 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pole-Carew akagadzwa muColdstream Guards muna 1869. Akashanda semukuru wemauto naIshe Roberts muHondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Afghan muna 1878 uye zvakare akashanda naye panguva yeHondo yechipiri yeBoer 18991902. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chepamusoro checolonel musi wa27 Mbudzi 1899, uye panguva imwechete akagadzwa semutungamiriri we9th Brigade aine chinzvimbo chemuno chevakuru vakuru. Somunhu akadaro akanga ari mutungamiri weboka panguva yeHondo yeModder Rivermusi wa28 November 1899. Muna February 1900 akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weGuards Brigade, nguva pfupi kusati kwaitika Kuregererwa kweKimberley. Gare gare akatungamira 11th Division yeSouth Africa Field Force, asati ava General Officer Commanding 8th Division muSouthern Ireland muna 1903. 