<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wafundiswa ngasese, futhi eRoyal Military Academy, eWoolwich, futhi wathunywa njengelungu le-Royal Engineers ngo-20 April 1855. Wabona umsebenzi osebenzayo eMpini Yesibili Yase-Anglo-Chinese 185759, lapho abamba khona iqhaza empini yase  <response>: ICanton December 1857 kanye nokuhlaselwa kweChek-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. 