227 items found for "normandy"
- Guest Blog: Susy Goodwin jumps for the Taxi Charity
I thought of all those young men at Normandy, Arnhem and Italy who had jumped with only one ‘chute to Between them veterans of Normandy, Arnhem and Italy. I was in excellent company.
- Taxi Charity says goodbye to WWII veteran Frank Pendergast with a guard of honour at his funeral
The battalion he was to join held the canal and river bridges at Ranville and Benouville in Normandy
- Taxi Charity and its veterans featured in History of War magazine
Journalist Tim Williamson went to Normandy at the beginning of June for D-Day and met a lot of the Taxi A big thank you to Fran Lambert who works at the Normandy Tourist Board for sending us the press clippings photo of Fran, Tim Williamson and veteran Peter Appleby along with a few other photos: twitter.com/NormandyPRUK /status/871727590947659776 #HistoryofWarMagazine #TimWilliamson #FranLambert #NormandyTouristBoard
- 101-year-old former Queen’s Bargemaster recalls joking with duke
Major Ted Hunt, who commanded landing craft onto Gold Beach in Normandy in June 1944, spent 12 years
- In conversation with London cabbie Graham Pike, TAXI
Our annual trips to the Netherlands and Normandy for veterans to pay their respects to those who didn
- Taxi Charity bids WWII veteran Fred Glover a final farewell
automatic weapons, grenades and the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, Fred flew from RAF Brize Norton into Normandy
- Veterans enjoy lunch at The RAF Club
their part in D-Day: Marie Scott who sent messages to and from the beaches; Bill Gladden who flew into Normandy
- Honouring the fallen, OnRoute Magazine
First up, on the 6 June, 25 veterans visited Normandy to remember the part they played during the D-Day
- Reaching out to veterans young and old, TAXI
Scott, to transmit a short message from the Bridge echoing D-Day when she transmitted messages to the Normandy
- Remembrance Sunday: We will remember them
"During my annual visits with the Taxi Charity to Normandy and Arnhem we are fortunate to meet lots of
- Fort Southwick switchboard operator Marie Scott awarded the prestigious Legion Of Honour
This summer, Marie Scott will travel with the Taxi Charity to Normandy with a group of 30 WWII veterans
- New year, new home for WWII veteran
I first met him in June 2019 on the charity’s trip to Normandy and I started visiting him after that
- Chairman's Blog: London cabbies and taxi charities
involving at least 120 cabs and twice as many veterans – we also escorted 160 WWII veterans back to Normandy
- Press coverage summary for Marie Scott and RNRMC veterans trip to Portsmouth
Ouest-France) 14 May 2019 Read full article 'People Are Dying There': D-Day Switchboard Operator Remembers Normandy
- 94-year-old navy veteran reflects on 75th anniversary of VJ Day, SW Londoner
Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, 94, from Hampshire, who took part in the Normandy landings in early June 1944, before
- Taxi Charity to attend 71st anniversary of Normandy landings
veterans and committee members will be attending commemoration services for the 71st anniversary of the Normandy in Arromanches, meeting up with James Corrigan (Durham Light Infantry) and the Surrey branch of the Normandy Click here for more information about D-Day commemorations in Normandy: www.dday-overlord.com/eng/commemorations_normandy _2015.htm #Normandylandings #VicMcKenzie #CharlieJefferies #DickieForrester #GeorgeStagg
- Chelsea Pensioner to complete his 100th parachute jump
75th anniversary D-Day visit in June, when the charity will take 30 veterans, in London black cabs, to Normandy
- Back to the beaches, OnRoute magazine
Our Back To The Beaches veterans trip to Normandy featured on page 5 of the July issue of Transport for
