Herbert akapinda mune zvematongerwe enyika paakadzoserwa kuLudlow, asina kupikiswa, muna February 1854, achibata chigaro kusvikira azorega muna September 1860. Akaramba achishumira muuto, achigadzwa mubatsiri mukuru mukuru weSir De Lacy Evans's division of the army of the East. Akaburuka muCrimea munzvimbo iyi, achigamuchira maronda makuru muhondo yeAlma
uye kukombwa kweSevastopol uyewo kushanda muHondo yeInkerman. Akatora nzvimbo yaSir Richard Airey semukuru mukuru wemauto ose eBritain kubva apo Airey akadzokera kuEngland kusvikira kubviswa kweCrimea. Nokuda kwebasa rake muHondo yeCrimea akaitwa mubatsiri weMambokadzi Victoria, a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) uye colonel (sechinhu chinonzi brevet rank, musi wa 28 Mbudzi 1854), uye akagamuchirawo knighthoods kubva kuTurkey, Sardinian nehurumende dzeFrance.