I noho ia ki Parani tae noa ki te tangohanga o te ope o te nohoanga i te tau 1818, a, i muri i tana mahi hei kaitohutohu ki a Major General Sir Colquhoun Grant, i whakahau i Dublin mai i te 1821 ki te 1823, i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira ki te 75th Regiment of Foot i te 4 o Mahuru 1823, a i te 29 o Oketopa 1825 ka riro i a ia te rangatira o te regiment me te taumata o te koromatua, i te waahi o te Duke o Cleveland. He maha nga tau i whakahaua ai e ia tenei, a, i arahi ia i te ope ki te Cape i te tau 1833. I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Kaffir
I te tau 1836, ko Lieutenant General Sir Galbraith Cole, ko ia te rangatira o te Cape, i kowhiria e Colonel England hei rangatira mo te rohe rawhiti me te tuunga tuuturu o te brigadier general, a i mahi ia i nga pakanga katoa o te 1836 me te 1837 i tenei tuunga. Mo ana ratonga i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he mētara, a i te 28 o Pipiri 1838 i whakatairangahia ia hei koromatua tonu.