etaples

5 photos tagged etaples, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1918

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skillful north said:
Tommy Atkins is a leading U.K. Toy Soldier manufacturer.
Retired at last said:
Tommy Atkins is your generic British soldier. As in Kipling's poem www.uea.ac.uk/menu/acad_depts/edu/learn/braysher/tommy.htm The name is said to have been coined by the Duke of Wellington.
owainmeurig said:
Retired at last is correct these are Tommies neither is actually named Tommy Atkins.
Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks to all of you for the information. This interesting assertion is confirmed by the dictionary. We'll add a note to the record the next time we update.

Art Siegel said:
From the Imperial War Museum site:
"THE OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918

part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer) 1917-07-06

Queen Mary of Teck inspecting VADs in St John Ambulance Hospital at Etaples, 6th July 1917."

www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205078885

THE OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 2513)
Art Siegel said:
Mary of Teck: "Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress consort of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck