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Prompted by today's post on John Lewis I looked at QSAs to Tucker's Scouts

There are 13 men listed on the single page roll (WO100/277p246). Of these 2 are crossed through. It looks like 7 medals and 14 clasps were issued off the roll.

In City Coins 18 was listed the QSA (2) Paar Drief to 15 Tpr G W Lord, Tucker's Scouts. The entry included the comment that 'this is the only recorded medal to Tucker's Scouts'.

The medal sold for R124.

Kaplan in November 2004 sold

QSA (2) Paar Drie (14 Tpr W.B. Burrow Tucker's Scouts).

The estimate was R3,000

A Moses Roberts (Trooper #13?) mentions General Tucker's Scouts in a letter home to Penrhyndeudraeth (near Portmadog), dated 21st February 1900. Unfortunately, the letter is in Welsh, but there are several mentions of Modder River.
newspapers.library.wales/view/3790052/3790057/51/

A second letter, written in both Welsh and English on 8th March 1900, was published on 20th April that year, and, in addition to Modder River, "Strickfontein, neu Paarsdenburg" is mentioned.
newspapers.library.wales/view/3317433/3317441/52/

The second of the two known QSA to Tucker's Scouts, awarded to Trooper Burrrows