TAXI CHARITY FOR MILITARY VETERANS

sustained and heroic personal efforts in this action were outstanding and undoubtedly saved the lives of many British Army, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving members of his unit from ambushes on 1st May

Peter lives alone and like many elderly men and women he can feel lonely and isolated.

The 100-year-old was delighted to receive letters, many of which were from Dutch mayors, that paid tribute VE Day was declared on May 8, 1945 when allied forces gave a formal acceptance on the end of the war

this huge milestone, when the country has the coronation of King Charles III to look forward to on 6th May well as our trips to Worthing and Normandy, we now also take veterans to the Netherlands and arrange many And people may not know that we often help get veterans to hospital appointments or the airport. Cab driver Colin Mills is doing a sponsored 135km walk along Hadrian’s Wall in May, and Taxi Charity

But that said, so many drivers told me how honoured and grateful they were to have played a part in this To have had the opportunity to mark D-Day 75 in Normandy, alongside some of those who fought there, was

Gary Belsey, chairman of the Taxi Charity, said: "As a long-serving charity volunteer, veteran and an

Many thanks to all of you and your wife and other family members who helped in serving and possibly preparing

In another five years, how many veterans will be alive to remember it?

When the Taxi Charity organised its first trip to the Netherlands in May 2012, we could not have imagined And we have visited every year since: each May for Dutch Liberation and again in early September for Last year we also attended commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem. timely arrival, as they came at the time when veterans found themselves stuck at home, resulting in many

Seb: The commitment is 27 days a year and as an Army Reservist you may be required to serve full time thought that I might train as a chef but when I discovered during the tests that I was fitter than many

My wife Anne and I will be joining many other Taxi Charity volunteers to raise a toast to this great

Originally from Croydon, Roy was a London cab driver and Blue Badge guide for many years. bugler in the army cadets and caught the train from East Croydon to Victoria to join the celebrations to mark

Gary Belsey, Chairman of the Taxi Charity, says: "The Taxi Charity was formed 70 years ago by London's

on 20 March 2020, no one could have predicted that a year later the country would still be facing so many friends in the Netherlands last March, who could have known that our annual trips with veterans to mark D-Day in Normandy in June and to mark the Dutch Liberation and the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands Day socially distanced in our own homes instead of being able to bring our WWII veterans together to mark

Many of the military personnel involved have experienced service-related wounds and injuries or suffer

Over the years, Fred was involved with many of our trips and outings, and was mentioned frequently in for clemency and instead Fred was taken as a prisoner of war to Hopital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris

The charity arranges many trips every year for veterans from all conflicts, offering international trips

I just wanted to say many many thanks for the hospitality shown to my father, Edward Redmond (No 5 Commando

In the week after their appearance on Britain’s Got Talent supporting The D-Day Darlings on 28 May, an The WWII veterans have forged many friendships on the various trips that the Taxi Charity arranges but

such a rewarding charity to be part of and I love hearing their stories and I’m very happy to now call many Seb: It was very different to trips in France where all the WWII sites in Normandy are marked with huge