 After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1925 to 1926, he was promoted to major on 14 January 1932, brevetted to lieutenant colonel on 1 July 1933, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 February 1937, at which time he was appointed Commanding Officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles.For his part in operations in Waziristan that year, he was appointed an OBE (Mil.