 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akadzidza paBelfast Royal Academy, Girdwood akapihwa basa muCameronians Scottish Rifles semutevedzeri wechipiri musi wa20 Chivabvu 1899. Akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer muSouth Africa nebato rechipiri rechikwata chake. Vakatora rutivi musimba rokubetsera reLadysmith, kusanganisira hondo dzeColenso December 1899, Vaal Krantz February 1900 uye Tugela Heights February 1900. Munguva iyi, akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa 25 Ndira 1900. Akashanda muNatal kubva muna March kusvika muna June 1900. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo, akabva muSouth Africa achienda kuEngland muna July 1902. 