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May 9, 2023

Taxi Charity volunteer collects veteran's passport just hours before ferry crossing

WWII veteran Roy Smith’s renewed passport was collected just in time for him to travel to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation It was...

Sep 27, 2021

Taxi Charity presented with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

On behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, officially presented the Queen's Award...

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...

Apr 5, 2021

Photography and Me by Dick Goodwin, TAXI

Having always been interested in military history and being brought up on black and white WWII films in the sixties, later when I became...

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 16, 2021

Artist Rosa Branson MBE and the Taxi Charity

Renowned artist, Rosa Branson MBE, has spent a lifetime creating breathtakingly beautiful pictures, including a picture for the Taxi...

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...

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...

Feb 22, 2021

WWII veteran and London cabbie form great friendship

WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, and London cabbie, Peter Carey, met through the Taxi Charity and have become great friends Peter Carey has...

Feb 14, 2021

WWII veteran, John Clarke, interviewed on talkRADIO on Valentine's Day

On Sunday 14 February, WWII veteran John Clarke MBE was interviewed by John Nicolson on talkRADIO about his wartime brief encounter at St...

Jan 26, 2021

WWII veteran John Sleep celebrates his 100th birthday

On 26 January 2021, WWII veteran Ernest John Sleep, from Wraysbury in Middlesex, will be celebrating his 100th birthday Born in Wraysbury...

Jan 19, 2021

WWII veteran Fred Faulkner dies, aged 99

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was saddened to hear of the death of WWII veteran Fred Faulkner, on Sunday 10 January 2021. Fred...

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...

Dec 24, 2020

80th anniversary of the London Blitz

On the evening of 29 December 1940, London suffered its most devastating air raid. We asked some veterans what memories they have of the...

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 8, 2020

Tribute to 101-year-old veteran, Hector Duff

Hector Hugh McDonald Duff OBE, BEM, MM, TH, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, WWII veteran and retired police sergeant,...

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...

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...

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