 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Brocklehurst akagadzwa muRoyal Horse Guards muna 1874. Akashanda muAnglo-Egyptian War muna 1882 kusanganisira Hondo yeKassasin, muSudan mushandirapamwe wa1884 kusvika 1885 uye muHondo yechipiri yeBoer, achiwana chinzvimbo cheMajor General. MuSouth Africa akatungamirira 2nd Cavalry Brigade yeNatal Field Force uye akanga ari muLadysmith munguva yose yekukombwa, asi akapedza basa rake paVashandi uye akaiswa pahafu-mubhadharo muna Ndira 1901. Akasiya basa rechiuto muna 1908. 