 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Watts akaberekwa pana 14 February 1858, mwanakomana waReverend R.L.R. Watts, mufundisi weWisbech. Akadzidza paThe Kings School, Peterborough uye kuTours, uye akagadzwa semutevedzeri wechipiri mu14th Regiment of Foot muna Kubvumbi 1880 iyo regiment yakachinja zita kuti ive The Prince of Waless Own West Yorkshire Regiment gare gare gore rimwe chetero. Akashanda nechikwata ichi kwemakore makumi matatu, panguva iyo akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa1 Chikunguru 1881, kaputeni musi wa6 Kurume 1889, uye mukuru musi wa20 Kurume 1899. Kutevera kutanga kweHondo yeChipiri yeBoer mukupera kwa1899, akashanda nebato rechipiri rehurumende yake muSouth Africa 1899-1902. Akatora chikamu mumabasa muNatal, kusanganisira hondo dzeVaal Krantz6-7 Kukadzi 1900 uye Tugela Heights nePieters Hill 14-27 Kukadzi 1900 zvichitungamira kuRelife yeLadysmith. Mumwedzi yakatevera akashanda muNatal, uye kubva muna Chikunguru kusvika muna Mbudzi 1900 muTransvaal. Mukati mehondo iye akanongedzerwa mumadhepeti kashanu uye akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwebheteti kune lieutenant-colonel musi wa29 Mbudzi 1900. Akagadzwa kuva wechipiri mukutungamira bhataiyoni rake musi wa 7 Kurume 1902, uye mushure mekunge rugare rwaziviswa mwedzi wakatevera, akabva kuSouth Africa ari mungarava yeSS Bavarian kuti asvike kuUnited Kingdom muna Chikumi 1902. 