Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A họpụtara Richards dịka onye lieutenant na Hampshire Regiment na 8 Disemba 1886, wee jee ozi na 1st Battalion na njem Burmese 1887-89, ebe ọ merụrụ ahụ nke nta. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'ụbọchị iri na anọ nke ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1893, ma mesịa kpọga ya na battalion nke abụọ, ebe o jere ozi n'agha nke abụọ nke ndị Boer site n'afọ 1900 ruo 1902. Mgbe ọ bịarutere na South Africa na mbido 1900, o sonyere n'agha ndị Paardeberg
(February 1900), Poplar Grove (7 March 1900), Karee, Brandfort na de Vet na Zand Rivers; na ndị Boer isi obodo Bloemfontein (March 1900) na Pretoria (June 1900). Ọ bụ onye isi mpaghara na Hoopstad site na June 1900 ruo Eprel 1901, a kpọtụrụ ya aha na akwụkwọ ozi ma nata ihe nrite nke Queen nke South Africa (nke nwere mkpịsị atọ). Mgbe agha kwụsịrị na mbido June 1902, ọ hapụrụ Cape Town n'ụgbọ "SS Orotava", wee rute Southampton n'ọnwa na-eso ya. Site na Nọvemba 1902 ọ bụ onye enyemaka nke 5th (Isle of Wight Princess Beatrice) Volunteer Battalion nke Hampshire Regiment.