguva pfupi kuita lieutenant-colonel achiita mabasa iwayo. Akapihwa kukwidziridzwa kwebrevet kune lieutenant-colonel nekuda kwebasa rake muMesopotamia musi wa 3 Chikumi 1918, uye akaurayiwa, ane makore 38 musi wa 23 Gumiguru 1918 muTehran, Persia uye akavigwa muTehran War Cemetery. Mukuwedzera kuDSO yake, akanga adudzwawo muDespatches kanokwana kana. 