Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Eton College, a họpụtara Thorpe ka ọ banye n'usuu ndị agha na 8 Septemba 1897 dị ka onye nke abụọ na Argyll na Sutherland Highlanders. E buliri ya n'ọkwa nke Lieutenant na 16 Julaị 1899 wee jee ozi na Agha nke Abụọ nke Boer; merụrụ ahụ, ọ natara Queen's na King's South Africa Medals na clasps maka ọrụ na agha nke Modder River na
Pandaardeberg, na Transvaal na South Africa (1901 na 1902). N'abalị iri na ise nke ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1901, a họpụtara ya dịka onye isi ndị ọrụ n'ọdụ ụgbọelu.