Wax yar ka dib markii uu guursaday, Somerset wuxuu aaday Cape Colony, halkaas oo aabihii uu ahaa gudoomiye, wuxuuna la shaqeeyay Cape Mounted Rifles intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Xhosa
Waxaad Bishii Maarso 25, 1823, waxaa loo magacaabay Major, iyo 17kii Luulyo, 1824, Kornayl. Sanadkii 1834, waxaa laga dhigay Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order, ka dibna wuxuu noqday Companion of the Bath.