 Edgar retired from the competition 25 May 1914 following Hamel's disappearance over the English Channel 23 May, withdrawing entirely on 18 June.The commencement of hostilities stopped Wanamaker's plan on 4 August 1914 when the United Kingdom declared war on Germany and Porte, leaving with nothing but his clothes, boarded at New York bound for Liverpool.His health notwithstanding, two days after returning to England he was recommissioned in the Royal Naval Air Service as Lt.