WI Churchill on the Western Front earlier?

After he was deposed from his post as 1st Lord of the Admiralty on 25th May 1915 as the price of forming a National Coalition government (due to his role in the Dardanelles fiasco) Churchill served as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, part of the private estate of the Sovereign and a serious demotion. On 25th November 1915 he resigned this position, while still an MP, and as an officer in the Territorial Army sought a command position on the Western front, at least partly to restore his reputation. There was some pressure for him to be given a brigade but after some rear echelon experience at his substantive rank of Major he was given command of a Battalion as a temporary Lt Colonel on 1st January 1916. During his period of command he entered non mans land some 36 times, he resigned his commission in March 1916 and went back into Parliament. He was made Minister of Munitions in July 1916.

WI Churchill had either quit the Government in May 1915, or quit the Chancellor position earlier and gone into the Army sooner, would it have made any difference to his reputation? Would staying in the trenches for longer give him a better understanding of the war?
 
The short answer is yes, but how much better? For a in depth understanding I'd think six to nine months commanding the battalion, then a six month stint on a division staff & six more months on a army staff. Then maybe a brigade command. That takes him to 1918 & two years of experience in the details of running a land army. All that might have made him a better PM from 1940.
 
Of course without his time as Minister of Munitions he wouldn't become Secretary for War in 1919 nor Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924 meaning he wouldn't be a major political figure in the 1930's nor a potential PM in 1940. I think a better bet is to slightly extend his time in France with a month or two on a Corps or Army Staff which wouldn't interrupt his political path too much and would give him useful experience for later.
 
If he had gone to the trenches in mid rather than late 1915 would have he been made MoM earlier?
 
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