<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akadzidza paRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich uye akagadzwa muRoyal Artillery muna 1875. Akashanda muhondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Afghan kubva muna 1878 kusvika muna 1880, uye muhondo yeAnglo-Egyptian  <response>: ra1884. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Major muna 1892. Thomas akasimudzirwa kuva Colonel muna 1899 uye akarwa muHondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Boer pakati pa1899 na1901, panguva iyo yaakataurwa kaviri mumatare. Muna 1901 akaitwa Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, uye Companion of the Order of the Bath muna 1904. Pakati pa1909 na1911 aive brigadier-general we3rd Division Artillery, asati ashanda se brigadier-general we24th Division Artillery pakati pa1914 na1915. 