Sir Michael Bruce, 11th Baronet
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Sir Michael William Selby Bruce, 11th Baronet (27 March 1894 – 20 May 1957) was an author and adventurer.
The son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet, of West Drayton, Middlesex, director of an art gallery, Michael Bruce entered Abingdon School, then joined the British South Africa Police as a trooper (1913). After First World War service with the Royal Artillery at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, Bruce became a traveller, largely in Africa and South America, and an author and newspaper columnist. During the Second World War he served in a barrage balloon unit, with 901 (County of London) squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment. Later in the war he was Senior Weapons Instructor for glider pilots at Bridgnorth. [1] He was the elder brother of Nigel Bruce, the actor. Michael Bruce died at Vancouver, British Columbia.
Bibliography
- Songs from the Saddle (1916)
- Sails and Saddles (1929)
- Tramp Royal (1954),(Autobiographical) First published by Elek (UK) and then Ryerson Press (Canada)
- Currie Jack Mosquito Victory Goodall 1983 Mentioned as Senior Weapons Instructor for glider pilots, and out on the town in London with actress Frances Day.
References
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1957 deaths
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- Old Abingdonians
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