Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Phillip Bradshaw, KBE (1 August 1920 – 12 October 1999) was a senior British Army officer and doctor.

[6] He spent his early career working in pathology in various United Kingdom based military hospitals and had one short, overseas posting to Sri Lanka.

[7] In 1952, he began the senior officers' course at the Royal Army Medical College, London.

[2] He was once more posted to West Germany when, on 6 July 1975, he was appointed Director of Medical Services, British Army of the Rhine and made an acting major general.

[13] On 30 March 1977, he was appointed Director General Army Medical Services and promoted to lieutenant-general.

[14] In the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).

[16] Following his retirement from the military, Bradshaw served on a number of management committees of philanthropic and charitable organisations.