Photographs
Four galleries showing the railway, memorials, former prisoners and later journeys.
Open photographs →Beyond the written collection
Photos, sketches & more
Photographs, wartime sketches, poems, pilgrimage records and useful links preserved from the original website.
Wartime sketches
Drawings recording camp life, labour, medical care and the landscape of captivity.
View sketches →Poems
Poetry written by or about prisoners of war and their experiences.
Read poems →Pilgrimages
Records of visits to Thailand and Burma, including memorial journeys and services.
Explore pilgrimages →Related resources
Museums, memorial associations, archives and related historical websites.
Open useful links →A document in miniature
The Alan Hobbs diary
Among the collection are personal papers whose physical scale conveys the conditions under which they were kept. Alan Hobbs’ diary measured only around 10 cm by 5 cm.
Read the diary article