<prompt> Dowler akapinda Staff College, Camberley kubva muna 1931 kusvika muna 1932, pamwe chete naBrian Horrocks, Sidney Kirkman, Cameron Nicholson naThomas Rees, Dowler akaonawo basa rinoshanda muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, pakutanga muna 1939 seMukuru Mukuru CO we1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment uyezve seGeneral Staff Officer GSO ne49th West Riding Infantry Division. Muna 1940 akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier uye akashanda paGeneral Staff yeV Corps uye, akasimudzirwa musi wa1 Gumiguru 1940 kuva colonel, akazotungamira 2nd Infantry Brigade. Akanga achibatanidzwa muNarvik  <response>: rwendo muna 1940, rutivi rweNorway Campaign. Muna 1942 akaitwa General Officer Commanding GOC we38th Welsh Infantry Division uyezve Major-General anotarisira Administration yeSouthern Command. Akaiswa mutariri weHurumende yeMediterranean Expeditionary Force MEF muna 1944. 