 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga Special Reserve yeRoyal Army Medical Corps yakaunganidzwa uye muna December 1914 Elliot akabatanidzwa somukuru wezvokurapa kuRoyal Scots Greys kuWestern Front. Akakunda Military Cross nokuda kwezviito zvake paWancourt munguva yeHondo yeArras muna April 1917. Akakunda Military Cross yechipiri muHondo yeCambrai munaNovember 1917, achiwedzera bhaa kumenduru yepakutanga. Walter akakuvadzwa gumbo mumwedzi wokupedzisira wehondo, asi akadzokera kumba akachengeteka. Munununa wake Dan Elliot akaurawa muna 1915, mukati mehondo yeGallipoli. 