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News & Updates
Jan 15, 2021
WWII veteran Albert Holmshaw dies, aged 96
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was saddened to hear of the death of WWII veteran Albert (Bert) Holmshaw on Monday 11 January...
Jun 25, 2019
Chairman's Blog: Veterans' Trip to Normandy for D-Day 75
I have no idea how my predecessors felt when they began their time as chairman of this wonderful charity. However, I doubt the momentous...
Jun 12, 2019
75th Anniversary D-Day, The Cab Driver
Thank you to The Cab Driver newspaper for its recent article, by Dave Allen, about the Taxi Charity's recent veterans' trip to France for...
Jun 10, 2019
"Thank you both so much for your support and care during our amazing trip to Normandy" - Marie Scott
Dear Ian & Anne Thank you both so much for your support and care during our amazing trip to Normandy. It is an experience I shall never...
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...
Jun 7, 2019
D-Day 75th anniversary: London veterans look back, onlondon.co.uk
A taxi drivers' charity has maintained a long tradition of marking the push to Normandy by JOSHUA NEICHO “I did 50 years as a black cab...
Jun 3, 2019
Taxi Charity's D-Day 75 Normandy Itinerary
Thirty of the Taxi Charity's volunteer London cabbies will be escorting 40 veterans and their carers to Normandy for the 75th anniversary...
Apr 28, 2019
Taxi Charity delighted to be mentioned in Guardian article about D-Day 75th anniversary commemoratio
Caroline Davies has written a great article for The Guardian about the 75th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings. We are...
Mar 17, 2019
The Taxi Charity prepares for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Ouest France
The story of the Taxi Charity's D-Day 75 planning trip made the papers in Normandy! They transport WWII veterans to war memorials. The...
Jun 21, 2018
Our Sponsors: The Netherlands, Normandy, Worthing and Portsmouth Trips 2018
We thank each and every one of our sponsors for their support of our trips this year, including The Netherlands, Normandy, Worthing and...
Jun 10, 2018
Photo Gallery: Taxi Charity veterans trip to Normandy
On 4 - 8 June 2018, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 25 WWII veterans on a trip to Normandy. Their busy itinerary was as...
May 31, 2018
Press Release: Veterans to visit Normandy to remember the most memorable wartime operation ever plan
The 6th June 1944 is fixed in the memory of WWII veterans as the date of one of the most important wartime operations ever planned and...
Nov 27, 2017
'My Memory' - a watercolour by war veteran, Bill Gladden
WWII veteran Bill Gladden has always enjoyed painting and on several occasions has raised money for the Taxi Charity by donating his...
Sep 25, 2017
The Soldiers’ Charity supports ‘Back To The Beaches’ with the Taxi Charity
The Taxi Charity For Military Veterans, formally known as The London Taxi Benevolent Association For War Disabled (LTBAFWD), was founded...
Jun 12, 2017
"I am just writing to say a big thank you for helping and looking after all our WWII veterans&
Dear all, I am just writing to say a big thank you for helping and looking after all our WWII veterans, especially the lads who went to...
Jun 5, 2017
Our Sponsors: Back To The Beaches 2017
We thank each and every one of our sponsors for their support of our Back To The Beaches trip to Normandy in June 2017. Ascott Cab Co....
Jun 3, 2017
A Poem: The Old Soldier
All the work over the last year for our Back To The Beaches trip now seems worthwhile as we have 97 WWII veterans ready to depart in 87...
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