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WWII veterans take special flight on 79th anniversary of D-Day
A flight from Warton Aerodrome enabled WWII veterans, Ken Benbow (97) and Stuart Taylor (100), to attend the International D-Day Service...
Jun 10, 2023


Veterans visit the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation
Alec Hall with Ronnie Wrijers, director of the Hartenstein Museum with WWII Veteran Fifteen cabs driven by Taxi Charity volunteers took a...
May 11, 2023


Taxi Charity volunteer collects veteran's passport just hours before ferry crossing
WWII veteran Roy Smith’s renewed passport was collected just in time for him to travel to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation It...
May 9, 2023


Surrey veteran first woman to light Liberation Flame in the Netherlands
Marie Scott with the Mayor of Wageningen, Floor Vermeulen WWII veteran, Marie Scott (96), became the first female veteran to light the...
May 9, 2023


London cab driver to walk Hadrian’s Wall for Taxi Charity
On 17 May 2023, London cab driver and Taxi Charity volunteer Colin Mills from the village of Nazeing in Essex, will be setting off from...
Apr 23, 2023


London cab driver launches free cab hailing app
London cab driver, Micky Harris, launches cab hailing app ‘Unify London’, to give cabbies a better deal while helping charities London...
Apr 6, 2023


Martin Hills is doing a fundraising beard shave for the Taxi Charity
On 23 April, fire protection engineer, Martin Hills, will be getting a close shave for the Taxi Charity in his local public house, the...
Mar 29, 2023


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...
Mar 23, 2023


Three London cabbies have successfully rowed the Atlantic to raise funds for the Taxi Charity
London cab drivers Daren Parr 56, Bob Barber 56 and Stuart Lockhart 50 swapped their iconic black taxis for a Scud ocean rowing boat and...
Mar 14, 2023


The Taxi Charity hosts a special event to mark International Women's Day
On Monday 6 March 2023, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans hosted an event at The RAF Club in London to celebrate International...
Mar 7, 2023


Taxi Charity receives £18,000 funding from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to receive an £18,000 grant from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity to fund its programme of...
Mar 3, 2023


RAF veteran and retired cab driver talks about his long association with the Taxi Charity
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. One man who has been associated with the charity for almost...
Feb 16, 2023


WWII veteran Harry Rawlins receives the Thank You Liberators medal at Dutch Embassy
On 13 December 2022, WWII veteran Henry ‘Harry’ Rawlins was presented with the 'Thank You Liberators' medal at a ceremony at the...
Dec 21, 2022


WWII veteran Peter Colthup celebrates his 100th birthday
WWII Arnhem veteran Peter Colthup had a very special 100th birthday celebration when he was presented with two medals for his part in...
Nov 21, 2022


Veteran Reg Pye finds the French girl he has been looking for since WWII
Thanks to a campaign launched by the Taxi Charity in June to find the young girl Reg had shared his food with in Normandy in 1944, they...
Nov 17, 2022


Free Poppy Cabs service for veterans
On Remembrance Sunday, kind-hearted London cab drivers will give up their time to drive veterans around London. On 13 November, hundreds...
Nov 4, 2022


Taxi Charity attends unveiling of Desert Rats memorial
On 23 October, Taxi Charity volunteers were delighted to attend the dedication and unveiling of a Desert Rats monument at the National...
Oct 26, 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 18, 2022


103-year-old WWII veteran commemorates Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take 103-year-old Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell to the Netherlands for the...
Sep 23, 2022


WWII veterans and Taxi Charity volunteers joined the thousands at Wandeltocht Airborne March
On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands...
Sep 5, 2022
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