'Tommy' was an abbreviation of Tommy Atkins, the fictitious sample name on WW1 army recruitment forms, which in itself came from the initials T.A. of the British Territorial Army, then being sent over to help France and Belgium..... or so I believe.
I suspect a 'Long Tom' is anything longer than the norm.Information
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