Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An horar da shi a makarantar Harrow, Upcher an ba shi izini a matsayin mai ba da izini a cikin Rundunar Soji ta 67 a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 1862. Ya umurci sojojin Birtaniya a yakin Quintana a watan Fabrairun 1878 a lokacin yakin Xhosa na 9.
kuma ya umurci Battalion na 1 na 24th Regiment of Foot bayan yakin Isandlwana a watan Janairun 1879 a lokacin Yaƙin Anglo-Zulu. Ya kuma yi aiki a Yaƙin Anglo-Burmese na Uku a cikin 1885 kafin ya zama Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Gundumomi na 5 da na 68 sannan ya yi ritaya a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1902. Ya kuma kasance colonel na Durham Light Infantry.