Tommy

Kipling added many expressions to the language but not, as sometimes thought, the soubriquet "Tommy Atkins" which dates back to the time of Waterloo. Kipling's soldiers' poems, however, make one feel he really SHOULD have been the inventor; none more so than his indictment of society's attitude to the private soldier: "...making mock of uniforms that guard you while you sleep..." Another robust assault: this time upon the accepted attitudes of society as a whole.

[@-Thunder-Warrior-]

Hundred or so years on, things haven't changed.

[@shanemills4487]

The term "Tommy Atkins" dates back to the introduction of Paybooks in the British Army with "Tommy Atkins" being the model of how paybooks were to be filled in. It just stuck

[@colinmcdonald8521]

Reputedly at Wellington's instigation - it was apparently the name of a man he had commanded as a young officer.

[@BrotherSurplice]

I've never heard this put to music before, thanks for the upload.

[@DaveWoods-ku5em]

Great songs of old old Britain.

[@saadkhan1128]

This song is as relavent now as it was 150 years

[@lard_on_a_pan]

Greetings from evil empire, my British friends =) Old Rudyard was kinda prophet. Same shit in our days )))

[@johnmacaroni105]

Be have

[@patttrick]

The only authentic record of British soldiers of that period. George Orwell

[@danielpatrick3761]

Who sings this? I've heard Peter Bellamy do it, but this soudns like a more modern recording.

[@kitsiewr]

Brian Peters singing. He's a wonderful singer.