Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba da Hobson a matsayin mai ba da shawara a cikin 3rd Regiment of Foot a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, 1857. Ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Taku Forts a watan Agusta 1860 a lokacin Yaƙin Opium na biyu
kuma ya ci gaba da zama kwamandan jami'in Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) a 1886. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin colonel na Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).