 Akashanda muHondo Yenyika I saBrigadier-General paGeneral Staff yeIndia Corps kubva muna 1914, akabva agadzwa General Officer Commanding 8th Division kuWestern Front kubva muna 31 Chikunguru 1915 mune chinzvimbo icho akatungamira kurwisa Ovillers kurasikirwa nevarume mazana mashanu nemazana mana kusvika muna Zvita 8, 1916 uye akagadzwa Adjutant General, India kubva muna 5 Kukadzi 1917 kusvika Gumiguru 30, 1920. Pashure pokuurayiwa kwevanhu muAmritsarmuna 1919 zvaiva kuna Hudson, ari muchinzvimbo chake saMutevedzeri Mukuru, kuudza Brigadier Reginald Dyer kuti akanga abvisirwa basa rake. Akaenderera mberi kuva General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army muIndia musi wa 1 Mbudzi 1920 asati aenda pamudyandigere muna 1924. 