Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakenham akagadzwa kuva ensign 40th Regiment of Foot musi wa 23 Chikunguru 1803, akava lieutenant 3 February 1804, akaendeswa ku95th Rifles (yakazotevera Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)) muna Kubvumbi gore rimwe chetero, uye akawana kambani yake ipapo musi wa 2 Nyamavhuvhu 1805. Akashanda murwendo rwokuCopenhagen uye muPortugal, uko panguva yeCopenhagen
Hondo yeRoliça, akakuvadzwa zvishoma paObidos 16-17 Aug. 1808. "Iye zvirokwazvo ndomumwe wavakuru vakanakisisa vavarwi vandati ndamboona", akanyora kudaro Sir Arthur Wellesley, achimukurudzira kuti akwidziridzwe.