 Complete the following phrase:  Stephens trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade as a Second Lieutet on 9 April 1890. He was promoted lieutet on 13 February 1892 and captain on 26 July 1897. He served in Matabeleland in the Second Matabele War in 1896-1897 and in the 