Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ma nye ya ọrụ na Royal Artillery na 1875. O jere ozi na Agha nke Abụọ nke Anglo-Afghan site na 1878 ruo 1880, na
Agha Anglo-Egypt nke 1884. E buliri ya n'ọkwa Major n'afọ 1892. A buliri Thomas n'ọkwa Colonel n'afọ 1899 ma lụọ ọgụ na Agha Anglo-Boer nke Abụọ n'agbata afọ 1899 na 1901, nke a kpọtụrụ aha ya ugboro abụọ na ozi. N'afọ 1901, e mere ya Companion nke Distinguished Service Order, na Companion nke Order of the Bath n'afọ 1904. N'agbata afọ 1909 na afọ 1911, ọ bụ brigadier-general nke 3rd Division Artillery, tupu ọ rụọ ọrụ dịka brigadier-general nke 24th Division Artillery n'agbata afọ 1914 na 1915.