Early Military Career
After graduating from Sandhurst in May 1898, Brooke-Popham was gazetted to the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in the rank of second lieutenant. As a subaltern Brooke-Popham saw action in the Second Boer War during 1899 and 1900 and on 26 April 1902 he was seconded for duty in South Africa. During his time in South Africa he served in the Orange Free State, Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony. He was promoted to captain on 9 November 1904. By 1910 Brooke-Popham had returned to Great Britain. From 22 January 1910, he attended the Army Staff College at Camberley.
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