 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akatungamirira 3rd Infantry Brigade, chikamu cheMajor-General Sir Harold Alexanders 1st Infantry Division, kubva muna 1938 kusvika muna 1939. Achipfuudza brigade kuna Brigadier Thomas Wilson, mumwewo mukuru weKRC, akatumirwa kumba kubva kuFrance muna Zvita 1939 uye akasimudzirwa kuita mukuru mukuru musi wa 21 Zvita aine basa rekare rakadzokera kumashure kuna 18 Chikunguru 1938, kuti atore kutungamira kwe46th Division. Curtis akadzokera kuBritish Expeditionary Force BEF nedhipatimendi rake muna Kubvumbi 1940. Vakabudiswa muDunkirk, akagadzwa kuti atungamirire 49th West Riding Infantry Division munaJune 1940 iyo, pane imwe nzvimbo yakaderedzwa, yakatsanangurwa kuti itore Iceland. Curtis akapedza makore maviri akatevera achitarisira dhipatimendi rake kubva kuhofisi yake muReykjavik. Akaitwa mutungamiri weSalisbury Plain District muna 1943, akagadzwa mutungamiri weHampshire District muna 1944 uye Dorset District muna 1945. Akasiya basa rechiuto muna 1946. 