Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Barratt na Calcutta, gụrụ akwụkwọ na Bedford School. O nwetara ọrụ mbụ ya na Royal Berkshire Regiment na 1883. O jere ozi na Sudan n'oge njem Suakin nke 1885, ma lụọ ọgụ na Agha Hasheen na Agha Tofrek. N'afọ 1890, o sonyere na njem Zhob Valley na India, ma lụọ ọgụ na Waziristan n'etiti 1894 na 1895. O jere ozi n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Afrịka n'afọ 1896, na Zanzibar na Uganda n'agbata afọ 1897 na 1898, na China n'oge nnupụisi Boxer n'agbata afọ 1900 na 1901, ma nọrọ na
Mgbapụta nke Peking. O mechara jee ozi na North West Frontier na India. A họpụtara ya dịka General Officer Commanding nke 9th (Secunderabad) Division na General Officer Commanding nke 16th Indian Division.