[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 October 1871, and to captain on 10 November 1880.
[2] He became adjutant of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment in September 1890.
[3] He saw action during the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
[4] Following the end of this war, he was on 30 October 1902 promoted to colonel and appointed in command of the 15th Regimental District, head quarter of the East Yorkshire Regiment based in Beverley.
[5] After commanding a district in South Africa,[6] he was promoted to temporary brigadier general in January 1906 and took command of a grouped regimental district.