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Eric Sutherland Lomax (30 May 1919 – 8 October 2012) 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.
Oct 10, 2012 · Eric Lomax, a former British soldier who was tortured by the Japanese while he was a prisoner during World War II and half a century later forgave one of his tormentors — an experience he...
Apr 17, 2014 · In 1942, the Scotsman, Eric Lomax, had been a prisoner of war and a victim of torture. Takashi Nagase was a Japanese soldier and an English-language interpreter for the men who tortured Lomax.
Apr 3, 2014 · Unlike Colin Firth's character in the film (left), the true story behind The Railway Man movie reveals that the real Eric Lomax (right) had been married for 37 years and had 3 children prior to meeting Patti (Nicole Kidman's character).
Eric Lomax. Photography by Brian Moody. During the Second World War Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese on the Burma-Siam Railway. 50 years later he met one of his tormentors. If you are a victim of torture you never totally recover.
Oct 10, 2012 · Eric Lomax, a former British prisoner of war whose moving tale of wartime torture and forgiveness is being turned into a film, died Monday in Berwick-upon-Tweed in northern England, his...
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Oct 8, 2012 · Eric Lomax, a former prisoner of war who wrote a memoir about his experience on the "death railway" in Thailand, passed away in 2012. His book was adapted into a film starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, and he befriended one of his former captors after the war.
