to major general on 26 September 1975. On 30 March 1977, he was appointed Director General Army Medical Services and promoted to lieutenant-general. In the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). On 7 April 1981, he retired from the British Army. Later life Following his retirement from the military, Bradshaw served on a number of management committees of philanthropic and charitable organisations. His hobbies included bird watching and gardening. He died on 12 October 1999. References Royal Army Medical Corps officers 1920 births 1999 deaths People educated at Newport High School Alumni of Westminster Hospital Medical School Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British Army personnel British Army lieutenant generals British military personnel of the Mau Mau Uprising 20th-century British medical doctors British expatriates in Kenya