He served with the KKRC in the Second Boer War. On his return home he resigned from the army but on 23 May 1913 he took command of Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles of the Territorial Force as Lieutenant-Colonel.
He participated in the Second Boer War alongside the KKRC. Upon his return, he stepped down from the army but took charge of Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles of the Territorial Force as Lieutenant-Colonel on May 23, 1913.