 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gale akatumirwa, muzhizha ra1916, ku164th Machine Gun Company, iyo yaitsigira 164th North Lancashire Brigade ye55th West Lancashire Division. Neboka rake, akarwa muhondo yeSomme uye, pakupera kwegore, akashanda muYpres Salient. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chenguva pfupi chemutevedzeri musi wa1 Mbudzi 1916, uye pachinzvimbo chechokwadi musi wa1 Chikunguru 1917. Akabva apinda muCapture yeWytschaete muna June 1917 asi haana kupinda muPasschendaele offensive, sezvo akanga achitambura nekuneta mupfungwa uye mumuviri, uye akatumirwa kuEngland pazororo, uye akaonekwa aine pyorrhoea. Akadzokera kubasa muna Ndira 1918, kunyangwe iye zvino achishanda ne126th Machine Gun Company ye126th East Lancashire Brigade, chikamu che42nd East Lancashire Chikamu. Pakati pevamwe vakuru vakuru mukambani yake itsva aiva Major Edwin Flavell, uyo aizoshanda mubasa raGales gare gare. Musi wa 23 Kukadzi boka racho rakabatanidzwa mu42nd Battalion, MGC. Yakanga iri panguva yebasa rake somunhu muduku muFrance kuti akakunda Military Cross MC. Munguva yeGerman spring offensive yakatangwa neGerman Army pakati paKurume 1918, Gale akapihwa MC yake yekushinga kunoshamisa uye kuzvipira kubasa . Akafukidza kudzoka kwechikwata chechiuto cheBritain nechikamu chake chemapfuti, uye apo pfuti yezvombo yakadonha nepfuti, akasunungura mabhiza akaurayiwa uye akakuvadzwa pasi pemoto unorema kubvumira kuti pfuti dzifambe. Nokukurumidza akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni, Gale akaramba achishanda kuWestern Front, achitora chikamu muZana reMazuva Mazuva, kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo musi wa11 November 1918. 