 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Daly aiva mwanakomana waLieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly, mukuru mukuru mu4th Light Dragoons, nomudzimai wake, Mary McIntosh. Akabatana neBombay Infantry semukuru wechikoro muna 1840. Pamwe chete nevakuru vakuru vechiduku vakawanda, vakadai saHerbert Edwardes naPatrick Alexander Vans Agnew, Daly akatumwa kukurayira vaSikh sechikamu che Vechiduku vaHenry Lawrence. Akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Sikh uye aivapo paKukombwa kweMultan. Musi wa 18 Chivabvu 1849, akasimudza 1st Punjab Irregular Cavalry, iyo yakazove 21st Prince Albert Victors Own Cavalry Frontier Force Dalys Horse. Daly akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chakaputeni muna 1854 uye akatungamira chikwata chake panguva yeIndian Mutiny. Chiremera chacho chakashanda muNorth India uye chakabatanidzwa muKukombwa kweDelhiuye Kunyaradzwa kweLakhnau. Akaenda pakuraira Boka reHodsons Horse mukati mehondo. Daly akarumbidzwa kaviri nokuda kweVictoria Cross somugumisiro womufambiro wake. 