Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Daly aiva mwanakomana waLieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly, mukuru mukuru mu4th Light Dragoons, nomudzimai wake, Mary McIntosh. Akabatana neBombay Infantry semukuru wechikoro muna 1840. Pamwe chete nevakuru vakuru vechiduku vakawanda, vakadai saHerbert Edwardes naPatrick Alexander Vans Agnew, Daly akatumwa ku"kurayira" vaSikh sechikamu che "Vechiduku" vaHenry Lawrence. Akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Sikh
uye akanga aripo paKukombwa kweMultan. Musi wa 18 Chivabvu 1849, akasimudza 1st Punjab Irregular Cavalry, iyo yakazove 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse). Daly akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chakaputeni muna 1854 uye akatungamira chikwata chake panguva yeIndian Mutiny. The regiment akavhiyiwa kuNorth India uye akatora chikamu muSiege of Delhi uye Relief of Lucknow. Akaenda pakuraira Boka reHodson's Horse mukati mehondo. Daly akarumbidzwa kaviri nokuda kweVictoria Cross somugumisiro womufambiro wake.