Bruce Kinloch
Bruce Kinloch | |
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| Born | 27 August 1919 Battle of Sittang River Bridge |
| Awards | Military Cross |
| Other work | Game warden and author |
Bruce Kinloch MC (27 August 1919 – 21 June 2011)[1] was a British army officer, wildlife conservation leader and author.
He was born at Saharanpur in India and educated at Berkhamsted School in England.
Military career
Kinloch was commissioned into the
Battle of Sittang River Bridge
in 1942. At the age of twenty-five, he commanded a battalion.
Conservation career
In 1947, Kinloch joined the
Kinloch also founded the
Kilimanjaro which has trained thousands of game wardens.[3]
Later life
Kinloch wrote 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. Major Kinloch lived with his wife Elizabeth at Scotch Firs in Fownhope, Herefordshire.
Bibliography
- Sauce for the Mongoose (1964)
- Shamba Raiders: Memories of a Game Warden. (1972)
- Game wardens in Africa (1981)
- Tales from a Crowded Life (2009)
Notes
References
- The Telegraph (22 June 2011). "KINLOCH - Deaths Announcements". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- Hereford Times (19 April 2006). "Eyeball to eyeball with bull elephant". Hereford Times. Hereford. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- Kinloch, Bruce (1972). The shamba raiders : memories of a game warden (2 ed.). Hampshire: Ashford. ISBN 1852530359.
- Kinloch, Bruce (1974). Sauce for the mongoose. London: Fontana. ISBN 0006134475.
- Kinloch, Bruce (2008). Tales from a crowded life. Kinloss, Moray [Scotland]: Librario. ISBN 978-1906775056.
- Kinloch, Bruce (November 1962). "Orphans of the Wild". National Geographic. 122 (5): 683–699.
- Pringle, Robert (September 2005). "The Origins of the Nile Perch in Lake Victoria". BioScience. 55 (9): 780–787. S2CID 13720490.
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