campaign, Cold War

Operation Jock Scott

Name: Operation Jock Scott
Location: Kenya

Operation Jock Scott was a campaign fought in 1952 at Kenya. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kenya. It was part of the Mau Mau rebellion, which ran from 1952 to 1960. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought1952

WhereKenya0.100N, 38.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsBritish Empire; United Kingdom; KenyaagainstKenya Land and Freedom Army

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofMau Mau rebellion1952 to 1960

Where it sits in the Mau Mau rebellion

3 placed engagements of the Mau Mau rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1952 (year precision) to 1952
Place	Kenya 0.100N, 38.000E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale

Placed at Kenya; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kahe 1916, 264 km S
Battle of Kilimanjaro 1914, 360 km S
Battle of Salaita Hill 1916, 391 km S
Battle of Latema Nek 1916, 392 km S
Battle of Shela 1812, 419 km SE

In the same war

After: Operation Mushroom 1953
All 3 engagements of Mau Mau rebellion

Elsewhere in 1952

Battle of Na San Vietnam
Battle of Triangle Hill North Korea
Battle of Nanri Island People's Republic of China
Battle of White Horse South Korea
Operation Lorraine Vietnam

Operation Jock Scott is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 11 in present-day Kenya.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16969043, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Jock Scott, revision 1370633555, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.