News & Updates

Aug 4

Veterans attend Battle Proms Picnic Concert at Highclere Castle

On 3 August, WWII veterans Norrie Bartlett, Harry Rice, Mervyn Kersh and Marie Scott, post-war veterans Vic Needham Crofton and Peter...

Jun 11

Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take a group of veterans to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of Operation...

May 13

Thousands cheer British veterans in the Netherlands

On 5 May 2024, 13 British veterans and one Canadian veteran led the Liberation Day Parade through Wageningen, applauded by thousands who...

May 8, 2023

Photo Gallery: Dutch Liberation Commemorations 2023

The Taxi Charity recently escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands for the 2023 Dutch Liberation commemorations. The group...

Feb 12, 2023

Fantastic photos of our veterans at the RAF Club

Thirty of our wonderful veterans attended a lunch at the RAF Club to kick off the Taxi Charity's 75th anniversary celebrations. Here's a...

May 13, 2022

WWII veteran, Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, honoured in the Netherlands

Major Ted Hunt’s contribution to the building of the longest floating Bailey bridge of WWII was celebrated in Gennep on 11 May Major Ted...

Sep 13, 2020

London cabbie tours Italian battlefields

Sebastian Philp, a London cabbie from Shoreditch, has a real passion to learn all he can about WWII. This summer he decided to find out...

Jul 22, 2020

Taxi Charity gathers to say farewell to 100-year-old veteran, George Parsons

Representatives from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans joined family and friends on Friday 17 July 2020 to pay their respects at the...

May 1, 2020

Taxi Charity delivers more RNRMC goodie bags to veterans

Volunteer drivers from the Taxi Charity delivered more goodie bags to naval veterans in and around London today. The goodie bags - kindly...

May 1, 2020

Taxi Charity delivers RNRMC goodie bags to naval veterans

The Taxi Charity is delighted to be able to deliver wonderful goodie bags to veterans which have been donated by the Royal Navy & Royal...

Mar 4, 2020

Taxi Charity thanks RNRMC for funding veterans trips to Portsmouth

The Taxi Charity would like to say a huge thank you to The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) for their generous grants which...

Feb 17, 2020

Taxi Charity takes veterans to Gennep for commemoration services

The Taxi Charity recently escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands to take part in the 75th anniversary commemorations of the...

Nov 21, 2019

Photos from our recent visit to Hyde Park Barracks

On 20 November 2019, volunteer drivers from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of veterans to Hyde Park Barracks (also known as...

Nov 3, 2019

WWII veterans interviewed at Imperial War Museum by RNRMC for short film about loneliness

On Friday 1 November, the Taxi Charity escorted four veterans to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London to be filmed by the Royal Navy...

Nov 1, 2019

Remembrance Sunday: We will remember them

Ahead of Sunday 10 November, we asked four veterans what Remembrance Sunday means to them. Frank Pendergast - Parachute Regiment "I think...

Aug 15, 2019

Photos from Jeffrey, Ray and George's 100th birthday party

Great photos from the 100th birthday party at the Union Jack Club we organised for Jeffrey Haward, Ray Whitwell and George Parsons......

Jul 13, 2019

Guest Blog: Susy Goodwin jumps for the Taxi Charity

On October 7 last year, at the Royal Hospital party, we rashly thought it would be a good idea to jump out of a perfectly serviceable...

Jun 28, 2019

Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Hever's Home Front

On Saturday 22 June, a fleet of London taxis, driven by volunteer cabbies, took veterans from London and the South East to the Home Front...

Jun 18, 2019

London cabbies to drive nearly 200 WWII veterans to Worthing for annual day trip

Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and enjoy...

Jun 10, 2019

Photos from the last night of our veterans trip to Normandy

Fabulous photos from Bernard Birien who joined us for our last night at the Mercure Hotel in Caen on 7 June 2019. A wonderful reminder of...

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