When the First World War put a temporary halt to his football career, he volunteered for the Lanarkshire Yeomanry.
Lanarkshire | North Lanarkshire | South Lanarkshire | Blantyre, South Lanarkshire | Yeomanry | Staffordshire Yeomanry | Yeomanry Mounted Brigade | Yeomanry Cavalry | Symington, South Lanarkshire | Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry | Lanarkshire Yeomanry | Croy, North Lanarkshire | Cleland, North Lanarkshire | Sussex Yeomanry | Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) | Rutland Yeomanry Cavalry | Royal North Devon Yeomanry | Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry | Roberton, Lanarkshire | Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry | North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency) | Middlesex Yeomanry | Imperial Yeomanry | Forth, South Lanarkshire | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry | Fife and Forfar Yeomanry | Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | Derbyshire Yeomanry | County of London Yeomanry | Braidwood, South Lanarkshire |
In late September 1915, the brigade (just two regiments strong, Ayrshire Yeomanry and Lanarkshire Yeomanry) left Fife for Devonport.