 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sandeman akaberekwa musi wa 25 February 1835, mwanakomana waGeneral Robert Turnbull Sandeman. Akadzidza kuPerth uye University of St Andrews, uye akabatana ne33rd Bengal Infantry muna 1856. Apo chikwata ichocho chakabviswa zvombo paPhillour naGeneral John Nicholson mukati meKupandukira kweIndia kwa1857, akatora chikamu mukutora kwekupedzisira kweLaknowsomubatsiri weIInd Bengal Lancers. Pashure pokudzvinyirirwa kweMutiny akagadzwa kuPunjabi Commission naSir John Lawrence. 