Ka kammala wannan magana: Lord Burghersh ya shiga soja a shekara ta 1843. Ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Anglo-Sikh na Farko da Yaƙin Gujrat a lokacin Yaƙin Sikh.
Yaƙi na biyu. Ya kuma shiga cikin Yakin Crimea, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Medjidie da Légion d'honneur a ranar 30 ga Afrilu 1857, kuma an nada shi Companion na Order of the Bath (CB) a ranar 10 ga Yuli 1855.