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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 15y agoTommies, named after Tommy Atkins, an archytypal British infantryman. I'm thinking this is WW1, might date to Boer War or even before that. Tommy Atkins is (I believe) ficticious.
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∙ 13y ago, Redcoats
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∙ 15y agoTommy.
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∙ 11y agoRed Coats
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