 He became joint owner of his father's outfitters, and from 1928 until 1934 also served as a lecturer at the W. R. Technical Institute.During World War II, he served in the Anti-Tank Regiment, and then as quartermaster general for Northern Ireland from 1942 to 1943.He next became the senior British staff officer in the Economic Section of the Allied Control Commission in Italy, and then held a similar post in Austria.