Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaakona ia ki te Kura o Harrow, i whakawhiwhia a Upcher hei kaitiaki i te 67th Regiment of Foot i te 21 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1862. I whakahau ia i nga hoia o Ingarangi i te Pakanga o Quintana i te Hui-tanguru 1878 i te wa o te
I whakahaua e ia te 1st Battalion o te 24th Regiment of Foot i muri i te Pakanga o Isandlwana i te Hanuere 1879 i te Pakanga Anglo-Zulu. I mahi ano ia i te Pakanga Tuatoru o Ingarangi-Burmese i te tau 1885 i mua i tana noho hei Tumuaki mo te 5th me te 68th Regimental Districts ka mutu ka reti ia i te 3 o Hepetema 1902. Ko ia hoki te Koronela o te Durham Light Infantry.