Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (born 1919)

Eric Lomax

British Army officer (1919–2012)

Eric Sutherland Lomax 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.