Tigers in Captivity covers the period from February 1941 when the battalion moved from Agra in India to Penang in Malaya until December 1945 by which time most men had been repatriated.
The book is arranged in seven parts. Parts I – III record, in 26 chapters, the events of the Malaya Campaign, the subsequent captivity and the eventual liberation and repatriation:
Part I The Malaya Campaign
Chapter 1 – Pre-Japanese invasion
Chapter 2 – Operation Matador
Chapter 3 – The Battle of Jitra
Chapter 4 – The chaotic withdrawal from Jitra
Chapter 5 – Gurun
Chapter 6 – Ipoh & the formation of the British Battalion
Chapter 7 – The defence at Kampar
Chapter 8 – The withdrawal south and Batang Berjuntai
Chapter 9 – Batu Pahat and evacuation from Ponggor
Chapter 10 – The Battle for Singapore
Chapter 11 – Surrender and the march out to Changi
Chapter 12 – Evacuation and escapes from Singapore
Part II Far East Prisoners of War
Chapter 13 – Early POWs of the Malaya Campaign
Chapter 14 – Java & Sumatra POWs
Chapter 15 – Changi & Singapore work party camps
Chapter 16 – Early Overseas Parties
Chapter 17 – The Thai-Burma Railway
Chapter 18 – Thailand – Post TBR Construction
Chapter 19 – Hellship transfers
Chapter 20 – French Indochina
Chapter 21 – Taiwan
Chapter 22 – Japan camps
Part III Liberation and Repatriation
Chapter 23 – The Pacific and Burma offensives
Chapter 24 – POW Liberation & Repatriation
Chapter 25 – Those left behind
Chapter 26 – Post war