Background
BRADSHAW, Alex. Frederick was born in 1834.
BRADSHAW, Alex. Frederick was born in 1834.
Studied at private school, Cambridge. Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, Londun. Worcester College, Oxford, 1897-1900.
Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (London).
Master of Arts Oxfordshire.
Entered Army Medical Department, 1857, and appointed to Rifle Brigade. Served with 2nd Battalion during Indian Mutiny. Present at siege of Lucknow, 1858 (medal and clasp).
Garrison and Brigade Surgeon, Delhi, 1863- 1864.
Appointed to Chestnut Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, 1866. On personal staff of three Commanders - in - Chief in India, Sir William Mansfield (afterwards Lord Sandhurst), Lord Napier of Magdala, and Sir Fred.
Haines, 1869-1881. Went with last to Afghanistan, 1879, during the war.
Principal medical officer of the Quetta District, Baluchistan, 1884-1886. Of the Zhob Valley Expeditionary Force, 1884 (despatches).
Of the Frontier Field Force, Assuan, Egypt, 1886-1887. Of the Northern District, England, 1887.
Of the Rawal Pindi District, Punjab, 1887-1892.
Of the Hazaia (Black Mountain) Field Force, 1891 (despatches, medal and clasp, Companion of the Bath). Honourable Surgeon to Viceroys of India, Lords Lansdowne and Elgin, 1891-1895. Principal medical officer, His (or Her) Majesty’s Forces in India, 1892-1895.
Served 35 years in India.
Retired, 1895; received King’s Coronation Medal, 1902. Member of Oxford City Council.; and; Member Royal Society of Medicine.
Honourable Physician to the King. (honorary, 1900; by decree, 1910). A.M.S. (retired).
Member of the Royal College of Physicians (London). Member Royal College of Surgeons. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Clubs: United Service, London. Oxford and County, Oxford.
Spouse 1864, Ellen C.,daughter of Colonel R. South. Ewart, Bengal Army.