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It seems that in an article in the Army Medical Services Magazine, War Office claims it chose the name Tommy Atkins as a representative name in 1815. Specimen forms of the Soldier's Book issued for both the cavalry and infantry in that year bore against the space for the soldier's signature "Tommy Atkins, his X mark". With the improvement of education "his X mark" was dropped. This was of course to allow recruits who did not write to use the "X" as their signature.

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