Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba da izini a matsayin Ensign a cikin 31st Regiment na Foot a watan Agusta 1828, Lugard ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Kabul a 1842 a lokacin Yaƙin Anglo-Afghan na Farko. Daga nan ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Sikh na Farko (1845<unk>46), yana shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Moodkee, Aliwal da Sobraon, daga baya kuma ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Sikh na biyu.
(1848<unk>49). Ya zama Adjutant Janar na Gundumar Punjab a 1848, sannan Mataimakin Adjutant Janar a Bombay a 1854, kafin ya zama Shugaban Ma'aikata a lokacin yakin Farisa (1856 <unk> 57), kuma Adjutant-Janar a Indiya daga Yuli 1857. Ya umurci Runduna ta 2 a Kama Lucknow a 1858 a lokacin Tawaye na Indiya, kuma ya zama Knight Commander na Order of the Bath a watan Janairun 1858.