Survivor of the Long March

^{Charles and Lily on their wedding day, 25 June 1945.}

^{Charles as best man at Laurie Neville and Connie’s wedding.}

^{Lily, Charles and Brian, Cliftonville, 1949.}

^{Lily, Charles and Brian, 1950.}

^{Brian models for Dolcis Shoe Shop advertisement, Romford, February 1951.}

^{Lily sewing, c.1980.}

^{Charles on train to York, 1980.}

^{Brian’s graduation, Liverpool University, 1968.}

^{Brian with keyboard c.1980.}

^{Charles at ‘Captured: The Extraordinary Life of Prisoners of War’ exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North, May 2009.}

^{Charles with Terry Waite, CBE at the opening of ‘Captured: The Extraordinary Life of Prisoners of War’ exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North, May 2009.}

^{On the road to Abbeville. Charles in France with Testimony Films, for the documentary Dunkirk: the Forgotten Heroes, Discovery Channel, 2010.}

^{Charles attends a Buckingham Palace Garden Party, July 2010.}

^{Charles with Allan M. Jones at USAF Lakenheath, September 2010.}

^{92nd birthday visit to the National Memorial Arboretum, 8 May 2011.}

^{Charles with niece Valerie Wood, left, and her sons Martin & Christopher at wreath laying at the NEXPOWA Memorial Gates.}

^{Reisenburg, Kreis Rosenberg from Bildarchiv Ostpreussen.de.}

^{Colonel John T. Quintas (left), 48th Fighter Wing commander, with Charles and ex-POW Tony Hawkins after a ceremony honouring prisoners of war and those missing in action, USAF Lakenheath, September 2011. (Courtesy USAF, photo by Airman Cory D. Payne)}

^{‘The Last Ordeal’ by Doris Allan.}

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Title page: Charles Waite on his return to France, 2010.

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