Bruce Kinloch MC (27 August 1919 – 21 June 2011) was a British army officer, wildlife conservation leader and author. He was born at

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and educated at

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Military career

Kinloch was commissioned into the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles after leaving Sandhurst in 1939, fought with them in Burma and on the Northwest Frontier, and won the

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for his part in Battle of Sittang River Bridge in 1942. At the age of twenty-five, he commanded a battalion.

Conservation career

In 1947, Kinloch joined the

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, first as a Game Ranger on the

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Coast of

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. He was Chief Game Warden in the Uganda Game and Fisheries Department for ten years; in 1960 he became Chief Game Warden of

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, a post he held until 1964. Later, he became the Chief Game Warden in

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. Kinloch also founded the

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on the slopes of

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which has trained thousands of game wardens.

Later life

Kinloch wrote several non-fiction books. Among these are ''

Sauce for the Mongoose ''Sauce for the Mongoose: The Story of a Real-Life Rikki-tikki-tavi'' () by Bruce Kinloch is a non-fiction tale of how a family adopts a baby mongoose who they name "Pipa", the word for barrel in Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili languag ...

'' 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

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Bibliography

* ''

'' (1964) * '' Shamba Raiders: Memories of a Game Warden.'' (1972) * ''Game wardens in Africa'' (1981) * ''

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'' (2009)

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External links

Obituary of Major Bruce Kinloch, The Daily Telegraph, 4 September 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kinloch, Bruce British conservationists Nature conservation in Uganda Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Royal Gurkha Rifles officers Non-fiction environmental writers Recipients of the Military Cross 1919 births 2011 deaths People educated at Berkhamsted School British people in colonial India