Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E guzobere 5th (Service) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment na Devizes n'August 1914. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, e kenyere ndị agha ahụ na Brigade nke 40 nke Ngalaba 13 (Western), na-ewere ọnọdụ nke 8th Welsh Regiment. Ya na ndị fọdụrụ na nkewa, ọ bufere na June 1915 si England na Mediterranean ihe nkiri, isonyere Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Ebu ụzọ kenye ndị agha na Cape Helles na 6 Julaị 1915, e wepụrụ nkewa ahụ nwa oge wee daa na ANZAC Cove iji kwado ọrụ ebe ahụ. Ya na ndị fọdụrụ na ngalaba ahụ, a kpọghachiri ya Ijipt na Jenụwarị 1916 tupu e ziga ya Mesopotemia dịka akụkụ nke mgbalị na-adịghị mma iji
napụta ndị agha nke Kut.