TAXI CHARITY FOR MILITARY VETERANS

After a little over a year in the Rifles, Harry participated in Operation Overlord, the Battle for Normandy Louis College, in Cabourg, since 2017 when we began annual D-Day tours of Normandy. They presented him with a bottle of Calvados and we were delighted to accept a Normandy flag, which all Our volunteer drivers are taking him and a group of veterans to Normandy on 2 June for the D-Day commemorations

In Normandy for the D-Day commemorations, Malcolm had initially hoped to parachute into Ranville, as Danny Lyons and I wanted to ensure that all those WWII veterans wishing to make the journey back to Normandy final fundraising total of £7,400 equally between the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and British Normandy

Ian: One of my favourites is from the charity’s ‘Back to the Beaches’ trip to Normandy in 2017. It was July 2016 and Roy was one of seven WWII veterans we had taken to Normandy in cabs. Does Roy join you regularly on trips to Normandy? On our 2019 trip to Normandy, we were invited to attend the official unveiling of the sound installation Will you be going to Normandy this year to commemorate D-Day? Ian: We certainly hope too.

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During WWII, he fought in Sicily and landed in Normandy on D-Day. He had three children, Alison, Michael and Bernard, and was a regular on Taxi Charity trips to Normandy He loved going back to Normandy with the Taxi Charity and was usually accompanied by his son Bernard. Nathalie Vee, who helps the Taxi Charity coordinate visits with veterans to Normandy, said: "This is My warmest condolences from Normandy to his family."

is currently working on a personal project to illustrate WWII veterans, with a particular focus on Normandy About Bill Gladden Bill served with the 6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment and flew into Normandy on

In 2022, WWII veteran Roy Maxwell was in Normandy for the D-Day commemorations with the Taxi Charity Anthony Lang from Guildford said: "I have met Roy Maxwell many times during my Normandy trips for D-Day

The charity would normally take a group of WWII veterans to Normandy to mark this important date and Last year, we were unable to travel to Normandy and unfortunately this year travel restrictions mean Dick: We have been invited to an event on 6th June, hosted by the Normandy Memorial Trust and the Royal opening of the British Normandy Memorial in France. The Taxi Charity had been invited to the opening of the museum in Normandy, and we know our veterans

Richard makes the pilgrimage to Normandy each year for the commemorations of D-Day – the largest seaborne

We would normally take a group of WWII veterans to Normandy to mark this important date and remember Last year we were unable to travel to Normandy and unfortunately this year travel restrictions mean travel Drivers escort veterans and carers to The Battlefield Line at Shackerstone Station to climb aboard the 'Normandy There is to be a short service at the Normandy Memorial after the main service. Dinner at 7:30pm.

2023 is the Taxi Charity's 75th anniversary and following on from our successful trip to Normandy for

convey to your committee my most grateful thanks for arranging, yet again, a truly memorable visit to Normandy

We also went on their trip to the D-Day commemorations in Normandy, so that Dad could participate in he can join us, in this our 75th anniversary year, when we take veterans back to the Netherlands and Normandy

On Saturday 5 June, a group of WWII veterans were invited to enjoy an afternoon on the Normandy Flyer The veterans enjoyed a ride on a steam train which had been renamed the Normandy Flyer for this special The Normandy Flyer left Shackerstone station at 12:30pm on 5 June, in glorious sunshine, and travelled take WWII veterans to the National Memorial Arboretum on 6 June to watch the opening of the British Normandy cab drivers took the veterans to the National Memorial Arboretum to watch the opening of the British Normandy

When the Army sent me to represent 3rd UK Division on the Normandy beaches one 6th June, it was the fraternal

Charity for Mility Veterans family for many years and in June 2024 he made an emotional pilgrimage to Normandy

Goodwin, Taxi Charity vice president, said: "Hector joined the Taxi Charity on its annual visit to Normandy Richard Paulinski, chairman of the Spirit of Normandy Trust, said: "Hector's military record is impressive About the Spirit of Normandy Trust The Spirit of Normandy Trust was founded in 1994 by the late General Peter Martin CBE to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Normandy campaign. The Spirit of Normandy Trust strives to ensure that every one of the individuals involved in D-Day and

One of the 17 veterans featured is Bill Gladden, who will be joining the Taxi Charity in Normandy in

We should have been at the opening in Normandy, but Coronavirus prevented that! atmosphere one bit as the assembled veterans watched the live link, from a very sunny Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy The Memorial in Normandy is situated high above Gold Beach, and it was a privilege to be with so many Doug served with the 6th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers and went into Normandy after D-Day when the real heroes who deserve this medal are those that didn’t come back and are buried in graves in Normandy

seen him or heard from him for a long time and had no idea that we had both been involved in D-Day in Normandy being an important part of the Taxi Charity family, he was a popular member of the Surrey branch of the Normandy