What is "tommies"

Tommies could refer to:

• Tommy Atkins - slang for a common soldier in the First World War
• Crocus tommasinianus - a flowering plant
• Thomson's gazelle - a species of antelope

Tommies is a British radio drama series, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It is part of the BBC's World War I centenary season and planned to be broadcast over four years, the same length of time as the war itself. Based on actual unit war diaries, it tells the story of a one day in the conflict exactly 100 years ago to the day.