Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Somerset ya yi aiki a cikin 8th Xhosa War, sannan kuma a cikin Yakin Crimea. Ya ga aikin da
Alma, Balaclava, da kuma Inkermann. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, an daukaka shi a matsayin Manjo a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1854, kuma ya yi aiki a Siege na Sevastopol, an daukaka shi Lieutenant-colonel a ranar 23 ga Maris, 1855. Daga baya an sanya shi a matsayin Knight 5th Class na Medjidie, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta CB a 1857.