Harry "Scud" East Regiment in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, where he is wounded. He later emigrates to New Zealand. East also appears in George MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" series, being held captive in Russia alongside Flashman during the Crimean War in "Flashman at the Charge", and later dying during the Indian Mutiny in "Flashman in the Great Game". Harry "Scud" East Harry "Scud" East is a fictional character in the book "Tom Brown's School Days". He is perhaps the closest friend of Tom Brown. His nickname is Scud because he is so quick on his feet. In the book he is referred to as
Tom Thug Tom at school, the strip underwent a title change to Tom Thug's Skooldayz (a spoof in name only of "Tom Brown's Schooldays"). There, Tom Thug continued to run until December 1999 ("Buster"'s final issue), although the last couple of years were reprints of earlier stories due to budget cutbacks by the publisher. However, during its run, "Tom Thug" had become one of the comic's most popular strips and even replaced the lead character "Buster" on the cover on occasion. In the final issue of the comic at the beginning of 2000 in a segment written and drawn by Jack Oliver,