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Eric Lomax black plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: Eric Sutherland Lomax. 1919-2012. 'The Railway Man'. Lived here 1919-1939. Recorded plaque organisation: Scotrail.

From the Open Plaques record 57558

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