 Pulteney akashanda ne1st Battalion yehurumende yake muSouth Africa kubva pakupera kwa1899, yakabatanidzwa neGuards Brigade, nekugadzwa kwepamutemo semutevedzeri-colonel kubva munaNovember 11, 1899. Akanga aripo pahondo dzeBelmont, Enslin neModder River November 1899, uye hondo yeMagersfontein December 1899. Gore rakatevera racho akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wehurumende yake muna Kubvumbi, akatora chikamu mukufora kuenda kuBloemfontein nePretoria, uye hondo dzeDiamond Hill June 1900, Belfast August 1900 uye kufambira mberi kuKomatipoort munaGunyana. Nokuda kwebasa rake muhondo, akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepa brevet sa colonel musi wa 29 Mbudzi 1900. Akagara nechikwata chake muSouth Africa kusvikira hondo yapera muna Chivabvu 1902, ndokuenda kuUnited Kingdom pa SS Briton mwedzi miviri gare gare. 