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Dec 18, 2020

The Taxi Charity will be delivering a little festive cheer to veterans this Christmas

After a year like no other, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans will be delivering a little festive cheer to veterans who have missed...

Dec 4, 2020

Taxi Charity bids WWII veteran Fred Glover a final farewell

On 2 December, veterans, cabbies and volunteers from the Taxi Charity joined family and friends for the cremation of WWII veteran, Fred...

Nov 29, 2020

Taxi Charity escorts WWII veteran Frank Ashleigh to the Festival of Remembrance

On Wednesday 28 October, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to be asked by the Royal British Legion to take WWII...

Nov 7, 2020

Lest We Forget - Remembrance Sunday, 8 November 2020

We have been talking to our veterans about how they will mark Remembrance Sunday this year, as the usual events in London are...

Oct 29, 2020

Alec Borrie talks about Remembrance Sunday – Lest we forget

Every November, for over 30 years, Alec Borrie (96) from Slade Green has attended the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey. Sadly...

Oct 23, 2020

Taxi Charity escorts veterans to launch of the Knock & Check Campaign

Volunteer London licenced taxi drivers took three WWII veterans to The Sun Inn in Faversham to support the launch of the Kent Community...

Oct 19, 2020

Taxi Charity supporter completes 40km Wandeltocht in the Netherlands in memory of Frank Pendergast

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would usually be in the Netherlands each September with a group of veterans for the annual...

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...

Sep 9, 2020

The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

The Taxi Charity has been talking with Peter Smoothy (95) from Herne Bay and George Dunn (98) from Saltdean near Brighton, about their...

Aug 27, 2020

Veterans and volunteer cabbies enjoy VJ Day 75th anniversary event at Danny House

On Sunday 16 August, the Taxi Charity arranged for volunteer cabbies to drive 25 veterans from across London and the south east to join...

Aug 15, 2020

Taxi Charity is delivering commemorative tins to veterans for VJ Day

To mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on Saturday 15 August, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is delivering specially commissioned...

Aug 8, 2020

On the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, veterans share their stories of serving in the Far East

Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Japan, that ultimately led to the end of WWII, the Taxi Charity spoke to some veterans...

Aug 3, 2020

Press Release: From Parachute Regiment to fundraising London cabbie

Born in 1959 in Kensington, Dennis Hayes is a London Cabbie and sits on the committee of a charity very close to his heart, the Taxi...

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...

Jun 24, 2020

Taxi Charity says goodbye to WWII veteran Frank Pendergast with a guard of honour at his funeral

On Friday 19 June, the Taxi Charity said goodbye to one of its much-loved WWII veterans, Frank Pendergast Frank Pendergast, 94, 7th...

Jun 10, 2020

Veterans' Worthing visit cancelled for the first time

For over 70 years, the Taxi Charity has taken veterans to Worthing every summer to enjoy sea air, fish and chips, ice cream and a catch...

May 28, 2020

100 year old WWII veteran to mark D-Day in Worthing instead of Normandy

Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO usually marks D-Day on 6 June in Normandy with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. This year, plans were...

May 26, 2020

Veterans mark the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk

WWII veterans Jeff Haward, Ray Whitwell and Eric Taylor were in France in late May and early June 1940 with the British Expeditionary...

May 11, 2020

Taxi Charity delivers VE Day commemorative tins to veterans

This May, the Taxi Charity would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary commemorations of the Dutch Liberation in the...

May 6, 2020

Taxi Charity celebrating VE Day with gifts of 1940s goodies

This May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans should have been taking WWII veterans to the Netherlands for the 75th anniversary...

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