Early Career
Born in August 1881, Bradbury attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a cadet, passing out to join the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant in 1900. He was promoted to full lieutenant in April 1901, and in January 1902 was seconded for service with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Second Boer War, serving as a lieutenant with the 31st Battalion. He returned from the secondment in November that year, and was posted to 127th Battery RFA.
In early 1905 he was seconded to duties with the Foreign Office, during which time he appears to have served with the King's African Rifles. He returned to a regimental post in 1907, received his captaincy in 1910, and became an adjutant in February 1912, returning to normal duties in November.
Bradbury rode his horse "Sloppy Weather" in the 1909 Royal Artillery Gold Cup, coming third; another of his horses, "Hot Water", competed in the 1911 Punchestown Festival, again coming third.
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