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Eric Sutherland Lomax (30 May 1919 – 8 October 2012) [1] was a British Army officer who was sent to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in 1942. He is most notable for his book, The Railway Man, about his experiences before, during, and after World War II, which won the 1996 NCR Book Award and the PEN/Ackerley Prize .
- British
- 8 October 2012 (aged 93), Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
- Eric Sutherland Lomax, 30 May 1919, Edinburgh, Scotland
- The Railway Man
18 nov 2023 · Credits: Netflix. The Railway Men, directed by Shiv Rawail, made us witness the horrific incident that shook the nation back on December 2, 1984, when the news of a gas leak came out of the Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal. Such an incident was unheard of in the nation, and people had no clue about the kind of havoc that ...
3 apr 2014 · Our research into The Railway Man true story revealed that Eric joined the Royal Corps of Signals when he was twenty and departed for Southeast Asia in 1941. The Royal Corps of Signals are a combat support arm of the British army responsible for setting up battlefield communications.
10 apr 2014 · Movie Review. Lifetime Anguish Is the High Cost of Courage. Colin Firth as Eric Lomax, a British Army officer in World War II in “The Railway Man,” directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. Jaap...
- Stephen Holden
- Jonathan Teplitzky
9 nov 2022 · Yes, ‘The Railway Man’ is based on a true story. Developed for the screen by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, it is an adaptation of the eponymous autobiographical book by Eric Sutherland Lomax, a former British Army officer who endured severe torture as a Prisoner of War (POW) at the Japanese camp during World War II.
17 nov 2023 · ‘The Railway Men’ is based on a true story and mines invaluable inspiration from the real-life tragedy that struck Bhopal in 1984 due to a factory gas leak. Although not a documentary but rather a dramatization of real life, this show blends a factual happening with fictional details to convey the weighty affliction that ran ...
30 nov 2023 · The Big Picture. The Railway Men on Netflix tells the heroic true story of railway workers who risked their lives to save thousands during the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1984. The series...