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Jun 29, 2021
Veteran celebrates his 100th birthday by climbing over the O2
On 30 June, veteran Harry White celebrated his 100th birthday by climbing over the dome of famed London landmark, the O2. Veteran Harry...
Jun 26, 2021
WWII veteran Major Ted Hunt on Connect Forces with Andy Reid, Linda Lusardi and Mike Osman
Listen to WWII veteran, Major Ted Hunt, on Connect Forces on Great British Radio with Andy Reid, Linda Lusardi and Mike Osman. Major Ted...
Jun 25, 2021
A tribute to WWII veteran, Harry Bailey
This wonderful video, filmed and edited by Joe Cartwright and Jon Cox, is a tribute to Harry Bailey, master of the collection bucket, who...
Jun 20, 2021
WWII veteran Marie Scott on Connect Forces with Andy Reid, Linda Lusardi and Mike Osman
Listen to WWII veteran, Marie Scott, on Connect Forces on Great British Radio with Andy Reid, Linda Lusardi and Mike Osman. Marie was 17...
Jun 14, 2021
Dunstable D-Day hero receives Légion d’Honneur on anniversary of Normandy invasion, Luton Today
WWII veteran Doug Baldwin, of the 6th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, was presented with the Légion d’Honneur, the highest...
Jun 8, 2021
WWII veterans delighted as British Normandy Memorial opens
On the 77th anniversary of D-Day, volunteer London cab drivers took a large group of WWII veterans to the National Memorial Arboretum to...
Jun 5, 2021
D-Day 77 National Memorial Arboretum Itinerary
4 - 7 June 2021 The weekend of the 5 and 6 of June is the 77th anniversary of the WWII D-Day landings. We would normally take a group of...
Jun 5, 2021
Veterans to attend D-Day landings memorial service at the National Memorial Arboretum, TAXI
When the outbreak of the pandemic required the Taxi Charity to return early from an event with WWII veterans in The Netherlands in March...
Jun 4, 2021
WWII veterans visit the Battlefield Line
On Saturday 5 June, a group of WWII veterans were invited to enjoy an afternoon on the Normandy Flyer steam train on the Battlefield...
Jun 3, 2021
Major Ted Hunt and Ian Parsons interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester
Ahead of the Taxi Charity trip to the Battlefield Line on Saturday 5 June and to the National Memorial Arboretum for the 77th anniversary...
Jun 2, 2021
With the D-Day veterans, Echo Magazine
Nathalie Varnière, our French Co-ordinator, has taken the time to translate this impressive seven-page article by Guilherme Ringuenet in...
Apr 29, 2021
WWII veteran Harry Bailey, master of the collection bucket, dies aged 99
The Taxi Charity lost another of its family yesterday when WWII veteran Harry Bailey, who was to many the face of the charity, died in...
Apr 25, 2021
The Taxi Charity supports veterans from all conflicts
Many people think that the Taxi Charity only supports veterans from WWII, but the charity promotes the wellbeing of veterans from all...
Apr 10, 2021
101-year-old former Queen’s Bargemaster recalls joking with duke
A 101-year-old veteran and former Queen’s Bargemaster has shared his memories of the late Duke of Edinburgh, recalling their jokes and...
Apr 8, 2021
Deep sadness as the Duke of Edinburgh dies
The Taxi Charity has very special memories of the kindness and warmth Prince Philip showed veterans at their event in Worthing in 1979....
Mar 22, 2021
The Taxi Charity reflects on the past 12 months
When the UK went into the first Coronavirus lockdown on 20 March 2020, no one could have predicted that a year later the country would...
Mar 9, 2021
WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer has passed away, aged 97
The Taxi Charity was sad to hear that WWII veteran, Geoff Pulzer, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity family, died on 2 March 2021 in...
Mar 1, 2021
100-year-old WWII veteran, Eric Taylor BEM, has passed away
The Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that WWII veteran Eric Alexander Taylor BEM from Helston in Cornwall passed away on 21 February...
Feb 26, 2021
Veteran Roy Nash talks to TAXI
RAF veteran, Roy Nash, 89, wanted a platform to say a few things to London cabbies and the Mayor of London... Salt of the earth heroes "I...
Feb 22, 2021
100-year-old WWII veteran John Sleep has passed away
The Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that WWII veteran, Ernest John Sleep, died at his home on 18 February 2021 Born in 1921, Ernest...
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