<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wazalwa ngo-April 4, 1852, u-Edward Grove wafunda eBedford School. Wathola ikhomishini yakhe yokuqala njengelungu lesibili lebutho laseBrithani ngo-1872, futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-lieutenant ngo-12 Novemba 1873. Wakhonza eMpini Yokuqala Yamabhunu, ngo-1881, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni eQueens Own Royal West Kent Regiment ngo-13 Ephreli 1881, futhi wathola isikhundla se-brevet sika-major ngo-18 Novemba 1882. Wakhonza ngesikhathi seNile Expedition, phakathi kuka-1884 no-1885, futhi wakhuthazwa waba yisikhundla esikhulu ngo-19 Januwari 1886. Wakhonza ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yase-Anglo-Egypt, ngo-1892, futhi walwa eMpini yaseTel el-Kebir. Ngomhlaka 27 Meyi 1896 waqokwa waba ngumkhuzi webutho lesibili, iQueens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant colonel. Wayala ibutho ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili Yamabhunu, efika eNingizimu Afrika kanye nezikhulu namadoda angu-1030 e-regiment ku- SS Bavarian ngo-Ephreli 1900. Ibutho laliyingxenye ye-17th Brigade, 8th Division, futhi lahlala lapho kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwempi ngo-1902. Ngesikhathi ehlala eNingizimu Afrika wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel ngomhlaka 19 Agasti 1900. Wabe eseqokelwa esikhundleni sokuba yiBrigadier General elawula iBrigade yesi-8, iDivision 3, phakathi kuka-1905 no-1909. Wakhonza ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, futhi wayenguMkhuzi weSifunda se-7 phakathi kuka-1916 no-1918. 