[6] At this time, the Royal Engineers were among the best football sides in England, having participated in the FA Cup since its inception in 1871–72, reaching three finals and winning the trophy in 1875.

[7] In the early stages of the 1877–78 FA Cup tournament, Bond (playing at inside-left) scored twice with goals against Oxford University in the 4th round replays on 27 February and 12 March 1878,[8] thus helping the engineers into the semi-final.

[6] On his return to England, he served at the Royal Engineers depot at Aldershot, spending May and June 1880 at the School of Musketry at Hythe, Kent, until 8 August 1882, when he was sent to Egypt to take part in the Egyptian Campaign.

[16] In Egypt, he was employed in connection with Field Telegraph under Maj-Gen. G. Graham and later in charge of Pioneers attached to HQ Staff of the Cavalry Division under General Drury-Lowe.

[6] After nine months at Aldershot, Bond was appointed adjutant of the Royal Engineer troops on 8 August 1883,[3] retaining this post until 19 September 1887,[16] having been promoted to captain on 2 February 1887.

[18] In 1887, he was selected by Lieutenant-Colonel Bindon Blood to join the Bengal Sappers and Miners, based at Roorkee, 115 miles north of New Delhi.

[3] Between December 1897 and February 1898, Bond commanded the 5th Brigade Bengal Sappers & Miners with the Peshawar column during the Tirah Expeditionary Force under Brig-Gen A.G. Hammond, followed by the operations in the Khyber Pass and Bazar Valley.

[23] In May 1901, Bond left India to become Deputy Assistant Adjutant General of the 4th Division in South Africa, joining up again with Lieutenant-General Bindon Blood.

[16][27] In late 1905, following manoeuvres around Rawalpindi, Bond was responsible for ensuring that the four divisions of troops were ready and in the correct positions to take part in the parade in the city on 8 December 1905 to honour the Prince and Princess of Wales.

[30] On 7 February 1911, Bond was promoted to succeed Major General Francis Kelly as commander[31] Southern Brigade with HQ at Wellington, Madras, under Sir O'Moore Creagh.

[16][32] Following the outbreak of the First World War, on 26 August 1914[33] Bond was recalled, and was appointed Assistant Director (Quartering) by his former colleague in India, General Sir John Cowans, now Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

[34] On 3 June 1916, Bond was promoted to the rank of temporary major-general,[35][36] and appointed Director of Quartering in October 1917, retaining this post for the duration of the war.

[41][42] Bond was an accomplished artist and is known to have made two coloured sketches of the scene at Rorke's Drift and the Buffalo River during the Zulu War.

[46] The couple had four sons:[3] Bond suffered a severe heart attack in February 1928, and remained unwell until his death at home in Camberley on 15 August 1930.