Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Daly wuxuu ahaa wiilka Kornayl-ku-xigeenka Francis Dermot Daly, sarkaal ka tirsan 4th Light Dragoons, iyo xaaskiisa, Mary McIntosh. Wuxuu ku biiray Ciidanka Qalabka sida ee Bombay isagoo ahaa sarkaal cadet ah sanadkii 1840. Daly waxaa la diray dhowr sarkaal oo da'dooda la mid ah, sida Herbert Edwardes iyo Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew, si ay "ula taliyaan" Sikhs oo qayb ka ah Henry Lawrence "Dhalinyarada". Wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay
Dagaalkii Labaad ee Anglo-Sikh wuxuu goob joog ka ahaa weerarkii Multan. 18kii Maajo 1849, wuxuu kor u qaaday 1aad ee Punjab Irregular Cavalry, kaasoo markii dambe noqday 21aad Amiir Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse). Daly waxaa loo dalacsiiyay darajada kabtanka sanadkii 1854 wuxuuna hogaamiyay gudigiisa intii lagu jiray kacdoonka Hindiya. Guutada waxay ka howlgashay Waqooyiga Hindiya waxayna ka qeyb qaadatay Go'doominta Delhi iyo Gurmadka Lucknow. Wuxuu hogaaminayay ciidanka fardaha ee Hodson intii lagu jiray dagaalka. Daly waxaa laba jeer lagu taliyay in lagu abaalmariyo Victoria Cross sababo la xiriira habdhaqankiisa.