Obituary: Roy Smith 28 November 1925 - 23 June 2023
WWII Normandy veteran, Roy ‘Smudger’ Smith, from Sittingbourne in Kent died in hospital on Friday 23 June - he was 97. Roy Smith is...
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News & Updates
- Jun 21
Obituary: Frank Ashleigh 23 December 1924 - 18 June 2023
In September 1944, at the age of 19, Frank Ashleigh was the youngest airman to take part in Operation Market Garden. Frank Ashleigh from...
- Jun 14
Obituary: 100-year-old WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson from Gospel Oak died on 2 June 2023
WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson was born on 6 March 1923 and celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Tommy volunteered for Air Crew when he...
- Apr 6
Obituary: WWII veteran Roy Maxwell died in hospital on 4 April 2023 at the age of 101
Roy Maxwell was born in Rhyl, North Wales, on 21 February 1922 and was brought up on his grandfather's farm. He married Tegwedd and they...
- Mar 23
Obituary: WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach L’dH
Born on 21 June 1924, WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach from Lybster near Caithness in Scotland died on 26 February 2023 aged 98. One...
- Nov 16, 2022
Obituary: WWII Naval veteran Len Hobbs
WWII naval veteran, Len Hobbs, 98, died peacefully at home on Monday 31 October with his daughter Elizabeth at his side. Born on 1 August...
- Nov 1, 2022
Respects paid to WWII veteran Danny McCrudden who has died aged 98, Charity Today
WWII veteran Danny McCrudden, 98, who served with the Royal Navy’s Pacific Fleet on the Destroyer HMS Queenborough died on 22 October...
- Oct 18, 2022
WWII veteran John Bosley dies aged 97
WWII veteran, John Bosley, from Warminster died on Tuesday 4 October, aged 97. Born in 1925, John enlisted in 1943 at the age of 17, and...
- Oct 17, 2022
WWII veteran John Clarke MBE dies, aged 98
WWII veteran, John Clarke MBE, from Ware in Hertfordshire died on Wednesday 5 October aged 98. Born 19 April 1924, John was just 17 when...
- Oct 4, 2022
WWII veteran Albert Wiltshire dies aged 99
WWII veteran, Albert Wiltshire, who served with Combined Operations in the Royal Navy in WWII died on 16 September at the age of 99...
- Aug 3, 2022
WWII veteran Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee dies, aged 95
On Thursday 28 July, Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, from Odiham in Hampshire, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died at...
- Jul 13, 2022
Obituary: Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO
On 9 July 2022, WWII veteran and former Queens’s Bargemaster Major Ted Hunt MVO died aged 102 Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, a retired waterman...
- Mar 16, 2022
The Taxi Charity pays tribute to Roy Doug Miller, 98, who died on 12 March
Roy 'Doug' Miller from Wallington, who recently moved in with his daughter in Kenley, Croydon had two daughters and was a very popular...
- Mar 11, 2022
The Taxi Charity pays tribute to WWII veteran, Jeff Haward
WWII veteran, Jeff Haward MM, who fought from Dunkirk to D-Day, died on 3 March aged 102 Jeff Haward was born in Finchley in 1919; he had...
- Jan 28, 2022
The Taxi Charity pays tribute to veteran, Roy Knight
Chelsea Pensioner, Roy Knight, died on 16 January 2022, aged 92 Roy Knight served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and was a popular...
- Jan 18, 2022
WWII veteran Alan King dies, aged 97
The Taxi Charity was deeply saddened to hear of the death of WWII veteran, Alan King, on 30 December 2021. WWII veteran, Alan King (97),...
- Jan 5, 2022
Jim Knox, 4th Battalion Parachute Regiment, dies aged 97
The Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that veteran Jim Knox died on Wednesday 29 December. Jim Knox, from Upminster, was a much-loved...
- Dec 6, 2021
Rest in peace Wilf Oldham MBE
The Taxi Charity was saddened to learn that 101-year-old Wilfred Oldham MBE has died. Wilf, from Radcliffe, near Bury, was born in 1920...
- Dec 3, 2021
Major James Corrigan RIP
On 10 November, the Taxi Charity learnt that Major James Corrigan, one of the charity family had died in hospital Major Corrigan was born...
- Sep 21, 2021
WWII veteran Ken Watts has passed away, aged 96
Today we bid farewell to Ken Watts, another of our wonderful World War II veterans. Ken was in 2nd Battalion The Devons, Gold Beach D+2....
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