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229 items found for "netherlands"

  • WWII veterans Geoff Roberts and Robbie Hall interviewed for Dutch TV

    On 4 May 2023, during their trip to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation, Taxi Charity volunteers and

  • 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 was touch and go whether WWII veteran, Roy Smith, from Sittingbourne would be able to travel to the Netherlands During the war, Roy served with the 4th Dorset’s and was in the Netherlands working with Canadian engineers

  • WWII veterans and Taxi Charity volunteers joined the thousands at Wandeltocht Airborne March

    of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands of the Taxi Charity, said: “The Taxi Charity was delighted to bring a group of WWII veterans to the Netherlands With us was Arnhem veteran Bill Larder who had not journeyed back to the Netherlands since WWII.

  • WWII veteran Harry Rawlins receives the Thank You Liberators medal at Dutch Embassy

    veteran Henry ‘Harry’ Rawlins was presented with the 'Thank You Liberators' medal at a ceremony at the Netherlands Chelsea Pensioner, Harry Rawlins, 97, made the short journey from the Royal Hospital Chelsea to the Netherlands receive this important medal to recognise the part they played in the liberation of the Netherlands. Navy Captain Gerrit Nijenhuis, Defence and Naval Attaché of the Netherlands to the United Kingdom said This medal is a sincere token of gratitude towards the veterans who served in the Netherlands during

  • Taxi Charity takes veterans to Gennep for commemoration services

    The Taxi Charity recently escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands to take part in the 75th anniversary Photo Gallery #Gennep #Netherlands

  • 'Market Garden Challenge' aims to raise £10k for veterans

    This September, two Taxi Charity volunteers plan to cycle 115km across the Netherlands on WWII gearless from Bridge no 9 on the Bocholt-Herentals Canal on the Belgian border to the town of Oosterbeek in the Netherlands next year to raise a total of £45k to help the Taxi Charity fund future commemoration trips to the Netherlands much-loved member of the Taxi Charity family, and he always enjoyed the charity commemoration trips to the Netherlands Returning regularly to the Netherlands to commemorate the anniversary of the battle and to celebrate

  • Taxi Charity to escort veterans to the Netherlands for Airborne Wandeltocht 2019

    Operation Market Garden veterans for Airborne Wandeltocht Every September, the town of Oosterbeek in the Netherlands About Operation Market Garden Operation Market Garden was a WWII military operation, fought in the Netherlands please contact: Christina Bowden Bowden PR 07984 433614 christina@bowdenpr.co.uk #airbornewandeltocht #netherlands

  • Taxi Charity takes veterans to the Netherlands, The Cab Driver

    excellent article by Taxi Charity Vice Chairman, Ian Parsons, about our recent veterans' trip to the Netherlands article in full: On 2nd May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans organised a five-day trip to the Netherlands One veteran explained that, "no trip to the Netherlands would be right unless it included a visit to On 5th May 1945, German occupation of the Netherlands ended when their forces surrendered to the Allies

  • WWII veterans honoured in Dutch Liberation Parade

    they led the Dutch Liberation Parade through the streets of Wageningen The veterans were taken to the Netherlands The Germans signed the capitulation in 1945 in Wageningen which gave the people of the Netherlands their Arnhem veteran, Geoff Roberts, who served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, said: "I think of the Netherlands Frans Ammerlaan from The Market Garden Foundation, who coordinates Taxi Charity visits to the Netherlands

  • Photo Gallery: Dutch Liberation Day Celebrations

    Wonderful photos from our trip to the Netherlands for the Dutch Liberation Day celebrations. #Netherlands #DutchLiberation

  • Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Airborne Wandeltocht 2019

    In September 2019, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands #airbornewandeltocht #arnhem #oosterbeek #netherlands

  • Chairman's Blog: The Dutch always remember our WWII veterans

    When the Taxi Charity organised its first trip to the Netherlands in May 2012, we could not have imagined Every December, we receive hundreds of Christmas cards from people all over the Netherlands, which we

  • WWII veterans return to the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity, The Cab Driver Newspaper

    Fantastic coverage in The Cab Driver for our recent veterans trip to the Netherlands. #TheCabDriver

  • 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

  • Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Netherlands for Remembrance and Liberation Day commemorations

    volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 34 WWII and Korean War veterans and their carers to the Netherlands On Friday 4 May, Remembrance Day in the Netherlands, the veterans were driven to Bronbeek Royal Home

  • Taxi Charity meet HRH Prince Charles at ambassador's reception at Hartenstein Museum

    On 21 September, we had the privilege of being invited to the Ambassador of Netherlands' reception at Ian explained to Prince Charles that we were in the Netherlands to drive veterans to events to commemorate We would like to put on record the invaluable support we have received from the Ambassador of the Netherlands #hrhprincecharles #dickgoodwin #ianparsons #peterwilson #hartensteinmuseum #netherlands #operationmarketgarden

  • Taxi Charity to escort WWII veterans to Holland for 75th anniversary of Battle of Arnhem

    British ambassador to the Netherlands, Peter Wilson, comments: "Ron, Frank, and Ray are living examples I’m so pleased they are travelling to the Netherlands in London cabs thanks to the Taxi Charity, to mark #holland #netherlands #arnhem #ronjohnson #frankashleigh #raywhitwell #operationmarketgarden #peterwilson

  • Taxi Charity ambassador Frans Ammerlaan awarded Honorary MBE

    Market Garden, an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands From his home in the Netherlands, Frans Ammerlaan has been working with the Taxi Charity since 2010. His advice and involvement in organising the charity's trips to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation Frans was advised of his Honorary MBE by His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Joanna Roper GMG for our veterans and it is down his enthusiasm, dedication and tireless efforts that our trips to the Netherlands

  • "I can honestly say that the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has totally changed my life" - Marie Scott

    I have travelled many times to the Netherlands and France, had outings to Worthing, attended their annual Last year I had the absolute honour of lighting the Flame of Independence in the Netherlands which was This year I will be fortunate to be going to Normandy and the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity, and

  • 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, TAXI

    Veterans Chairman, Colin Mills, and Volunteer, Keely Allen, share their highlights from the recent trip to Netherlands It is always a pleasure to travel to the Netherlands but the recent trip for the 80th anniversary of The success of trips to the Netherlands relies on a huge team and the charity would like to extend special

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