Tommies Tommies
Tommies, 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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Red Coats
No. It is last name only.
Gurkha: Nepalese soldier in the British Army. Its the name derived from their historical district "GORKHA". People of Gorkha then called GORKHALI. And so is "Gurkha" in the the British Army. (English word). Sherpas: inhabitants of the Himalayan Region of Nepal. Mountain experts. Sherpas help tourists from around the world to climb the mount summit...
Origin of Sepoy came from Hindi word "Sepahi" which means a soldier or a cop No, a Sepoy is and Indian soldier serving under British command. They are also called 'Jawans'.
Redcoat.
That depends on the service they were associated with. WACS for the US Army, WAVES for the US Navy. Wrens for the British Navy.
The name of Sarsfield Barracks under the British Army was 'New Barracks'
Thomas Gage was the name of the British general in Boston.
Tommy was the common term for a British soldier. Just like "Billy Yank" in the Civil War or "GI Joe" for the American soldier in WW2. The name came from Thomas Atkins, The soldiers name on the specimen sign-up papers. BTW, the term "GI" in the US Army was an abbreviation for "Government Issue". Everything that the soldier owned was labeled as "Government Issue", so they adopted that term for them.
B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force)
General Sir David Richards is the Chief Executive Commander of the British Army
In the revolutionary war, soldiers of the British Army were called Red-Coats.
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