I wonder what Charles Waite would say, if he was alive today, about his book – Survivor of the Long March : five years as a POW 19340-1945 – co-written with me, which has just been translated into Chinese. It is published by China Pictorial Publishing House and available on Amazon. Of course, I’ll never know how… Read More It’s arrived
My last a royalty statement from The History Press contained a pleasant surprise. Instead of the usual modest amount – double figures, it was into triple numbers. I looked more closely at the statement to see why Survivor of the Long March, Five Years as a POW (1939-1945), which I co-wrote with Charles Waite, had… Read More We’re in the money …
Nothing prepares a man for war and Private Charles Waite, of the Queen’s Royal Regiment, was ill-prepared when his convoy took a wrong turning near Abbeville and met 400 German soldiers and half a dozen tanks. He lost his freedom that day in May 1940 and didn’t regain it until April 1945 when he was… Read More Survivor of the Long March, Five Years as a POW, 1940 – 1945
Charles Henry Waite: 1919-2012 Private in the 2/7th Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1939-1946 POW in Stalag 20B, 1940-1945 Survivor the Long March Five years as a POW, 1940-1945 by Charles Waite with Dee La Vardera. Foreword by Terry Waite CBE. The History Press, 2012. Charles Waite passed away peacefully at home in Kidderminster on 10 February… Read More POW No: 10511
