Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Daly te tama a te Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly, he rangatira i te 4th Light Dragoons, me tana wahine, a Mary McIntosh. I uru atu ia ki te Bombay Infantry hei rangatira rangatira i te tau 1840. I te taha o etahi rangatira taiohi rite-tau, penei i a Herbert Edwardes me Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew, i tukuna a Daly ki te "tohu" ki nga Sikhs hei waahanga o nga "Tangata Rangatahi" a Henry Lawrence. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua Anglo-Sikh
I tae atu ki te whakapae o Multan. I te 18 o Mei 1849, i whakaarahia e ia te 1st Punjab Irregular Cavalry, i muri mai ka noho ko te 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse). I whakatairangahia a Daly ki te rangatira rangatira i te tau 1854 ka arahi i tana roopu i te wa o te Indian Mutiny. I whakahaerehia te reimana ki te Raki o Inia ka uru ki te Siege o Delhi me te Relief o Lucknow. I haere ia ki te whakahau i te Brigade of Hodson's Horse i te pakanga. E rua nga wa i tohua a Daly mo te Victoria Cross na tana whanonga.