<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Wazalwa ngo-Agasti 2, 1855 kuThomas noMary Helen Lomax waseGrove Park eYoxford, eSufolk, uLomax wajoyina i-Scottish 90th Regiment of Foot njengesikhulu esincane esineminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ngoJuni 1874. Ngo-1877 wahamba nebutho waya eNingizimu Afrika futhi wabamba iqhaza  <response>: I-9th Cape Frontier War, kanye nesigaba sokugcina seMpi yamaZulu ngo-1878, ukubona isenzo eKambula nase-Ulundi, okwaqinisekisa ukunqoba kweBrithani emkhankasweni. Ebuyela eBrithani nebutho lakhe, uLomax wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni kulandela izinguquko zeCardwell ezahlanganisa ibutho lakhe neScottish Rifles ngo-1881. 