Soldier
Macfadyen interrupted his university studies to volunteer as a trooper in the 59th Company, the Imperial Yeomanry to serve in the Second Boer War in 1900–01. He was seriously wounded in an accident which left him with a damaged left eyelid, after which he always wore a monocle. As a result of his injuries he was invalided out of the army with the Queen's South Africa Medal and three clasps. During the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery and served in France in 1917–18, attaining the rank of Lieutenant. In World War Two he served in the 21st Battalion of the Home Guard and achieved the rank of Captain.
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