He served in India and was the aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding Waziristan Force from 20 November 1923 to 19 October 1924, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 13 March 1925).[2]
He became an instructor at the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in October 1937 and then moved on to be an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley from 15 November 1938 to 13 August 1939.[1][2]
He served on the staff at the War Office from 14 August 1939 to 2 July 1940.[2]
On 30 March 1942 he became commander of 10th Indian Motor Brigade until 1 March 1943, after which he went on to be British secretary to Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington D.C.[1] He was appointed deputy commander for the French Forces of the Interior in 1944 and deputy head of Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force Mission to France later that year.[1][2]
After the war he initially became head of the British Military Mission to France and then in 1946 he became chief of staff to Allied Land Forces South East Asia.[1] He was made director of military operations at the War Office in 1948 and principal staff officer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1951.[1]
