Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An horar da shi a zaman kansa, kuma a Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, kuma an ba shi izini a matsayin Lieutenant a Royal Engineers a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1855. Ya ga aiki a cikin Yaƙin Anglo-Chinese na biyu 1857 <unk> 59, inda ya shiga cikin yakin Canton
(Disamba 1857) da kuma mamayewar Chek-Hung karkashin Sir Charles van Straubenzee. A lokacin yakin na biyu na Taku Forts (Yuni 1859), ya kasance a cikin umurnin 'yan bindiga a kan wani rukuni na gunboats a lokacin aikin jirgin ruwa, kuma yana da alhakin ƙungiya mai tsayi lokacin da aka kai hari a kan laka. Don hidimarsa a yaƙin, an ambace shi musamman a cikin wasiku don ƙarfin hali kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Yaƙin China ta biyu. Ya zama kyaftin a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1862, ya yi aiki a Kanada a lokacin hare-haren Fenian a ƙarshen 1860s. An daukaka shi zuwa Manjo a ranar 5 ga Yuli 1872 kuma zuwa Laftanar-Colonel a ranar 20 ga Disamba 1879, a lokacin da ya yi aiki a cikin sabon British Protectorate na Cyprus.