[a]) was a British geodesist who, at various times in his career, worked for both the Survey of India and the Corps of Royal Engineers.
He was later posted to India, where he experienced fighting on the frontier with Afghanistan, and was the only officer to survive a particular encounter.
Later, during the Second World War, he was again affiliated with the Royal Engineers and was involved in mapping of the Middle East and Burma.
He served as Director of Survey, South East Asia Command in 1946, and retired from the army within the next few years.
[b] Following his military career, Bomford was appointed as reader in surveying and geodesy at the University of Oxford, where he was a senior member of Brasenose College.