Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1879, Pirie nwetara ọrụ na 1st Dragoon Guards dị ka onye nke abụọ, mana e zigara ya na 7th Dragoon Guards n'oge na-adịghị anya ma nọrọ oge na Aldershot na Norwich. N'afọ 1881, e buliri ya n'ọkwa Lieutenant ma bufee ya na 4th Dragoons otu afọ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị. E debere ya n'Ijipt n'oge
Agha Anglo-Egyptian nke July-September 1882, na-eje ozi dị ka onye enyemaka ọzọ de Camp na Sir Gerald Graham. N'ihi nke a, a toro ya na ozi, ma nye ya ihe nrite Egypt, nke e nyere ya na 1883 n'ụlọ eze dị na St James Palace, nke Prince of Wales na-elekọta. A gbanwere ya na 1st Life Guards n'afọ ahụ.