Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhiwhia a Bruce hei kaitiaki i te 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot i te 9 o Pipiri 1838. I kite ia i te mahi me tana rerenga i te
Ko te Pakanga 8 o Xhosa i waenga i te 1851 me te 1853. I riro ia hei rangatira rangatira mo te 2 o nga hoia o tana rerenga i Akuhata 1857 i tukuna ai ia ki Gibraltar. I haere ia ki te noho hei rangatira mo nga hoia i te rohe o te Raki o Ingarangi i te 1878. I riro ia hei koroneela o te East Yorkshire Regiment i te 4 o Hui-tanguru 1890 me te koroneela o te Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) i te 6 o Pipiri 1891.