sentences:  He joined the Grenadier Guards and was promoted to lieutenant on 7 February 1885, and captain on 13 February 1897.When the Second Boer War broke out in South Africa he went there with a battalion of his regiment in 1900, and took part in operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July–November 1900, including the battle of Belfast.In November 1900 he was present at the actions near Caledon River; then served in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony from December 1900 to May 1902.