TUCK family followup – correction
Greetings,
It seems a update is in order, in light of recent developments.
I have, for some time, been trying to reconnect with my TUCK family from Norfolk. I have done so. And, it would seem, that our families initial assumption that Robert Roland Stanford TUCK was a Grand Uncle was misguided. You see, Our TUCK family was separated from the UK members during WWII. Long story but senior members of the family, who are sadly no longer with us, had somehow maintained the connection to RRST. Recent efforts to connect have resulted in our discovery that this is not the case.
I had always been proud of the prospects of the connection as one who flies myself but, alas, it was not to be.
However, pride, has reemerged as my Grand Uncles have turned out to be Wesley Edgar Reuben TUCK and Hubert Henry TUCK, of Norfolk. Sadly, both died in WWI, The Great War, and in the same battle of Somme. Wesley, a member of the 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, was wounded 16th October 1916 and died of wounds on 25th October 1916. His brother, Hubert, a member of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces (CEF), 21st Battalion Canadian Infantry, regiment 60002. was killed Sept 16th 1916 the same day that Wesley was wounded just 4 miles away. ‘Brothers in Arms’ Wesley and Hubert Tuck – 1916 by Andrew C. England © 1998. I want to thank Andrew for his help in putting our families in touch. For those interested, see here.
‘Brothers in Arms’ by Andrew England, Village Voice, Page 39
http://tinyurl.com/2wezo2
Norfolk online Access to Heritage (enter ‘Brothers in Arms’, Library Catalog; results #10):
http://www.noah.norfolk.gov.uk/QSearch.aspx
I have enjoyed reconnecting with my family immensely. It has been amazing to say the least.
And so with that, the record is set straight.
Doug TUCK-Walker
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