Captive Memories

Take an immersive tour of the exhibition. Feel free to explore the exhibition at your own pace, and in any order you choose.

Secret Art of Survival : 360⁰ exhibition walkthrough

Charcoal drawing of Cholera tents by Jack Chalker

Secret Art of Lockdown - Online Exhibition

Help create an online exhibition celebrating the power of art which has made us feel better and kept us connected to loved ones during lockdown.

Cholera tents by Jack Chalker

Secret Art of Survival exhibition now online!

Following University of Liverpool guidelines regarding government advice on the spread of Covid-19, the Victoria Gallery and Museum is now closed with immediate effect until further notice. 

The situation will remain under review and we will continue to share updates as and when we have further information.

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.

Your FEPOW history

Audio/video/written stories of growing up with a FEPOW

Your chance to write your own family history bringing stories alive for future generations and to remember this often unexplored history of the Second World War.

Books about this project

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.

Captive Artists: the unseen artwork of British Far East prisoners of war

11 Dec 2019

News

FEPOW 75

As planned live events for November had to be cancelled, a website has been launched as a virtual alternative marking 75 years since the repatriation of FEPOW.

Meg Parkes has been involved with the FEPOW art element of the website, with links to various pages of this website.

08 Oct 2020

VJ DAY 75: An online tribute from the Lancashire Infantry Museum

The East Lancashires, the South Lancashires, and the Loyals all fought in the ghastly, grinding war against the Japanese, and the 2nd Loyals and 18th Recce (formerly 5th Loyals) suffered terribly as Prisoners Of War after being captured at Singapore. See our on-line tribute to them and the men of the 14th Army – the ‘Forgotten Army’

24 Sep 2020

Laughter of our own making: Cartoons from the secret artists of Changi Prison Camp 1942–1945

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day), this online exhibition reveals never-before-exhibited cartoons and other works of art created at POW camps in Singapore and Thailand during the Second World War.

This online exhibition at the Cartoon Museum features the work of three of the SAoS artists: AKKI, Bettany and Norways.

08 Sep 2020