Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ laghachiri na North America, o guzobere otu ndị agha na Nova Scotia nke e mere ya Colonel na 1803. N'afọ 1806, e zigara ya dịka Brigadier na Cape of Good Hope, ebe e si ziga ya India. E jidere ya ọzọ n'ụzọ Calcutta ma nọrọ ọnwa abụọ n'agbụ tupu a gbanwere ya. N'enweghị nsogbu na Calcutta dịka osote onye isi, o sonyere na
mmeri nke Java n'afọ 1811, n'oge agha ahụ, nwa ya nwoke bụ George Wetherall nyeere ya aka. Ọ laghachiri England n'afọ 1815 ma n'afọ 1837 e buliri ya n'ọkwa General ma mee ya Colonel nke 62nd Regiment of Foot. N'afọ 1840, e zigara ya dịka Ọchịagha na 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment.