 During the Second World War, Pott served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1941, and achieved the rank of Squadron Leader.In 1946, after he was discharged from the RAFVR, Pott married Mary Larkworthy, who had also been a member of the National Poultry Council delegation eight years before.He moved to Hampshire where he was on the Hampshire County Executive of the NFU from 1947 to 1952.