An ba shi izini a cikin 12th Lancers a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin a ranar 8 ga Yuni, 1889, ya ci gaba da zama mai kula da shi a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1890, kuma ya zama kyaftin a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1896. Ya yi aiki tare da rundunar a Yaƙin Boer na biyu a Afirka ta Kudu 1899-1901, inda ya shiga cikin Taimako na Kimberley (15 Fabrairu 1900) da kuma yaƙe-yaƙe na gaba na
Paardeberg (Fabrairu 1900) da Driefontein (Maris 1900); kuma daga Yuni zuwa Nuwamba 1900 a cikin ayyukan a Transvaal. Don hidimarsa, an ba shi mukamin Brevet Major a cikin jerin sunayen girmamawa na Afirka ta Kudu na 1901 (haɓaka ta kasance a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba 1900). Ya sami babban mukamin Manjo a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1902.