abstract:Tommy Atkins is a 1928 British silent drama film, directed by Norman Walker and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Henry Victor and Walter Byron.http://ftvdb.
In 1892, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem about the paradigmatic British soldier, TommyAtkins, and his paradigmatic treatment at the hands of an indolent democratic society that takes him for granted - until he is needed.
Roy McFarland and Gary Johnson were well liked at the Abbey and have garnered respect in the game while John Taylor, Ian Atkins and Tommy Taylor had mixed fortunes.