 Panguva yeHondo Yenyika I Lawrence, uyo akanga akwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni muna 1913, akabatira maSuffolk sechikamu che163 Norfolk neSuffolk Brigade paGallipoli kubva pakumhara paSuvla Bay muna August kusvikira kubviswa kuGallipoli muna December 1915. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru paakanga ari muchiito kuGallipoli uye akazoita lieutenant colonel wenguva pfupi mushure mekunge battalion yabviswa kuenda kuEgypt, achiraira battalion. Akachinjirwa kuti ave mukuru mukuru we 17 battalion Cheshire regiment muna 1916, achiona chiito panguva yeSinai nePalestine Campaign muHondo yekutanga yeGaza kutanga kwa1917, achitora nzvimbo yechikomo paAli Muntar iyo yaakapihwa iyo Distinguished Service Order DSO. Akarwa paGazza yeChipiri uye muHondo yeBheerishebha gare gare muna 1917 asati atungamirira battalion yake kupinda muJerusaremavari mumutsetse wokutanga. 