Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - A họpụtara Bruce ka ọ bụrụ ensign na 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot na 9 June 1838. Ọ so ndị agha ya lụọ agha na 8th Xhosa War
n'agbata afọ 1851 na 1853. Ọ ghọrọ onye ọchịagha nke battalion nke abụọ nke ndị agha ya n'August 1857 nke e zigara ya na Gibraltar. Ọ gara n'ihu bụrụ onye isi ndị agha na North British District na 1878. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi nke East Yorkshire Regiment na 4 February 1890 na onye isi nke Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) na 6 June 1891.