British soldiers advancing on the Flanders front. From The Nations at War by Willis J. Abbot 1918 Edition
British Tommies cheer as they go forward to their positions on the Flanders front
"An unpublished incident at Blackpool is being told. A Yankee said to a wounded Tommy on the pier that they had 'come over to finish the War.' T.A. threw him into the water, and was given a year for manslaughter. The Yankees are fussed over officially, but few among them endear themselves."
Extract from the entry for June 25, 1917 from the writings — diaries, letters, and memoirs — of Captain J.C. Dunn, Medical Officer of the Second Battalion His Majesty's Twenty-Third Foot, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and fellow soldiers who served with him. The United States had declared war on Germany on April 6. The soldier thrown into the water by 'T.A.' or Tommy Atkins, slang for a British soldier, may have been part of the contingent that landed in France the next day.
The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919 by Captain J.C. Dunn, page 360, copyright © The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1987, publisher: Abacus (Little, Brown and Company, UK), publication date: 1994
1917-06-25, 1917, June, Tommy, Tommy Atkins, British train advance, British soldier
