Ruck Family Massacre

Part of Mau Mau Uprising

Date	January 1953
Location	Rift Valley, Kenya

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Mau Mau

Strength

3 Europeans
1 African Servant

Casualties and losses

4 killed

Mau Mau Uprising

Assassination of Waruhiu Operation Jock Scott Ruck Family Massacre Lari Massacre Chuka Massacre Christmas Eve Battle Capture of General China Operation Anvil Operation Mushroom Swynnerton Plan The Pipeline Capture of Kimathi Hola massacre

The Ruck Family Massacre took place during the Mau Mau Uprising. Farmer Roger Ruck, his wife Esme and six-year-old son Michael, along with their African servants, were massacred by Mau Mau.^[1] The massacre shocked the European community in Kenya and led to 1,500 European settlers marching on the Governor demanding action.^[2]^[3]

The massacre was fictionalised in the novel Something of Value by Robert Ruark, and in the 1957 film version.

References

↑ Tony Rennell, "Justifiably the British are accused of brutality in 1950s Kenya. But why aren't the Mau Mau butchers also in the dock?", Daily Mail, 12 April 2011 accessed 9 November 2013
↑ "MAU TERRORISTS MURDER FAMILY.". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
↑ "30 Africans Held In Killer Hunt.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

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