 Kuputika kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga muna August 1914 kwakamisa zvirongwa zvose zvokupedza basa uye Lomax akapiwa mutungamiri weBritish Armys 1st Division sechikamu cheExpeditionary Force yakatumirwa kuFrance pasi pehutungamiri hwaSir General Sir John French. Mushure mekutora chikamu muHondo yeMons muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914, Lomax akatungamira Chikamu kuburikidza nehondo yekutanga yeMarne, uye mukurwisa kurwisa kweGermany yekumadokero muHondo Yokutanga yeAisne. Kutungamirira kwake mabasa kwakanga kwakanaka kwazvo zvokuti zvakanzi akanga ari Mukuru Mukuru weDivisional akanakisisa mumazuva okutanga ehondo. Musi wa19 Gumiguru 1914 akagamuchira chiziviso chekuti aizokwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo cheLieutenant-General, uye akaiswa chiratidzo chekuti apiwe rairo yeCorps kana imwe inotevera yave kuwanikwa. 