Eric Lomax
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Born in Edinburgh and educated at the Royal High School before entering the civil service, Lomax later joined the Royal Corps of Signals and completed officer training at the 152nd Officer Cadet Training Unit. After surviving captivity on the Burma Railway, he authored the memoir The Railway Man, which earned the 1996 NCR Book Award and the PEN/Ackerley Prize. His wartime experiences were first pr…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources