In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and, on 11 May 1915, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. On 11 May 1915 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.