Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1852, Edward Grove ya yi karatu a makarantar Bedford. Ya karɓi aikinsa na farko a matsayin laftanan na biyu a cikin Sojojin Burtaniya a 1872, kuma an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin laftanan a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba 1873. Ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Boer na Farko, a cikin 1881, an ba shi mukamin kyaftin a cikin Royal Royal West Kent Regiment na Sarauniya a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1881, kuma ya karɓi mukamin babban hafsa a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba 1882. Ya yi aiki a lokacin da ake kira Nile Expedition, tsakanin 1884 da 1885, kuma an inganta shi zuwa babban mukamin Manjo a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1886. Ya yi aiki a lokacin yakin Anglo-Masar
, a 1892, kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin Tel el-Kebir. A ranar 27 ga Mayu 1896 an nada shi a matsayin kwamandan Battalion na biyu, Royal Royal West Kent Regiment, kuma an daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Laftanar Kanar. Ya umurci rundunar a lokacin yakin Boer na biyu, ya isa Afirka ta Kudu tare da jami'ai 1030 da maza na rundunar a kan "SS Bavarian" a watan Afrilu 1900. Rundunar ta kasance wani ɓangare na Brigade na 17, 8th Division, kuma ya zauna a can har bayan ƙarshen yakin a 1902. A lokacin zamansa a Afirka ta Kudu an daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Kanal a ranar 19 ga Agusta 1900. An nada shi Birgediya Janar wanda ke jagorantar Brigade na 8, Rukunin na 3, tsakanin 1905 da 1909. Ya yi aiki a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, kuma ya kasance Kwamandan na 7th District tsakanin 1916 da 1918.