I te tau 1824 i whakahaua a Cheape ki Burma, a ka mahi i roto i nga kaupapa e toru o te Pakanga Anglo-Burmese Tuatahi. Kātahi anō, neke atu i te rua tekau tau, i mahi ia i roto i te mahi hanga whare. Heoi, i haere tonu tana whakatairanga, a ka riro ia hei rangatira nui i te 1830, he koromatua i te 1834, me te koromatua i te 1844. I te tau 1848, i whakamahia a Cheape i Punjab i te wa e whakamaherehia ana te Siege o Multan. I tohua ia hei kaihautū matua, ā, i whakahaere i ngā mahi i hinga ai te pā. I uru atu ia ki te ope taua i raro i a Hugh Gough. I arahina e ia te pupuhi pupuhi i te Pakanga o Gujrat, te wa whakatau i te Pakanga Tuarua o Anglo-Sikh
He aha? I whakahuatia e Gough ana ratonga i roto i ana karere, a, i whakawhiwhia a Cheape ki te CB i te 1838 Coronation Honors me te "aide-de-camp" ki te kuini.