Eric Lomax

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human

Eric Lomax was a British Army officer and former prisoner of war whose harrowing experiences of torture on the Burma–Thailand railway and later quest for reconciliation were recounted in his memoir "The Railway Man."

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Label Occurrences
Eric Lomax canonical 8
young Eric Lomax 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
awardReceived Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
basedOnExperience Burma Railway ⓘ
surface form: Burma–Thailand railway prisoner-of-war camps
birthDate 1919-05-30 ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 2012-10-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Old Royal High School ⓘ
surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Lomax ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
givenName Eric ⓘ
hasTheme forgiveness ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ
heldIn Burma Railway ⓘ
surface form: Burma–Thailand railway
imprisonedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
inspiredWork The Railway Man ⓘ
surface form: film The Railway Man
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryAllegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank officer ⓘ
name Eric Lomax self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor being a prisoner of war on the Burma–Thailand railway ⓘ
later reconciliation with one of his former interrogators ⓘ
surviving torture by the Japanese military police ⓘ
notableWork The Railway Man ⓘ
occupation British Army officer ⓘ
author ⓘ
participantIn World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
placeOfBirth Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Patti Lomax ⓘ
subjectOf The Railway Man ⓘ
The Railway Man ⓘ
surface form: film The Railway Man
workLocation United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Railway Man → mainCharacter → Eric Lomax ⓘ
Jeremy Irvine → portrayed → Eric Lomax ⓘ
this entity surface form: young Eric Lomax
Jeremy Irvine as young Eric Lomax → portrays → Eric Lomax ⓘ
Jeremy Irvine as young Eric Lomax → character → Eric Lomax ⓘ
Nicole Kidman as Patti Lomax → spouseOf → Eric Lomax ⓘ
Nicole Kidman as Patti Lomax → supportsCharacter → Eric Lomax ⓘ
Nicole Kidman as Patti Lomax → sourceAuthor → Eric Lomax ⓘ
Eric Lomax → name → Eric Lomax self-link ⓘ
Patti Lomax → spouseOf → Eric Lomax ⓘ