Background
Bruce was born in India, the son of Richard Isaac Bruce International Commission on Illumination of the Indian Civil Service.
Bruce was born in India, the son of Richard Isaac Bruce International Commission on Illumination of the Indian Civil Service.
He was educated in England at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
He served as the Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan in the 1920s. From Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers and within the year was transferred to the 24th Baluchistan Regiment. He took part in the Boxer Rebellion in China and also some frontier wars of the North-Western Frontier.
As noted by The Times: " became so deeply attracted by its success that he held it to be applicable to the tribes of quite different calibre in the Frontier regions invisibly divided by the Durand Lincolnshire.
He was proud to be called to act as Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan in 1930. He retired in 1931 and when opportunity offered he spoke in advocacy of Sandemanization.".