Obituary: WWII veteran Leslie ‘Les’ Underwood (2 March 1926 – 5 September 2024)
D-Day Naval veteran, Les Underwood, 98, died on Thursday 5 September. On D-Day in June 1944, 18-year-old Les Underwood was on a merchant...
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News & Updates
Apr 26
Obituary: Bill Gladden 13 January 1924 - 24 April 2024
100-year-old WWII veteran, William ‘Bill’ Gladden, who flew into Normandy on D-Day, died at home in Haverhill on 24 April. Bill Gladden...
Mar 21
Obituary: Tom Schaffer 25 April 1926 - 16 March 2024
Tom Schaffer, who was affectionately known as the poster boy of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died on 16 March 2024 - he was...
Feb 3
Ron Johnson's Obituary, The Times
The Times featured a rather wonderful obituary for WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, who passed away on 16 November 2023, aged 102.
Dec 2, 2023
Former Essex Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment veteran Captain Ron Johnson has died, aged 102
WWII veteran Captain Ron Johnson 09.10.1921 - 16.11.2023 On 16 November, former Essex Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment veteran, Captain...
Oct 24, 2023
Tributes to 'Bridge Too Far' hero as he dies aged 101, Daily Express
Tributes have been paid to hero medic, Alec Hall, who tended the wounded defending 'A Bridge Too Far' and has died aged 101. During...
Oct 22, 2023
Obituary: Alec Hall 3 June 1922 - 16 October 2023
WWII veteran Alec Hall from Southend-on-Sea, died at home on Monday 16 October with his family by his side. Alec Hall served with the 181...
Jun 29, 2023
Obituary: Roy Smith 28 November 1925 - 23 June 2023
WWII Normandy veteran, Roy ‘Smudger’ Smith, from Sittingbourne in Kent died in hospital on Friday 23 June - he was 97. Roy Smith is...
Jun 21, 2023
Obituary: Frank Ashleigh 23 December 1924 - 18 June 2023
In September 1944, at the age of 19, Frank Ashleigh was the youngest airman to take part in Operation Market Garden. Frank Ashleigh from...
Jun 14, 2023
Obituary: 100-year-old WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson from Gospel Oak died on 2 June 2023
WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson was born on 6 March 1923 and celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Tommy volunteered for Air Crew when he...
Apr 6, 2023
Obituary: WWII veteran Roy Maxwell died in hospital on 4 April 2023 at the age of 101
Roy Maxwell was born in Rhyl, North Wales, on 21 February 1922 and was brought up on his grandfather's farm. He married Tegwedd and they...
Mar 23, 2023
Obituary: WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach L’dH
Born on 21 June 1924, WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach from Lybster near Caithness in Scotland died on 26 February 2023 aged 98. One...
Nov 16, 2022
Obituary: WWII Naval veteran Len Hobbs
WWII naval veteran, Len Hobbs, 98, died peacefully at home on Monday 31 October with his daughter Elizabeth at his side. Born on 1 August...
Nov 1, 2022
Respects paid to WWII veteran Danny McCrudden who has died aged 98, Charity Today
WWII veteran Danny McCrudden, 98, who served with the Royal Navy’s Pacific Fleet on the Destroyer HMS Queenborough died on 22 October...
Oct 18, 2022
WWII veteran John Bosley dies aged 97
WWII veteran, John Bosley, from Warminster died on Tuesday 4 October, aged 97. Born in 1925, John enlisted in 1943 at the age of 17, and...
Oct 17, 2022
WWII veteran John Clarke MBE dies, aged 98
WWII veteran, John Clarke MBE, from Ware in Hertfordshire died on Wednesday 5 October aged 98. Born 19 April 1924, John was just 17 when...
Oct 4, 2022
WWII veteran Albert Wiltshire dies aged 99
WWII veteran, Albert Wiltshire, who served with Combined Operations in the Royal Navy in WWII died on 16 September at the age of 99...
Aug 3, 2022
WWII veteran Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee dies, aged 95
On Thursday 28 July, Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, from Odiham in Hampshire, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died at...
Jul 13, 2022
Obituary: Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO
On 9 July 2022, WWII veteran and former Queens’s Bargemaster Major Ted Hunt MVO died aged 102 Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, a retired waterman...
Mar 16, 2022
The Taxi Charity pays tribute to Roy Doug Miller, 98, who died on 12 March
Roy 'Doug' Miller from Wallington, who recently moved in with his daughter in Kenley, Croydon had two daughters and was a very popular...
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