Bomford was born at Tyne Hall, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, and educated at Cheltenham College.
In 1918 he retired to St. Albans, where he died on 2 July 1926, aged 78 and is buried at St. Mark's Church in Colney Heath alongside his father in law.
His landscape paintings are characterised by delicate brushwork in a semi-impressionist fashion with excellent perspective and composition, and good contrasts between light and shade.
[7][8] In recent times his works have occasionally come onto the open market, being offered by major auction houses in Europe, America and South Africa.
[9][10] A large number of Bomford's works were sold as part of an estate sale by the Bonhams auction house, Oxford, in March 2012.