Eric Lomax

For a slightly different take on the same subject ( prisoners of Imperial Japan ), I recommend the website of the POW Research Network Japan:

http://www.powresearch.jp/en/about/index.html

Kev.
On my shelves I have this…

‘My Dad My Hero’ by Michael Bentinck
It’s the story of a POW in Malaya.
I confess that I’ve never read it–personal reasons again but I see from Amazon that Mr Bentinck has written a number of books on the same subject.

A.

Cheers Kev, I will attempt to get it, I like true life stories rather than fictitious, believe it or not.:)
Jim.
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That’s the problem Jim, I can’t pick one as they all bring something different to the table as it were. However, if you want something of an introduction to the subject which draws on many personal reminiscences (some of which are drawn from the titles already mentioned) then I’d go for Surviving the Sword.

Regards,

kev35

Kev. If you could pick just one, which would it be?.

Thanks.
Jim.
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Al. As I stated in thread 6, I wonder how many more could tell, heart rendering stories like that.A true hero, of spirit and grit, if ever there was.
Jim.
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The following already have…..

The Colonel of Tamarkan by Julie Summer.

A Guest of Nippon by Eddie Hunn.

Sweet Kwai Run Softly by Stephen Alexander.

The Hard Way – Surviving Shamshuipo by Major V.S. Ebbage.

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang.

Surviving the Sword by Brian MacArthur.

When You go home by Arthur Lane.

Diary and Sermons of Rupert Godfrey, 1941 to 1945.

Tears of a Teenage Comfort Woman by Swee Lian.

Tattered Remnants by Eric Burgoyne.

By Hellship to Hiroshima by Terence Kelly.

The Rainbow Through the Rain by G.S. Mowat.

I have read and can recommend them all, but not all are as forgiving as Eric Lomax.

Regards,

kev35

Reminds us of what heights (and depths) humans are capable of. RIP Mr Lomax and thank you for what you did.

Knew of Eric Lomax, but not that he met his torturer again like that. Amazing what extremes of brutality and forgiveness we humans are capable of.

Al. As I stated in thread 6, I wonder how many more could tell, heart rendering stories like that.A true hero, of spirit and grit, if ever there was.
Jim.
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A very humbling story, and reminiscent of another old soldier who died last year, very well known in my home town. A gentleman in every respect.
The record booths in his music shop was extremely popular with us kids in the 1960s and 1970s – and we had no idea of his past… http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/bill-barr-cochrane.13445352

Very thought provoking, he had been through so much and still came out as a gentleman, even after the hardships he endured(resulting in him meeting one of his torturers)

Rest in Peace Mr Lomax

And thankyou for your sacrifice

It is truly a very remarkable story. How many other stories like that could be told?.
No wonder these brave men who fought in the War, never speak of their ordeals.

Jim.
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A remarkable story indeed.

Andy.

If the Obituary brought you to tears then please read the book. It really is a wonderful example of the triumph of the human spirit over terrible adversity. Yet it is so much more than that with moments of pure joy as he describes his passion for steam trains and a youth spent chasing them. The world is a much sadder place for his passing but a brighter place for his inspiration.

Two other books on the same subject which deserve to become classics are Towards The Setting Sun and the Forgotten Highlander.

Eric Lomax has certainly earned his rest.

Regards,

kev35

It makes most of us very small men indeed…..

….speechless….