 Complete the following phrase:  Delamain was born in Saint Helier, the son of Charles Henry Delamain and Susan Sarah Christina Gun. He attended the Royal Military College and was commissioned as a lieutet in the Princess Charlotte of Waless Berkshire Regiment on 22 October 1881. On 13 January 1885 he was seconded for service with the Indian Staff Corps, and was commissioned as a lieutet in the Bombay Staff Corps on 1 February 1885, with seniority of 22 October 1881. He was promoted to captain, 22 October 1892, and given the temporary rank of Major, 4 November 1898. As Commandant of the Native Military Base Depot during the Boxer Rebellion he was mentioned in despatches. On 26 May 1901 he was appointed a Special Service Officer on the staff of the China Field Force, and his rank of major was made substantive on 10 July 1901. In October 1902 he was in command of a detachment from the 23rd Bombay Rifles renamed as the 123rd Outrams Rifles the following year sent via Aden to British Somaliland as reinforcement during the 