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Behind Tommy & Why?
Tommy stands proudly on Terrace Green, close to the town’s war memorial, Tommy—officially named Eleven-O-One—was created by local artist Ray Lonsdale to mark the centenary of the First World War. The name refers to 11:01 a.m. on 11 November 1918, the first minute of peace after the Armistice.