In a corner of the Walnut Store gite sits an old trunk which since we bought the property I've been meaning to do some research on.
On the lid is a brass plate with the name of it's previous owner, after 'googling' the name I found that quite a lot of CHA Tucks military belongings had been auctioned at Bonhams of London and the listings also contained some information on him-
Lietenant Colonel C.H.A.Tuck, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, late Norfolk Regiment.
Colonel Charles Harold Amys Tuck was born on 6.12.1880 and was educated
at Wellington College. He joined the 3rd Norfolks in 1900 and 1st
Norfolks in 1901, entitled to QSA with three clasps. Served as Railway
Staff Officer 26.10.1900 to 7.11.1900. Transferred to 1/3rd Gurkhas
1905; Captain 1909; Major 1915; Lt Colonel 1924; Colonel 1925. He was
MID in Mesopotamia and S.Kurdistan, as well as Iraq where he became
C.I.E.
So any relative researching their long lost ancestors may just see this page after putting his name into the search engine, if you're interested, we have his travel trunk!
Amazing the internet isn't it!
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