 In 1916 Acland-Troyte was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and in 1917 was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).After the war he received the French Croix de Guerre in January 1919 and retired as brevet lieutenant-colonel a few months later.At the outbreak of the Second World War he was reactivated and in 1940 joined the Home Guard.