'Tommies', 'Squaddies' or in older times 'Redcoats'.
Red coats
Tommy, Paddy, and Jock
Redcoats was one nickname.
Yes. They were also called lobster-backs, and redcoats. All these nicknames came from the bright red color of the British soldier's coats.
Rebels
bluebelly
The term British Soldiers applies to all soldier of the United Kingdom, and historically all soldiers of the British Empire.
Germans had many nicknames in the World War I. Most popular nicknames of Germans are as below: Deutsch, Alammani, Boche, Fritz, Heinies, Jerry, Kraut, Nazi, Teutons, Bosche, Bosch, Piefke, Oosterbuur, Preiss, Njemac, Mute, Friedrich, Sakslane, Alboche, Crucco, Tedesco, Mof, Muffe, Poep, Poepenlaand, Fryc, Szwab, Szkop, Pig-Swabian, Robber-neck,
Because of their red uniforms, loads of nicknames arose like Redcoats, Lobsterbacks, all kinds of things.
the Bostonians hated the british soldiers because they kept on tormenting them
They were very different from the British soldiers and wanted to declare independence from England.
who commanded the American soldiers who captured 5,800 British soldiers under General Burgoyne at Saratoga