Career
Ludlow-Hewitt was originally commissioned into the Royal Irish Rifles but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) before the First World War, where he qualified for the Royal Aeronautical Club"s Aviator"s Certificate northern 886 on 11 September 1914. During the war he served first as a pilot in Number.
1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and then later as the Officer Commanding Number.
15 Squadron and Number. 3 Squadron on the Western Front. In 1916 Ludlow-Hewitt took up command of the 3rd (Corps) Wing as a temporary Lieutenant-Colonel.
Late in the following year, he was promoted to Brigadier-General and made the Inspector of Training at the headquarters of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Training Division. lieutenant was also on that date that he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Training Division.
Less than two months later he was appointed GOC the 10th Brigade.