 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - George akaberekerwa mumhuri yeProtestant Ulster-Scots paTrincomalee, Ceylon, musi wa17 March 1804, uye akazoenda kuchikoro cheFoyle College muDerry. Vabereki vake vose vari vaviri vaibva kuUlster, dunhu rekuchamhembe muIreland, baba vake vaibva kuColeraine muDunhu reLondonderry apo amai vake, Letitia Knox, vaibva kuDunhu reDonegal. Zita rake repakati, St Patrick, rakabva pakuberekwa kwake paZuva raSt Patrick. Muna 1819 akapinda muAddiscombe Military Seminary, musi wa5 Chivabvu 1821 akagadzwa semumwe wevatasvi vemabhiza, musi wa15 Ndira 1822 akabatana neChipiri cheBengal Light Cavalry muBengal, uye musi wa5 Gunyana 1825 akasimudzirwa kuva mubatsiri wechirongwa chake, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvika munaGunyana 1834. Neboka rake akapinda muhondo yeAfghanistanwe1838, uye aivapo pakurwiswa kweGhuznee zvino Ghazni musi wa 23 Chikunguru 1839, uye mukuyedza kubata Dost Mohammad Khan mukutiza kwake muna Nyamavhuvhu kuburikidza neBamyan pass. 