<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uBaker wafundiswa eGloucester naseCeylon, futhi ngo-1848 wangena eCeylon Rifles njengesosha. Ngokushesha wadluliselwa ku-12th Lancers, futhi wabona inkonzo esebenzayo nalesi sigungu eMpini ye-Cape Frontier War  <response>: ka-1852 kuya ku-1853. Empini yaseCrimea, uBaker wayekhona eMpini yoMfula iChernaya nasekuweni kweSevastopol, kwathi ngo-1859 waba ngu-Major ku-10th Hussars, waphumelela ngonyaka owodwa kuphela ngemuva kokulawula. Lesi sikhundla wasigcina iminyaka engu-13, phakathi naleso sikhathi kwafinyelelwa ekusebenzeni kahle kakhulu kwamadoda akhe, futhi ngaphandle kwe-regiment wenza inkonzo enhle engalweni yakhe ngemibhalo yakhe. 