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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Gresham's_School
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Mentioned_in_Despatches
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1904-08-07
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Oxton,_Cheshire,_England
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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Landican Cemetery, Birkenhead
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gptkbp:capturedBy
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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blue plaque in Birkenhead
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1975-12-22
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:fullName
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Philip John Denton Toosey
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Philip Toosey
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gptkbp:knownFor
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leadership of POWs on the Burma Railway
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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Lieutenant Colonel
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableFor
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senior Allied officer at the construction of the Burma Railway
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:British_Army_officer
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gptkbp:philanthropy
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Liverpool branch of the British Red Cross
Liverpool branch of the Royal British Legion
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gptkbp:portrayedBy
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (fictionalized as Colonel Nicholson)
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gptkbp:prisonerOfWar
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gptkb:Burma_Railway
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:Second_World_War
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gptkbp:servedWith
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gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Liverpool_Scottish
56th (West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
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gptkbp:spouse
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Muriel Alexandra Duncan
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (film inspiration)
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gptkb:Toosey
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