 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - A. A. Gordon aiva mumwe wevatsigiri avo pamwe naJames Ferguson vakagadzira 9th Volunteer Battalion Highlanders, Royal Scots Lowland Division uye akagadzwa kaputeni musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1900 uye akava mukuru wekutanga weA-Company kaputeni A. A. Gordon Cup akatumidzwa mukuremekedzwa kwake. Panguva yokugadzwa kwamambo kwaEdward VII muna 1902 akamira ari pamusoro peboka ravarwi mumutambo. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru musi wa 7 Ndira 1905 uye akagadzwa Brigade-Major mugore rimwe chetero. Akabatanidzwa kuBlack Watch muna May 1906 kwemwedzi mumwe. Muna 1905 akapinda Transport Course paAldershot uye akapinda Course of Military Equitation paAldershot. Munguva yake mubattalion akave shamwari dzakanaka naKaputeni gare gare Lt Colonel James H. Clark, uyo aive mukuru mukuru weB-Company uye akazova wechipiri mukuru mukuru webattalion mushure mekunge Lt Colonel James Ferguson asiya basa rake muna 1904. Lt. Colonel James H. Clark akafa muHondo Yenyika I mukati mehondo yechipiri yeYpermusi wa 10 Chivabvu 1915, apo akanga achitungamirira 9th Argyll uye Sutherland battalion. Asati apiwa basa rake mu9th Royal Scots, Major Gordon akagadzwa senhengo yeRoyal Company of Archers, Kings Bodyguard yeScotland muna 1896. Munguva yekugara kwake mu9th Royal Scots akave nemufaro wekusangana naGeneral Sir Archibald Hunter D.S.O. uye aibatanidzwa mukumisikidzwa kweQueen Victoria Chikoro muDunblane iyo yaakagamuchira Royal Victorian Order 4th Kirasi. Major A. A. Gordon akasiya basa rake ne9th Royal Scots musi wa 26 Chivabvu 1906 kuti atore mabasa ake semunyori wega kuna Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke weWellington kubva muna 1906 kusvika pamudyandigere muna 1920. Mukati mekushandira kwaDuke akasangana naFranz Ferdinand weAustria uyo akanga ari muenzi weDuke panguva yemariro aMambo Edward VII muna 1910. 