 Nguva pfupi hondo yapera, muna 1919, Wimberley, uyo akanga ava kushanda neboka rechi8, MGC, akatumirwa kuRussiamunguva yeHondo yeVanhu veRussia. Muna December 1919 akadzokera kuQueens Own Cameron Highlanders. Wimberley akasarudza kuramba ari muchiuto munguva yepakati pehondo uye, muna 1921, akashanda semubatsiri adjutant we2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, akaiswa kuQueenstown panguva yeIrish War of Independence. Wimberleys battalion, a Regular Army unit, yaionekwa naBernard Montgomery, brigade major wevabereki veCork Brigade, kuti vave mauto akanakisa aripo kuti ashande se mutsara unobhururuka kutenderera vapanduki. Muna 1922 Wimberley akaitwa mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wechipiri, Camerons. Makore maviri gare gare akawana musiano mumiedzo yokusimudzira uye akabvumirwa kupedza gore paEmmanuel College, Cambridge. 