Lieut.-Col.J.H.PattersonD.S.O.

Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter, and author Lt Col John Henry Patterson, DSO (1867-1947) is well known for his book "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo," which describes his adventures while constructing a railway bridge in present-day Kenya. At the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the British Army in 1885. He eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). In 1920, he retired from the Army. J. H. Patterson served as the East Africa Protectorate's Chief Gam