 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Grant akapiwa basa rechipiri rechipiri muColdstream Guards musi wa20 Kukadzi 1897, uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa11 Chivabvu 1898. Akashanda muHondo yeBoer yeChipiri muSouth Africa kubva muna 1899 kusvika muna 1902, kwaaive chikamu cheKimberley relief force, uye akakuvadzwa muHondo yeBelmont munaNovember 1899. Kutevera kuguma kwehondo akagadzwa kuva adjutant we1st Battalion yehurumende yake musi wa1 Chikunguru 1902. 