231 results found for "normandy"
- London cabbies to drive nearly 200 WWII veterans to Worthing for annual day trip
This year’s outing is only a week or so after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with the The recent trip to Normandy for D-Day was particularly poignant as I laid a wreath at the memorial service
- Former Essex Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment veteran Captain Ron Johnson has died, aged 102
On a Taxi Charity trip to Normandy in 2017, Ron took part in a question and answer session with local
- D-Day veteran from Islington dies, aged 96
specially selected by General Montgomery as one of the two 'Spearhead Brigades' for the invasion of Normandy
- Taxi Charity celebrating VE Day with gifts of 1940s goodies
chocolates, that were available in the 1940s, and a VE Day 75 anniversary pin badge donated by The Spirit of Normandy
- WWII veteran Harry Bailey, master of the collection bucket, dies aged 99
He was presented with the Légion d’Honneur in 2016, while in Normandy with the Taxi Charity.
- 100-year-old WWII veteran John Sleep has passed away
I'll always remember John's smile, both when we caught up in Normandy and when he came for a private
- Memories of Dame Vera Lynn, Taxi Charity patron
The veterans and cabs were going to Normandy for the 50th anniversary.
- Cabbie Mike Hughes talks to TAXI
During that time, he has taken several veterans to events in Normandy and Holland. has been supporting Lancing resident, 101-year-old Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt, taking him to Holland and Normandy
- WWII veteran supports Taxi Charity with art
Taxi Charity through his lifelong love of painting Bill Gladden, 96, from Welling in Kent, travels to Normandy
- Coronavirus and war by Ian Parsons
, who worked as a switchboard operator in Fort Southwick relaying messages to the commanders on the Normandy
- WWII Veteran: 'The Comradery In The SAS Was Like Nothing Else', Forces News
the charity’s purpose, but today, the trips are often further afield, including to battle sites in Normandy
- Veterans attend Not Forgotten centenary event, TAXI
Charity since 2017, when I went on my first trip as one of 90 black cabs which took 250 veterans to the Normandy
- TAXI chats to Brian Heffernan, the new chairman of the Taxi Charity For Military Veterans
I’ve been fortunate to travel to Normandy and The Netherlands on many occasions, to take veterans back
- Taxi Charity takes veterans to Worthing, The Badge
This year’s outing was only a week after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with The Taxi
- In Memoriam: Fred Walker, Chelsea Pensioner - Telegraph Obituary
enjoyed giving television interviews about his memories of the war and also made regular visits to Normandy
- London's finest jump with The Red Devils, The Badge
Last year in Normandy, four intrepid cab drivers and I agreed to do a tandem parachute jump with the Sitting in a bar in Normandy making this plan a year before was a very different feeling from actually
- War veteran receives letters of thanks from European children and mayors, Isle of Man Courier
Mr Duff, who fought on Normandy beaches on D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history on June 6,
- Committee wives to skydive for Taxi Charity
75th anniversary D-Day visit in June, when the charity will take 30 veterans, in London black cabs, to Normandy
- WWII veteran celebrates his 100th birthday in lockdown
Don is a Freeman of the City of Basildon and was the Chairman of the Normandy Veterans Association -
- Normandy Veterans Reunion, Duxford - 8 October 2015
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