I . Chet Atkins
(1924–2001)
a US guitar player who helped to create the ‘Nashville Sound’. In 1973, he was chosen for the Country Music Hall of Fame . The Country Music Association named him ‘Musician of the Year’ nine times.
See also Nashville .
II . Tommy Atkins
the name used by people to refer to the average British soldier in the 19th and early 20th centuries:
While the senior officers had comfortable beds, poor Tommy Atkins slept in the trenches.