appointed Warden in Charge of Western Section of Serengeti, based at Banagi

Born, in northern England

Father settled in Kenya

Stewart Edward White, an American Hunter, crossed from the Great Rift Valley via Loliondo to Lobo Springs.

In a book called The Rediscovered Country (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1915), he described the Serengeti as

'the haunt of swarms of game' and, added,

'in this beautiful, wide, populous country, no sportsman's rifle has ever been fired.'

White moved among

'those hordes of unsophisticated beasts as a lord of Eden would have moved,'

Leslie Simpson, an American hunter, reached Seronora from the north and returned five years later with Stewart Edward White and two other friends. Within three months they had shot fifty-one lions in the Seronera area.

Captain Arundell is first Game Warden of the [Serengeti] sanctuary. He built the headquarters at Banagi.

became Game Warden of the [Serengeti] sanctuary, following a Captain Arundell who built the headquarters at Banagi.

in 1959 a new house was built at Seronera for Gordon Harvey, our new Chief Park Warden, who had been living at Ngorongoro in charge of the Eastern Serengeti. Engaged by Parks a month before Myles, and senior in age, Gordon had had long experience of both administrative and field work during his years of government service. His artistic wife Edith, was the daughter of one of the first Europeans to settle in Kenya.

as a result of these changes [resulting from the Committee of Enquiry] we moved to Seronera, the new headquarters of the Serengeti. After nearly three decades of use Banagi was virtually abandoned and allowed to fall into disrepair.

was in charge of building operations in the Park.

a modern hotel that catered for 150 guests neared completion, and the conversion of the old Seronera Lodge into staff quarters had already begun.

Peter Molloy, Director of the Serengeti Park, and able administrator, interested Professor Grzimek in the Serengeti, which proved a turning point in drawing it to the attention of the world.

Severe drought in Serengeti

John Owen set up a small research unit, under Dr. Jacques Verschuren, famous for his work in the Congo.

Serengeti Research Institute established with Dr. Hugh Lamprey as its first Director

Sandy Field, who replaced Gordon Harvey as Chief Park Warden

Bernard Grzimek and his son Michael, were invited by the Board of Trustess, at their own expense, to carry out an aerial count of the plains animals in the Serengeti; to plot their main Migration routes; and to advise on the proposed new boundaries of the Park.

At first the Grzimeks had contemplated buying, as a game sanctuary, part of Momella in Tanzania - a beautiful farm, owned by a German named Trappe. The farm was set amongst forests and lakes at the foot of Mount Meru and overlooked Mount Kilimanjaro to the east. It was a paradise for game, and is now a National Park, 42 square miles in extent. Professor Grzimek sought the advice of Colonel Peter Molloy, the Director of Parks, who suggested that the money be used for a research project in the Serengeti.

Later Myles told me what he had understood from the radio.

The message from Ngorongoro was that Michael had crashed the previous day, a few miles northeast of the crater on his way to Seronera. We were told that he had been seen flying low over some water wells in the Malambo area on the Salei Plains when the plane suddenly plunged vertically towards the ground and disappeared behind a small hill. The Maasai who witnessed this strange occurrence watched for a while to see if the plane would reappear, and when it did not he alerted the European in charge of the wells' construction. They drove in the direction the plane

was last seen and found the shattered remains of the Dornier. Michael had been killed instantaneously.

Cataclysmal rain in Serengeti

Visitors to the Serengeti were few until East African Airways began their excursion flights in late 1957. During the dry season two Dakotas from Nairobi would fly to Seronera every Sunday with about 40 people on board. They would be met and driven around the Serengeti for a day in the Serengeti's entire fleet of vehicles: two Land-Rovers and a 5-ton truck.

Visited the Serengeti for 3 days at the Chief Warden's house, after granting independence to Tanzania. Although it poured with rain, between showers, the Prince identified over 100 birds.

Alan, who was a frequent visitor to the Park, with his wife Joan, had been one of the Grzimeks' team in 1957, and was among the world's finest wildlife photographers.

came on safari conducted by Eric Balson, Game Warden in Arusha

by 1970, when John Owen had achieved virtually all of his aims, he felt his continued presence to be no longer beneficial for Parks. In a effort to secure greater political stability for the organisation he had done so much to build, he surrendered his post to a citizen of the country and remained in the background for another year to help in any way he could. John finally returned to England in 1971, leaving behind a sense of irreplaceable loss among those who valued his remarkable achievements and admired his qualities.

the Conservator of Ngorongoro took charge of the Parks in 1970.

a former Minister of Agriculture, was appointed Director [of Parks]

he is now [1978?] Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism.

tendered resignation to the Board of Trustees, but asked to serve for another two years in another Park.

transferred to Arusha National Park

[Sandy Field] Replaced by John Stephenson as Chief Park Warden

transferred for his final two years to his former post in the southern parks at Mikumi

Park Warden at Lake Manyara National Park, became Chief Park Warden in the Serengeti

a young Maasai graduate from the Wildlife Management College at Mweka, filled Myles's position as Deputy Chief Warden in charge of all fieldwork.

In the Research Institute, [Hugh Lampey] was replaced by Dr. Tumaina Mcharo, a Tanzanian

'The Serengeti is a legacy that must always be. Whatever the difficulties, it must survive, it must survive: its destruction is unthinkable. For anyone who imagines otherwise, let him go there and be enriched by it'

Left Momella [and Tanzania], and moved to Kenya

moved to Nyika National Park, Malawi