A sketchbook kept by Commander Mervyn Scott Lindslay whilst a prisoner of the Japanese at North Point POW camp from 1942-45. North Point is an area located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Lindslay was one of the many British and Commonwealth forces who were captured by the Japanese. The Japanese invasion of the New Territories of Hong Kong commenced on 8th December 1941, with most of the territory captured by the following evening. The poorly equipped British and Commonwealth forces surrendered on December 25th.