Sergeant Thomas Durrant
E441040
Sergeant Thomas Durrant was a British Army non-commissioned officer of the Second World War who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary bravery during the St Nazaire raid in 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sergeant Thomas Durrant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4469622 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Thomas Durrant Context triple: [Raid on St Nazaire, notableParticipant, Sergeant Thomas Durrant]
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A.
Lance-Corporal James Welch
Lance-Corporal James Welch was a British Army soldier and First World War Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his conspicuous bravery in combat.
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B.
Corporal Henderson
Corporal Henderson is a fictional military character typically depicted as a low-ranking non-commissioned officer, often used as a generic or placeholder name in stories or examples.
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C.
Sergeant Ian McKay
Sergeant Ian McKay was a British Army non-commissioned officer posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional bravery during the Falklands War.
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D.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
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E.
Sgt. Al Powell
Sgt. Al Powell is a sympathetic Los Angeles police sergeant in the film "Die Hard" who becomes John McClane’s trusted ally and emotional support during the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Thomas Durrant Target entity description: Sergeant Thomas Durrant was a British Army non-commissioned officer of the Second World War who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary bravery during the St Nazaire raid in 1942.
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A.
Lance-Corporal James Welch
Lance-Corporal James Welch was a British Army soldier and First World War Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his conspicuous bravery in combat.
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B.
Corporal Henderson
Corporal Henderson is a fictional military character typically depicted as a low-ranking non-commissioned officer, often used as a generic or placeholder name in stories or examples.
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C.
Sergeant Ian McKay
Sergeant Ian McKay was a British Army non-commissioned officer posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional bravery during the Falklands War.
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D.
Lieutenant Hearn
Lieutenant Hearn is a central character in Norman Mailer’s World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead," serving as a thoughtful, conflicted army officer whose clashes with authority explore themes of power and morality in wartime.
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E.
Sgt. Al Powell
Sgt. Al Powell is a sympathetic Los Angeles police sergeant in the film "Die Hard" who becomes John McClane’s trusted ally and emotional support during the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army soldier
ⓘ
Victoria Cross recipient ⓘ human ⓘ non-commissioned officer ⓘ |
| allegiance | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Royal Engineers Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Victoria Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | La Baule-Escoublac War Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | wounds received in combat ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Commonwealth War Graves Commission records ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-10-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-03-28 ⓘ |
| deathOccurredDuring | St Nazaire Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decoratedFor | gallantry in the face of the enemy ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Durrant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | soldier ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sergeant ⓘ |
| honouredFor | extraordinary bravery under fire ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
military biographies
ⓘ
records of the St Nazaire raid ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | Victoria Cross citation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
No. 1 Commando
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | actions during the St Nazaire raid ⓘ |
| operation | Operation Chariot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | St Nazaire Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berkhamsted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Saint-Nazaire ⓘ |
| posthumousAward | Victoria Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Sergeant ⓘ |
| reasonForAward | bravery during the St Nazaire raid ⓘ |
| serviceEndTime | 1942 ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | 1874047 ⓘ |
| serviceStartTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar | Western Front (Second World War) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sergeant Thomas Durrant Description of subject: Sergeant Thomas Durrant was a British Army non-commissioned officer of the Second World War who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary bravery during the St Nazaire raid in 1942.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.