Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bainbridge ya shiga Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) a 1888 kuma ya shiga cikin Dongola a 1896 da kuma Nile a 1897 kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin Omdurman a 1898. Ya umurci Rundunar Sojoji ta 7 a lokacin yakin Boer na biyu kuma ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Paardeberg a shekara ta 1900. A shekara ta 1903 ya dauki umurnin Makarantar Horse Infantry a Kilworth. Ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Turai, daga Afrilu 1915, a matsayin Kwamandan Brigade na 110 (Leicester) kuma, daga Yuni 1916, a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kwamandan Rukunin na 25. Rukunin ya ci gaba da yaƙi a Yaƙin Somme, a Yaƙin Messines, a Yaƙin Passchendaele, a cikin farmakin Jamus na Maris / Afrilu 1918 da kuma a Yaƙin Aisne a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa. Bayan yakin ya zama Janar Janar na Kwamandan Rundunar Sojoji na 1 kafin ya yi ritaya a 1923.