News & Updates

In June 1944, as part of the 1st Special Service Brigade, No. 4 Commando landed on Sword Beach thirty minutes before the rest of the...

TAXI caught up with 96-year-old veteran, Harry Rawlins, and volunteer, Anne Parsons, who have become great friends. Anne was instrumental...

Chelsea Pensioner, Roy Knight, died on 16 January 2022, aged 92 Roy Knight served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and was a popular...

The Taxi Charity was deeply saddened to hear of the death of WWII veteran, Alan King, on 30 December 2021. WWII veteran, Alan King (97),...

The Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that veteran Jim Knox died on Wednesday 29 December. Jim Knox, from Upminster, was a much-loved...

Volunteer cab drivers from the Taxi Charity are taking Chelsea Pensioners to see the London Christmas lights The Taxi Charity and the...

Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, and WWII Royal Navy veteran, John King, were delighted to attend last night's Admiralty Service at St...

The Taxi Charity was saddened to learn that 101-year-old Wilfred Oldham MBE has died. Wilf, from Radcliffe, near Bury, was born in 1920...

On 10 November, the Taxi Charity learnt that Major James Corrigan, one of the charity family had died in hospital Major Corrigan was born...

TAXI talks to cabbie and Taxi Charity volunteer Danny Shelton about taking a group of veterans to the Not Forgotten centenary event....

Hounslow resident Rajindar Singh Dhatt will celebrate his 100th birthday on 28 October with his family and friends Rajindar Singh, one of...

The Taxi Charity was thrilled to take two Royal Navy veterans to a dinner on board HMS Victory on Saturday 9 October. The Taxi Charity,...

WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, took time out from his 100th birthday celebrations to say thank you to the people of the Netherlands who he...

A pilot who escaped a prisoner of war camp after being captured in Allied attempts to end World War Two early has celebrated his 100th...

Ron Johnson from Shrivenham, Swindon, will be celebrating his 100th birthday on 9 October with a party. When Ron was born in 1921, King...

Today we bid farewell to Ken Watts, another of our wonderful World War II veterans. Ken was in 2nd Battalion The Devons, Gold Beach D+2....

For the five hundredth edition, TAXI spoke to five veterans whose combined age is 500 about what London cabbies mean to them. Volunteer...

As the Taxi Charity was unable to take veterans to the Netherlands to attend this year's Battle of Arnhem commemorations, Roger Beets,...

The Taxi Charity was saddened to receive the news that one of our longest serving veterans, Ken Watts, had passed away on 22 August Ken...

August 15 is the anniversary of the surrender of Japan, known as VJ Day. WWII veterans Roy ‘Doug’ Miller and Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee were both...