The Longest Walk Home
The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape of a WWII Prisoner of War
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2025
Summary
In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21 year old Vauxhall motors apprentice, serving with the 1st Kensington Regiment, was captured in Northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war. But he wouldn’t remain one for long…
The Longest Walk Home is the incredible account of his daring 2,000 mile escape across Europe and over the Pyrenees, to the safety of British Gibraltar, and home in time for Christmas. Along the way Ray has nerve-shredding encounters with German soldiers and t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529447064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529447062 |
| Author: | Ray Bailey, David Wilkins |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
Ray Bailey
Raymond Bailey was born in 1919, the son of a miner. He left school aged fourteen and began work as an apprentice lathe operator at the Vauxhall Car Works in Luton. In 1939 he was in the first wave of young British men called up to fight in the Second World War. After basic training, Ray’s battalion was posted to France and thrown into some of the bloodiest fighting of the entire conflict. In June 1940, just a few weeks after arriving in France, Ray found himself among the thousands of British soldiers captured at the catastrophic Battle of St Valery.
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