He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915 and was posted two years later to service and rescue aircraft that crashed behind the trenches at Ypres and the Somme.

• 他于1915年加入英国皇家海军航空队并在2年后正式为组织效力，他在伊普雷河与索姆河交接处的战壕后参加坠落飞机的抢救工作。