We also received many hundreds of greeting cards and goodwill messages from the Netherlands and Normandy Geoffrey Riesel The Pigeon Club South Holmwood Village Richard Palusinski and Mary Stewart (Spirit of Normandy VE-Day - Three days of events in London (CANCELLED) 29 May - 2 Jun: Dunkirk (CANCELLED) June 4 - 8 Jun: Normandy trip including Inauguration of Normandy Memorial (POSTPONED) 11 Jun: Golf Day fundraiser (CANCELLED)

We were on a trip to Normandy organised by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans.

d’Honneur in 2015 in recognition of his contribution to the liberation of France, travelled back to Normandy His children hope to spread his ashes on the beaches of Normandy after the lockdown is lifted. year Len reminisced about his time dodging bullets as they whipped around his Ford Jeep during the Normandy and had to get to Villers-Le-Sec, which was to be home for the next 10 weeks until they broke out of Normandy Cllr Linda Huggett said: “He used to reminisce about his wartime experiences when he landed on the Normandy

raise a total of £45k to help the Taxi Charity fund future commemoration trips to the Netherlands and Normandy supported veterans from all conflicts and has helped WWII veterans to return to the former battlefields of Normandy

Mollie Evershed and Dorothy Field, who were killed trying to save dying soldiers on the beaches of Normandy who served with the 4th Battalion Dorset Regiment and was taken POW during the fighting at Falaise in Normandy

The story of the friendship between the veterans and these Normandy schoolchildren was picked up by Associated Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, many of the veterans who travel with us each year to Normandy

Each year, Ted Hunt normally visits Normandy to pay his respects to those killed on D-Day in 1944 A charity has helped a 100-year-old veteran commemorate D-Day after his trip to Normandy was cancelled over the Ted Hunt, a former Royal Engineer, each year visits Normandy to honour his fallen comrades.

we hope to celebrate this amazing milestone not only with our traditional trips to the Netherlands, Normandy

Tom was a regular on Taxi Charity trips across the UK, and to the Netherlands and Normandy, for over

I had a WWII veteran in my cab called Bill Gladden, who flew into Normandy on D-Day. Paul: I was part of the charity trip to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations in June.

Midlands, going on a steam train on the Saturday and then watching the live opening of the new British Normandy I’ve been with the charity to Arnhem and Normandy on their organised trips many times. My first trip was to Normandy and my driver was Karl James.

2021, the French were to honour Fred by naming a street after him in Merville-Franceville-Plage in Normandy Pierre-André Durand, Préfet of the region of Normandy, said: "It is with great sadness that I heard about This valiant paratrooper is one of those unsung heroes of the D-Day landings in Normandy. automatic weapons, grenades and the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, Fred flew from RAF Brize Norton into Normandy

events and trips followed, both big and small, including numerous and equally unforgettable visits to Normandy Walking back to the station with us was Normandy veteran and ex-cabbie Dickie Forrester.

His late wife Barbara was an important part of our trips with veterans to the Netherlands and Normandy

He joined us on many trips of commemoration to the Netherlands and Normandy and he was known for his

Taxi Charity and how they are totally reliant on donations to enable them to take veterans back to Normandy

In Normandy together, on a Taxi Charity trip, he explained about letting Canadian troops who he had got

He loved being part of the charity trips throughout the UK and especially to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations

Ted's usual annual trip to Normandy had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dave: In Normandy, all the cabbies are assigned a veteran for the duration of the trip and I am always The last time the charity was able to go to Normandy to mark D-Day was in 2019 on the 75th anniversary Roy was in No.3 Commando and was part of the advance group that pushed through Normandy after the D-Day