[2] He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, a private Catholic school in Surrey, England.
He studied at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1954.
[1] From 1954 to 1963, Broadbridge was a member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), and served as a district officer in Northern Nigeria.
Returning to the United Kingdom, he was director and manager for a specialist road surface treatments company from 1963 to 1992.
[2] Broadbridge died in Cardiff, Wales, on 19 April 2020.