Lawrence-Archer waxaa loo magacaabay Taliye labaad ee guutada 39aad sanadkii 1840, kadibna wuxuu u adeegay guutada 24aad intii lagu jiray dagaalkii labaad ee Anglo-Sikh
laga soo bilaabo 1848 ilaa 1849. Wuxuu la soo shaqeeyay 60aad King's Royal Rifle Corps, isagoo loo magacaabay Kabtan 1855, wuxuuna ku biiray mushaharka nuska ah ee darajada 1869; markii dambe isagoo haysta darajada Major, wuxuu ku sii jiray liiska mushaharka nuska ah ilaa geeridiisa.