Background
Bromet was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire in 1867 to John Addinell Bromet and Elizabeth Smith.
military physician rugby union player
Bromet was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire in 1867 to John Addinell Bromet and Elizabeth Smith.
He was educated at Sandringham Schools before being accepted into Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1885, gaining a Bachelor in 1888.
A medical doctor by profession, Bromet served Britain in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Bromet began his medical career at Street Thomas" Hospital, London becoming a Resident Medical Officer at Hospital for Women in Soho Square. He set up a practice in Redhill, Surrey in 1898, and became a surgeon at the Reigate and Redhill Hospital.
Bromet served his country during the First World War, rising to the rank of captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was Mentioned in Despatches.
He later moved to Batheaston in Somerset, where he died in 1937. In 1891, Bromet was chosen to represent the British Isles team on the first official tour of South Africa.
Bromet was selected for two of the Tests, playing at centre in the Second Test at Kimberley and then as a forward in the Third Test in Cape Town. Both were victories for the tourists.
During the 1891-1892 season, now playing club rugby for Saint Thomas Hospital, Bromet was selected to play for invitational touring team the Barbarians.