Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whiwhi a Pocock i tetahi komihana i roto i te ope hiko i te Hune 1695, a, i te mea i tohu ia ia i nga pakanga o Kuini Anne, i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te koroneela i te ope taua i te tau 1707. I te tau 1710 i whai mana ia ki a Lord Strathnaver i te rangatira o te ope taua, i mahi ai ia i Flanders i raro i te Duke o Marlborough, a muri iho i raro i te Duke o Ormonde. I te Hau o Utrecht i whakakorehia tana rerenga, engari i te tau 1715 i tonoa ia ki te whakaara i tetahi rerenga waewae mo te mahi a Kingi George I. I muri i te tukinga o te tutu o te Earl o Mar, i tukuna tenei rerenga ki Ireland, i reira i whakakorehia ai i te tau 1718. I te 2 o Tihema 1720 i tohua a Pocock ki te rangatira o te 36th Regiment of Foot, i nekehia atu ia i te 21 o Paenga-whāwhā 1721 ki te 8th, te King's Regiment ranei. I runga i te tūmanako ka uru a Ingarangi Nui ki te pakanga whenua
, i te tau 1727, i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira rangatira. I mate ia i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1732 i tona whare i Leicester Fields, London.