During WW1 he was a General Officer Commanding Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, World War I 1914-1918; Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and Commander, Dardanelles Army, Gallipoli 1915-1916; General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force 1915-1918; France 1916-1918; Commander, 5 Army, France 1918-1919
Commissioned 4 Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers 1883; 12 Lancers 1885; 11 Bengal Lancers 1887; Hazara Campaign 1891; Isazai 1892; Adjutant, Viceroy's Bodyguard, India 1893; North West Frontier, India and Tirah campaign 1897-1898; South African War 1899-1902; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, South Africa 1900; Military Secretary to Commander-in-Chief (Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum), South Africa 1902; Assistant Military Secretary and interpreter to Commander-in-Chief, India 1902; Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters India 1904; Military Secretary to Commander-in-Chief (Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Vicount Kitchener of Khartoum), India 1905; Mohmand expedition 1908; Bde Commander, Kohat Bde, North West Frontier, India 1909; Quartermaster General, India 1912; Secretary to Government of India, Army Department and Member of the Governor General's Legislative Council 1912-1914; General Officer Commanding Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, World War I 1914-1918; Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and Commander, Dardanelles Army, Gallipoli 1915-1916; General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force 1915-1918; France 1916-1918; Commander, 5 Army, France 1918-1919; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Army, India 1920-1924; Commander-in-Chief, India 1925-1930; Member of the Executive Council of the Governor Gen and of the Council of State of India 1925
(King's College London)