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.
During the Second Boer War, he was part of the KKRC. After returning home, he left the military but became the commander of Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles of the Territorial Force in 1913.