Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ nọrọ na France ruo mgbe ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ na-ewepụ na 1818, na mgbe ọ na-eje ozi dị ka aide-de-camp na Major General Sir Colquhoun Grant, na-achịkwa na Dublin site na 1821 ruo 1823, a kwalitere ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi na 75th Regiment of Foot na 4 Septemba 1823, na 29 Ọktọba 1825 were iwu nke ndị agha ahụ na ọkwa nke onye isi ndị agha, n'ọnọdụ Duke nke Cleveland. Ọ nọgidere na-achịkwa nke a ruo ọtụtụ afọ ma duru ndị agha ahụ gaa Cape na 1833. Na ntiwapụ nke
Ka Kaffir War na 1836, Lieutenant General Sir Galbraith Cole, onye nọ n'ọchịchị na Cape, họọrọ Colonel England ka ọ na-achịkwa mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ na ọkwa nke brigadier general, ọ jere ozi na mkpọsa nke 1836 na 1837 na ọkwa a. N'ihi ọrụ ya ọ natara ihe nrite, na na 28 June 1838 e buliri ya n'ọkwa nke Colonel.