Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A zụrụ ya n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Harrow, a họpụtara Upcher ka ọ bụrụ ensign na 67th Regiment of Foot na 21 Nọvemba 1862. O duziri ndị agha Briten n'agha nke Quintana n'ọnwa Febụwarị nke afọ 1878 n'oge
9th Xhosa War ma duzie 1st Battalion nke 24th Regiment of Foot mgbe agha Isandlwana gasịrị na Jenụwarị 1879 n'oge Agha Anglo-Zulu. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na Agha Anglo-Burmese nke Atọ na 1885 tupu ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị ọchịagha na-achịkwa mpaghara 5th na 68th Regimental wee laa ezumike nká na 3 Septemba 1902. Ọ bụkwa onye ọchịagha nke Durham Light Infantry.