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The Secret Art of Survival: creativity and ingenuity of British Far East prisoners of war, 1942-1945. 

25 Oct 2019 to 20 June 2020

Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool

The secret art of survival exhibition: FEPOW Descendants’ weekend
16-18 November 2019
By Ashley (Plt Off), Royal Air Force official photographer - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//21/media-21032/large.jpgThis is photograph CF 712 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24396139
By Ashley (Plt Off), Royal Air Force official photographer - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//21/media-21032/large.jpgThis is photograph CF 712 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24396139

This website is home to Far East prisoner of war (FEPOW) research projects run by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).

What we do

FEPOW art

Whilst incarcerated, some FEPOWs used art as a means to document their experiences in the camps.  The production of this art was risky, as keeping any form of records was strictly forbidden.  It was also an important coping mechanism for many FEPOWs. 

FEPOW Oral History Project

The stories of some of the thousands of British servicemen held as prisoners in South East Asia during WWII can now be explored online.  The project was commissioned by LSTM in partnership with the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive and sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Books about this project

Captive Memories

LSTM's involvement with the health of FEPOW represents the longest collaborative partnership ever undertaken by the School. This book details this journey and the subsequent advances understanding and delivering tropical medicine.

Burma Railway Medicine

The first in-depth analysis of the medical crisis in the Allied prisoner of war (POW) camps on the Thai-Burma Railway, between 1942 and 1945.
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News

Appeal for information – FEPOW artist named “Payne”

Do you know the identity of the FEPOW artist who signed himself, ‘Payne’, and who did this portrait of my grandfather in camp in Thailand in 1943?

21 Oct 2019

‘Secret Art of Survival’ exhibition opens 24 October in Liverpool

Final preparations are underway for a new exhibition displaying the artwork of British FEPOW, Far East prisoners of war, who were captured by the Japanese during the Second World War.

18 Oct 2019

The Neston High School FEPOW patchwork quilt

15 Jul 2019

Events

25 Oct 2019 to 20 Jun 2020

The Secret Art of Survival: creativity and ingenuity of British Far East prisoners of war, 1942-1945

In partnership with, and located at the University of Liverpool's Victoria Gallery and Museum, the exhibition will run from 25 October 2019 to 20 June 2020

Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool
02 Nov 2019, 10:30 to 16:00

VG&M Family Saturday

FEPOW theme and connected to Big Draw Month theme – creativity and wellbeing

Starts with film showing (Valiant) and followed by a family workshop (1pm – 4pm)

Victoria Gallery and Museum, University of Liverpool Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3DR
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View the FEPOW resources

21 Oct 2019

Portrait by Ashley George Old

Art
1983

Study of mortality and autopsy findings amongst former prisoners of the Japanese

J Roy Army Med Corps
Clinical paper
1982

Persisting nutritional neuropathy amongst former war prisoners

J Neurol Neurosurg Psych
Clinical paper
1981

The health of former prisoners of war of the Japanese

Practicioner
Clinical paper
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Contact us

fepow [dot] project [at] lstmed [dot] ac [dot] uk

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