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'''Bruce Kinloch''' was born in [[India]] and educated in [[England]]. He joined the [[Gurkha Rifles]] after leaving [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] in 1939, fought with them in Burma and on the [[Northwest Frontier]], and won the [[Military Cross]] for his part in [[Battle of Sittang River Bridge]] in 1942. At the age of twenty-five, he commanded a battalion. In 1947, he joined the [[Colonial Administrative Service]]. He was Chief Game Warden in [[Uganda]] for ten years; in 1960 he became Chief Game Warden of [[Tanganyika]], a post he held until 1964. Later, he became the Chief Game Warden in [[Malawi]]. | '''Bruce Kinloch''' was born in [[India]] and educated in [[England]]. He joined the [[Gurkha Rifles]] after leaving [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] in 1939, fought with them in Burma and on the [[Northwest Frontier]], and won the [[Military Cross]] for his part in [[Battle of Sittang River Bridge]] in 1942. At the age of twenty-five, he commanded a battalion. In 1947, he joined the [[Colonial Administrative Service]]. He was Chief Game Warden in [[Uganda]] for ten years; in 1960 he became Chief Game Warden of [[Tanganyika]], a post he held until 1964. Later, he became the Chief Game Warden in [[Malawi]]. | ||
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"Eyeball to eyeball with bull elephant," ''This is Herefordshire.'' [http://www.thisisherefordshire.co.uk/herefordshire/archive/2004/11/01/hereford_whatson_books08ZM.html Online Article] | "Eyeball to eyeball with bull elephant," ''This is Herefordshire.'' [http://www.thisisherefordshire.co.uk/herefordshire/archive/2004/11/01/hereford_whatson_books08ZM.html Online Article] | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 5 September 2008
Bruce Kinloch was born in India and educated in England. He joined the Gurkha Rifles after leaving Sandhurst in 1939, fought with them in Burma and on the Northwest Frontier, and won the Military Cross for his part in Battle of Sittang River Bridge in 1942. At the age of twenty-five, he commanded a battalion. In 1947, he joined the Colonial Administrative Service. He was Chief Game Warden in Uganda for ten years; in 1960 he became Chief Game Warden of Tanganyika, a post he held until 1964. Later, he became the Chief Game Warden in Malawi.
Kinloch has written several non fiction books. Among these are Sauce for the Mongoose 1965 and The Shamba Raiders 1972, which was reprinted in 1988 and again in 2004.
Kinloch also founded the College of African Wildlife Management on the slopes of Kilimanjaro which has trained thousands of game wardens.
Major Kinloch, now 86, lives with his wife Elizabeth at Scotch Firs in Fownhope, Herefordshire.
Bibliography
- Sauce for the Mongoose (1964)
- Three Great Animal Stories (1966)
- Shamba Raiders: Memories of a Game Warden. (1972)
References
Bruce, Kinloch (1965). Sauce for the Mongoose. New York: Alfred A. Knoff.
"Eyeball to eyeball with bull elephant," This is Herefordshire. Online Article