 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pitt-Taylor akagadzwa muArmy Militia semutevedzeri wechipiri mu5th battalion yeRifle Brigade The Prince Consorts Own musi wa4 Zvita 1895. Akaendeswa kuhondo yepamutemo semutevedzeri wechipiri mu1st Battalion musi wa18 Gumiguru 1899, sezvo Battalion yakatumirwa kuSouth Africa kunoshanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer. Vakanga vari rutivi rwesimba rakatumwa kuzosunungura Ladysmith, uye sezvo akadaro akatora chikamu muhondo dzeColenso Zvita 1899, Vaal Krantz uye Tugela Heights Kukadzi 1900. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa 1 Nyamavhuvhu 1900, uye akashanda muNatal neTransvaal, achigara muSouth Africa panguva yehondo, iyo yakaguma neRunyararo rweVereeniging musi wa 31 Chivabvu 1902. Nokuda kwebasa rake muhondo, akagadzwa kuva Companion of the Distinguished Service Order DSO. Mushure mekupera kwehondo, Pitt-Taylor akabva kuCape Town nevamwe varume vebato iri paSS Orissa, iyo yakasvika kuSouthampton mukupera kwaGumiguru 1902, apo battalion yakanga yakamira kuPortsmouth. 