Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Edward Grove i te 4 o Paenga-whāwhā 1852, i kuraina ia ki Bedford School. I whiwhi ia i tana komihana tuatahi hei tuarua tuarua i te ope taua o Ingarangi i te 1872, a i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira i te 12 o Noema 1873. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Boer Tuatahi, i te tau 1881, i whakatairangahia ia ki te tūranga o te rangatira i roto i te Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment i te 13 o Aperira 1881, a ka riro i a ia te tūranga o te rangatira nui i te 18 o Noema 1882. I mahi ia i te wa o te Nile Expedition, i waenga i te 1884 me te 1885, a i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata matua o te rangatira nui i te 19 o Hanuere 1886. I mahi ia i te wā o te
Pakanga Anglo-Ehipia, i te 1892, ka whawhai ki te Pakanga o Tel el-Kebir. I te 27 o Mei 1896 i tohua ia hei rangatira mo te 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, ka whakatairangahia ki te taumata o te koromatua. I whakahaua e ia te ope taua i te Pakanga Tuarua o Boer, i tae atu ki Awherika ki te Tonga me nga rangatira 1030 me nga tangata o te ope taua i runga i te "SS Bavarian" i te Paenga-whawha 1900. Ko te roopu he waahanga no te 17th Brigade, 8th Division, ka noho ki reira tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga i te tau 1902. I a ia e noho ana i Awherika ki te Tonga, i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te koromatua i te 19 o Akuhata 1900. I tohua ia hei Brigadier General e whakahau ana i te 8th Brigade, 3rd Division, i waenga i te 1905 me te 1909. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, a ko ia te Kaiwhakahaere o te 7th District i waenga i te 1916 me te 1918.