 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Somunhu oga mu41st, Byfield akaona chiito chakakomba mukati meHondo yeAnglo-America ya1812. Munhandare yokumadokero yehondo, akashanda paKukombwa kweDetroituye Hondo yeFrenchtown, kwaakakuvadzwa papfudzi, uyewo paKukombwa kweFort Meigs uye Hondo yeFort Stephenson. Byfield akapukunyuka zvishoma kubatwa mushure mekukundwa kweBritish muHondo yeThames uye akazozobatanazve nezvikamu zvehurumende yake muNiagara Peninsula. Byfield akapinda muKutorwa kweFort Niagara uye Hondo yeLundys Lane, asi ruoko rwake rweruboshwe rwakapwanywa nebhora remusket paHondo yeConjocta Creek, kurwisa kweBritain kusingabudirire musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu 1814 kunotangira Siege yeFort Erie. Ruoko rwaByfield rwakabva rwabviswa uye akadzoserwa kuEngland, kwaakapiwa mari yepenjeni kubva kuRoyal Hospital Chelsea muna 1815. 