 He returned to England and immediately volunteered for military service in the British Army.He joined the Suffolk Regiment as a second lieutenant and was posted to the 7th (Service) Battalion, a Kitchener's Army unit serving as part of the 35th Brigade of the 12th (Eastern) Division.He arrived on the Western Front in Boulougne, France on 30 May 1915 as a lieutenant, and served near Ploegsteert.