 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1744, nebetsero yemari kubva kuna baba vake, Grey akatenga komisheni semushandi mu6th Regiment yeFoot. Nokukurumidza akaenda kuScotland neChikwata cheChitanhatu kuti anodzvinyirira Jacobite Rising ya1745. Pashure pokukunda ikoko, 6th Regiment yakapedza makore mashomanene akatevera muGibraltar. Muna December 1752, akatenga lieutenancy muChitanhatu Regiment. Muna March 1755, akaumba kambani itsva yakazvimirira uye akava kaputeni wayo. Mwedzi miviri gare gare, akatenga kaputeni mu20th Regiment of Foot yakazotumidzwa zita rekuti East Devonshire Regiment, uye muna 1881 iyo Lancashire Fusiliers, umo James Wolfe akashanda semutevedzeri mukuru. Muna 1757, apo aiva neboka raWolfe, akapinda mukurwisa kusina kubudirirapamusoro peRochfort. 