Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shiga cikin Sojojin Burtaniya a 1838, ya zama mai sayarwa ta hanyar sayarwa 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 Yakin Kaffir na Takwas
, ya umurci rundunar daga Nuwamba 1851 zuwa Oktoba 1852.