Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shiga cikin Sojojin Burtaniya a 1838, ya zama ensign ta hanyar siye a cikin 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot. Ya yi aiki tare da wannan rundunar a Malta da West Indies, yana motsawa a 1846 a matsayin Kyaftin zuwa 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, wanda ya yi aiki tare da shi a duk ayyukan da aka yi na
Yaƙin Kaffir na Takwas, ya umurci Rundunar daga Nuwamba 1851 zuwa Oktoba 1852.