Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An nada Pakenham Ensign na 40th Regiment of Foot a ranar 23 ga Yuli 1803, ya zama laftanan 3 Fabrairu 1804, an canza shi zuwa bindigogi na 95 (daga baya Brigade Rifle (Prince Consort's Own)) a watan Afrilu na wannan shekarar, kuma ya sami kamfaninsa a can a ranar 2 ga Agusta 1805. Ya yi aiki a cikin tafiyar zuwa Copenhagen da Portugal, inda a lokacin
Yaƙin Roliça, an ji rauni kaɗan a Obidos 16-17 Agusta 1808. "Lallai yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun jami'an bindigogi da na gani", in ji Sir Arthur Wellesley, yana ba da shawarar shi don ci gaba.