After moving to England in 1879, Guggisberg was educated at Burney's School, Portsmouth, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1889 and promoted to lieutenant in 1892. He served in Singapore from 1893 to 1896. He became instructor in fortification at Woolwich in January 1897, where he distinguished himself by reforming the methods and syllabus of instruction. He was promoted to captain in 1900, the year he published The Shop: The Story of the Royal Military Academy. In 1903 he published Modern Warfare under the pseudonym "Ubique".Ronald E. Wraith, Guggisberg, West African History Series, Oxford University Press, 1967, 342 pp., 8 plates.R. E. Wraith, Frederick Gordon Guggisberg: Myth and Mystery, Oxford Journals, Social Sciences, African Affairs, Volume 80, Issue 318, pp. 116–122, Oxford University Press, 1981.D. A. Guggisberg, Guggisberg Genealogien Redondo Beach, Calif. 1999A. H. M. Kirke-Greene, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Guggisberg Sir (Frederick) Gordon [pseud. Ubique] (1869-1930), army office and colonial governor", 2004 and October 2006
