Kammala wannan jumla: Singh ya shiga soja a matsayin dafadar a 1852 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin soja sama da shekaru 50. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Indiya don ceton rayuwar Sir Robert Sandeman a Lucknow a lokacin Sepoy Mutiny na 1857. Daga bisani, a cikin
Ya kuma ceci Sir Charles MacGregor a lokacin Yaƙin Anglo-China na Biyu.