 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabatana neuto muna 1797 uye akashanda makore 5 muIndia ne25th Regiment of Foot. Akaona chiito paHondo yeMallavelly, Siege yeSeringapatam uye paDoondia. Pakurwiswa kweimba huru yeTurnioul, akazvipira uye akatungamirira kurwiswa nevadzvinyiriri makumi mashanu. Mukati memakore matatu, akabatanidzwa mukutora nhare dzinopfuura 15. Pakazosvika 1806, akanga achishumira ne21st Fusiliers panguva yeSicilian campaign, iyo yakaguma Hondo yeChitatu yeChitatuneHondo yeMaida. Kwemakore 1807-1811, akadzokera kuIndia ne17th Light Dragoons. Akadzokera kuEurope muna 1811 uye akabatana ne18th Hussars, mukati meuto riri pasi peDuke weWellington. Akapinda muhondo paToulouse uye paWaterloo. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Lieutenant-Colonel, kutanga kubva pazuva reWaterloo. Akaroora nokukurumidza pashure pacho uye akapedza nguva yake pakati peFrance neHillingdon, uko akaroja pedyo neHayes Park House kubva muna 1829 kusvika muna 1843. Mhuri yakakura yaGrant inooneka kanoverengeka mubhuku roupenyu hwomuvakidzani wavo, Anthony Trollope. Grant akasimudzirwa kuva Colonel muna 1837 uye kuva Major-General muna 1846. Akagadzwa kuva Gavhuna weScarborough Castle uye akaitwa Companion weThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath C.B. 