Granted a year's leave. Dep. Bombay 6 Jul. Joins P. and O. 'Arcadia' at Aden. Thence to Marseilles and by train to London, arr. 23 Jul. Marries Teresa Jimenez of Wimbledon, 4 Jun.
The Somaliland Campaign Ordered to proceed on field service to Somaliland, 30 Jul. Sails from Bombay on R.I.M. 'Hardinge', 11 Aug. Arr. Berbera 17 Aug. Joins 1st Bombay Grenadiers at Hargeisa, as C.O. Account of operations. Description of Hargeisa Fort. Ross mentioned in despatches Dec. 1903. ...
Leave for a year. Returns home on the French steamer 'Ville de la Ciotat' (Messageries Maritimes). Dep. London 27 Jul; dep. Marseilles 2 Aug on Messageries Maritimes 'Australien'. Arr. Bombay 17 Aug.
Promoted major. Divisional manoeuvres at Poona, Jan 1909. Back to England on leave, Apr-Oct 1909. Murder of an I.C.S. Collector at Nasik, by a Brahmin youth, Dec 1909. Plague outbreak at Belgaum, Mar 1910.
Surveys country between Belgaum and Hubli for future manoeuvres. Regiment moves to Ahmednaggar to relieve 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, Oct 1910. Passes exam for independent command. Manoeuvres at Aurangabad. Meets Colonel (later Field Marshal Sir) Douglas Haig. First view of an aeroplane.