Tommy Atkins or more commonly known "tommies"During the American Revolution, British troops were known as both "Redcoats" and "Lobsterbacks."
Red Coats.
G.I. or G.I. Joe G.I. stands for Government Issue Or in the British Army: Tommy after Thomas Atkins, the specimen name given on the signing up documents Wrong, G.I. stands for General Infantry. Joe from the term 'average Joe'. Hence G.I. Joe.
"Redcoats" and "Lobsters".========================The terms Redcoats and Lobsters disappeared when the British Army stopped wearing red tunics. From around the 18th Century, British soldiers became known as Tommies, a term which continued until around the end of the Second World War. Nowadays British soldiers are known as squadies (from squad)
sticks, stones, snowballs at the Boston Massacre.
British soldiers who fought the colonists in the American Revolution were called, at the time, by various nicknames, including: * King's men * Regulars * Lobsterbacks Later writings also referred to these soldiers as Redcoats.
Tommy Atkins or more commonly known "tommies"During the American Revolution, British troops were known as both "Redcoats" and "Lobsterbacks."
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Red Coats.
People called Thomas are given Tommy nickname
Tommy was the fictional main character in the Who's rock opera, "Tommy." He was deaf, dumb and blind (and played a mean pinball) A Tommy was also the name given to British soldiers
Tom and Tommy are nicknames for the given name Thomas.
British soldiers, I'd assume? --- Depends on who this was according to. Meaning they'd be called different things according to different countries and in different time periods. Answer: The generic name given to British soldiers is "Tommy" from Tommy Atkins. It is often suggested that this is the name often shown on specimen forms used by the British army but the true origin is not known. Kipling used the name in his poem "Tommy" (see link)
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They were "Doughboys".
British soldiers were nicknamed "Tommies"- see the poem by Rudyard Kipling. For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country," when the guns begin to shoot;
Name given to the British soldiers by the people of Boston was the "redcoats".