<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokudlula eSandhurst, uCharles Ellice wathunyelwa e-Coldstream Guards ngo-10 Meyi 1839. Wakhonza eCanada ngo-18402, futhi waba ngu-lieutenant no-captain ngo-8 Agasti 1845. Washintshaniswa ne-82nd foot ngomhlaka-20 Mashi 1846, ne-24th foot, lapho uyise ayengukholonela khona, ngomhlaka-3 Ephreli. Wahamba nalesi sigodlo waya eNdiya ngoMeyi, kodwa waba ngumsizi kababa wakhe owayephethe amabutho eMalta kusukela ngomhlaka 17 Mashi 1848 kuya ku-3 Mashi 1849, ngakho-ke waphuthelwa  <response>: Impi yesibili yamaSikh. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-Major mhlaka 21 Disemba 1849, futhi waba ngu-Lieutenant-Colonel mhlaka 8 Agasti 1851. 