<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukufika eWestern Front ngesikhundla esibalulekile sokuba ngukaputeni, wahola ukuhlaselwa okukhanyayo kakhulu emathuneni aseJalimane eduze kwaseFleurbaix, futhi yize elimele kanzima ekhanda, wanamathela ekuqondiseni kwakhe kwaze kwaba yilapho umsebenzi usuqediwe ngempumelelo. Ngenxa yezenzo zakhe waqokwa waba yi-Companion of the Distinguished Service Order DSO, umklomelo wesibili ophakeme kunayo yonke wokukhombisa isibindi. Lapho ebuya esibhedlela, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-major, futhi wayephethe okwesikhashana ibutho lakhe ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili yaseBullecourt ngoMeyi 1917. NgoJulayi, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-lieutenant colonel futhi wamiswa ukuba abe ngumkhuzi webutho le-10th. Wahola lelo qembu ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMenin Road Ridge  <response>: ngoSeptemba futhi wamiswa njenge-Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ngoJuni 1918. Mhlawumbe impumelelo yakhe enkulu kakhulu kwaba ukuboshwa kukaMerris ngoJulayi, okwamenza wanikezwa ibha ku-DSO yakhe, futhi ngenxa yesibindi. Waqhubeka nokuhola ngobuciko ibutho lakhe kulo lonke i-Hundred Days Offensive kuze kube yi-Armistice kaNovemba 11. Phakathi nempi, ngaphezu kwemiklomelo esesikhulume ngayo kakade, wanikezwa iCroix de guerre yaseFrance futhi wakhulunywa ngayo ezincwadini zezindaba izikhathi ezinhlanu. 