Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga baya ya yi aiki a cikin lokaci-lokaci a cikin alƙawura daban-daban a West Indies, a Ireland, a Kanada, da kuma Gibraltar, a lokacin da aka ba shi mukamin Laftanar-Colonel a watan Disamba, 1865, da kuma Kanar a watan Agusta, 1873. A watan Mayu, 1877, ya ci gaba zuwa Cape of Good Hope a matsayin D.A. da Q.M.G., kuma a wannan matsayi ya yi aiki a duk lokacin yakin Xhosa
na 1877 <unk> 78, yana jagorantar hadadden sojojin a kan iyakar gabashin Cape Colony daga Disamba, 1877, zuwa Maris, 1878. Da yake an ambaci shi sau da yawa a cikin sakonni, an ba shi lambar yabo ta CB a matsayin lada ga ayyukansa.