<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wafundiswa ngasese, futhi eRoyal Military Academy, eWoolwich, futhi wathunywa njengeluthenanteni eRoyal Engineers ngo-20 April 1855. Wabona umsebenzi osebenzayo eMpini Yesibili YamaNgisi namaShayina ngo-1857-59, lapho abamba khona iqhaza empini yaseCanton  <response>: Disemba 1857 nokuhlasela iChek-Hung ngaphansi kukaSir Charles van Straubenzee. Ngesikhathi sempi yesibili yaseTaku Forts ngoJuni 1859, wayephethe abacibisheli ababesemkhunjini wezikebhe ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwasolwandle, futhi ephethe iqembu lezitebhisi lapho kuhlaselwa odakeni. Ngenxa yokusebenza kwakhe empini, waqanjwa ngokukhethekile ezincwadini zezindaba ngenxa yesibindi futhi wathola iMedali Yempi Yesibili YaseChina. Wakhushulwa waba ngukaputeni ngo-Ephreli 1, 1862, wakhonza eCanada ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa kwamaFenian ngasekupheleni kwawo-1860. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-major ngo-5 Julayi 1872 futhi waba ngu-lieutenant-colonel ngo-20 Disemba 1879, ngesikhathi esakhonza ku-British Protectorate entsha yaseCyprus. 