News & Updates

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...

Sep 23, 2022

103-year-old WWII veteran commemorates Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take 103-year-old Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell to the Netherlands for the...

Sep 5, 2022

WWII veterans and Taxi Charity volunteers joined the thousands at Wandeltocht Airborne March

On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands...

Aug 7, 2022

Downton resident jumps for veterans

Malcolm Dean, 76, from Downton near Salisbury has raised £3,700 for the Taxi Charity The Taxi Charity was delighted to receive a donation...

Aug 3, 2022

WWII veteran to help find home for dog

When WWII veteran Bill Gladden heard that one year old terrier Cody was having a difficult time finding a new home, he offered to help...

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 27, 2022

'Market Garden Challenge' aims to raise £10k for veterans

This September, two Taxi Charity volunteers plan to cycle 115km across the Netherlands on WWII gearless bikes and then walk 40km to...

Jul 27, 2022

WWII veterans to join Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity 'Summer In The City' event

On 2 August, the Taxi Charity will support the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity at their summer event at Television Centre and White...

Jul 18, 2022

London Waterloo to the Waterloo Battlefield

Taxi Charity volunteer cab drivers take veterans and archaeologists to Belgium to support Waterloo Uncovered The Taxi Charity for...

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...

Jul 7, 2022

Surrey village maintains 74 year tradition for Taxi Charity

The small village of South Holmwood, near Dorking, has been welcoming London cab drivers and veterans every summer since 1948. One couple...

Jul 5, 2022

The veterans return to Worthing in our iconic black cabs

On 5 July 2022, after a break for the past two summers, 60 black cabs once again made the journey from London to Worthing with a group of...

Jul 1, 2022

Blues and Royals veterans attend ceremony in Montreuil-sur-Mer

The Taxi Charity was delighted to take four Blues and Royals veterans to France for a ceremony to unveil the restored statue of Field...

Jun 21, 2022

Taxi Charity takes 24 veterans to British Normandy Memorial

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take the biggest group yet of veterans to the British Normandy Memorial This...

Jun 15, 2022

WWII veteran revisits the Normandy barn where his life was saved

Last week, D-Day veteran, Bill Gladden, returned to the barn where his life was saved when he was injured in 1944. Bill Gladden, 98, from...

Jun 14, 2022

WWII veteran hopes to reunite with child he met in Normandy in 1944

WWII veteran, Reginald Pye, has a vivid memory of sharing his food with a young French girl in 1944. He would love to reunite with the...

Jun 14, 2022

Taxi Charity escorts group of veterans to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations

London cab drivers who volunteer for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans took a group of 24 veterans to Normandy for six days for the...

Jun 1, 2022

Vic Needham Crofton and Tom Weatherall: We were part of the Queen’s coronation

Two veterans have been sharing their memories of the Queen’s coronation in 1953 Veterans Vic Needham-Crofton and Tom Weatherall have...

May 31, 2022

WWII veteran Peter Smoothy to join the Taxi Charity in Normandy for the D-Day Commemorations

On 3 June, volunteer London cab drivers will take 25 WWII veterans to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations. Amongst them will be D-Day...

May 28, 2022

WWII veteran Alec Hall to celebrate his 100th birthday

On 3 June, Alec Hall will be celebrating his 100th birthday with family and friends at his home in Southend Weather permitting, on 3...

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