Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tīmatanga o te Pakanga Crimean, i tohua ia hei rangatira o te wehenga hiko 4. I whakawhiwhia e te kawanatanga o Ingarangi ki a ia he "komihana moe" te tikanga mena ka pa tetahi mea ki a Lord Raglan, ka riro i a Cathcart te whakahau. I te Pakanga o te Alma
I te marama o Hepetema 1854, kaore tana wehenga i kite i tetahi mahi, ana i muri i te Pakanga o Balaclava, i karangahia ai tana wehenga ki te mahi, ka whakakorea tana komihana moe. I tohutohu ia i te whakaekenga o te ope hiko ki Sevastopol, i te whakaaro ka taea te tango, engari i whakakahoretia e te Ariki Raglan.