 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuHondo Yenyika I, Chetwode akashanda kuWestern Front: brigade yake yakabatsira kuvhara kudzoka kubva kumuganhu, uye yakadzora vaitevera maGerman paCerizy musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Mushure mekutora chikamu muHondo Yekutanga yeYpres muna Gumiguru 1914, akagadzwa General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division nekusimudzirwa kune wenguva pfupi mukuru mukuru musi wa15 Chikunguru 1915 uye kune mukuru mukuru musi wa1 Ndira 1916. Hondo muEurope payakanga yapinda mumakomba, Chetwode akafara kuendeswa kuPalestine kwaakapiwa basa reDesert Mounted Corps uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru wemauto kwenguva pfupi kubva musi wa22 Mbudzi 1916. Akatungamirira boka racho paRafa munaJanuary 1917 uye muHondo Yokutanga yeGaza muna March 1917. Apo Edmund Allenby akatora murairo wemauto eAllied muPalestine muna June 1917, Chetwode akasimudzirwa kutungamira XX Corps. Akatungamirira mauto ake kukunda muhondo yeBheeri-shebha muna October 1917 uye muhondo yeJerusaremamuna November 1917. Mukati mokurwisa kweSinai nePalestine iye akanongedzerwa kwaari mumashoko masere. 