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48 relations: Battle of Singapore, BBC, Berwick-upon-Tweed, British Army, Burma Railway, Changi Prison, Colin Firth, Colonial Service, Edinburgh, Efficiency Medal, Far East prisoners of war, Freedom from Torture, Ghana, Gold Coast (British colony), Japan, Jeremy Irvine, John Hurt, John McCarthy (journalist), Jonathan Teplitzky, Kanchanaburi Province, Kenpeitai, Kurashiki, Lebanon, Lieutenant, Loaded march, Mentioned in dispatches, NCR Book Award, Nicole Kidman, PEN/Ackerley Prize, Post office, Prisoner-of-war camp, Randall Duk Kim, Rowena Cooper, Royal Corps of Signals, Royal High School, Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Board, Second lieutenant, Service number, Stephenson Locomotive Society, Takashi Nagase, Telegraphist, Thailand, The Freedom Association, The London Gazette, The Railway Man (book), The Railway Man (film), University of Strathclyde, World War II.
Battle of Singapore
The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of Singapore, was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore—nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East".
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sooth Berwick, Bearaig a Deas) is a town in the county of Northumberland.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.
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Burma Railway
The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II.
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Changi Prison
Changi Prison Complex (樟宜监狱; Penjara Changi; சாங்கி சிறைச்சாலை), often simply known as Changi Prison, is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore.
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Colin Firth
Colin Andrew Firth, (born 10 September 1960), is an English actor who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
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Colonial Service
The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service, was the British government service which administered most of Britain's overseas possessions, under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Colonial Office in London.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Efficiency Medal
The Efficiency Medal was instituted in 1930 for award to part-time warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men after twelve years of efficient service on the active list of the Militia or the Territorial Army of the United Kingdom, or of the other Auxiliary Military Forces throughout the British Empire.
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Far East prisoners of war
Far East prisoners of war is a term used in the United Kingdom to describe former British and Commonwealth prisoners of war held in the Far East during the Second World War.
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Freedom from Torture
Freedom from Torture (previously known as The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) is a British registered charity which provides therapeutic care for survivors of torture who seek protection in the UK.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.
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Gold Coast (British colony)
The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jeremy Irvine
Jeremy William Fredric Smith better known as Jeremy Irvine, is an English actor who made his film debut in the epic war film War Horse (2011).
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John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years.
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John McCarthy (journalist)
John Patrick McCarthy (born 27 November 1956) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis.
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Jonathan Teplitzky
Jonathan Teplitzky is an Australian writer and film director, who has directed the movies Better Than Sex (2000), Gettin' Square (2003), Burning Man (2011), The Railway Man (2013), and Churchill (2017).
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Kanchanaburi Province
Kanchanaburi (กาญจนบุรี) is the largest of the western provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
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Kenpeitai
The was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945.
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Kurashiki
is an historic city located in western Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.
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Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.
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Loaded march
A loaded march is a relatively fast march over distance carrying a load.
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Mentioned in dispatches
A member of the armed forces mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.
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NCR Book Award
The NCR Book Award, established in 1987 and sponsored by NCR, was the UK's major award to non-fiction It ended in 1998 and has been replaced by the Samuel Johnson Prize.
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Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress and producer.
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PEN/Ackerley Prize
PEN Ackerley Prize (or, J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography) is awarded annually by English PEN for a literary autobiography of excellence, written by an author of British nationality and published during the preceding year.
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Post office
A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system.
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Prisoner-of-war camp
A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by a belligerent power in time of war.
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Randall Duk Kim
Randall Duk Kim (born September 24, 1943) is a Korean-born American stage, television and film actor.
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Rowena Cooper
Rowena Cooper is a Southern Rhodesian actress.
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Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals - abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.
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Royal High School, Edinburgh
The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh is a co-educational school administered by the City of Edinburgh Council.
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Scottish Gas Board
The Scottish Gas Board was a state-owned utility providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in Scotland.
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Second lieutenant
Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.
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Service number
A service number is an identification code used to identify a person within a large group.
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Stephenson Locomotive Society
The Stephenson Locomotive Society (SLS) was founded in the UK in Autumn 1909 for the study of rail transport and locomotives.
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Takashi Nagase
was a Japanese war criminal during World War II.
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Telegraphist
A telegraphist (British English), telegrapher (American English), or telegraph operator is an operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code in order to communicate by land lines or radio.
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.
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The Freedom Association
The Freedom Association (TFA) is a pressure group in the United Kingdom that describes itself as non-partisan, centre-right and libertarian, which has links to the Conservative Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP).
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The London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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The Railway Man (book)
The Railway Man is an autobiographical book by Eric Lomax about his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II and being forced to help build the Thai-Burma Railway for the Japanese military.
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The Railway Man (film)
The Railway Man is a 2013 British–Australian war film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.
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University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lomax
