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The German, [24] the French and the British Commonwealth armies used the name "Tommy" for British soldiers. "Tommy" is derived from the name "Tommy Atkins" which had been used as a generic name for a soldier for many years (and had been used as an example name on British Army registration forms). The precise origin is the subject of some debate ...
Tommy or Thommy is a masculine given name, frequently a short form of Thomas. Notable people with these names include: People. Arts and entertainment. Thommy ...
Tommy Atkins or Thomas Atkins has been used as a generic name for a common British soldier for many years. The origin of the term is a subject of debate, but it is known to have been used as early as 1743. A letter sent from Jamaica about a mutiny amongst the troops says "except for those from N. America ye Marines and Tommy Atkins behaved ...
Tommy (given name), a list of people and fictional characters; Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army; Tommy Giacomelli (born 1974), Brazilian former footballer also know as simply Tommy
Gaining the nickname "Tommy Cutlets," DeVito traveled all across New Jersey with his celebrity status, signing autographs for fans in different sandwich shops in Bergen and Passaic county.
Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army, but many soldiers preferred the terms PBI (poor bloody infantry) [14] "P.B.I." was a pseudonym of a contributor to the First World War trench magazine The Wipers Times.
For many New York Giants fans, the season had seemed lost until rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito, affectionately known as “Tommy Cutlets,” entered the picture.
Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration (Ancient Greek: Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs), from Imperial Aramaic: תאמא, romanized: Tawmɑʔ), meaning 'twin'.