Career
Born in Versailles, France, Bromhead was the youngest son of Major Sir Edmund de Gonville Bromhead, 3rd Baronet of Thurlby Hall, Lincolnshire, a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, by his wife Judith, daughter of James Wood of Woodville, Co. Sligo. His grandfather was Lieutenant-General Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Baronet, who served in the American Revolutionary War and was captured at the Battle of Saratoga.
He had a profound deafness which restricted his promotion opportunities. Bromhead was officially promoted to Lieutenant in October 1871. Aged 33 years and holding the rank of Lieutenant he commanded B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot (later The South Wales Borderers) of the British Army which he led during the Zulu War at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa.
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