 He also served in World War II as Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS "Durban" in the Eastern Fleet from 1941 and saw action during the fall of Singapore.He continued his war service as Commander of the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla from 1944.He became Deputy Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946, Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS "London" in 1949 and Commodore at the Royal Naval Barracks Chatham in 1949.