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'Market Garden Challenge' aims to raise £10k for veterans
This September, two Taxi Charity volunteers plan to cycle 115km across the Netherlands on WWII gearless bikes and then walk 40km to...
Jul 27, 2022


WWII veterans to join Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity 'Summer In The City' event
On 2 August, the Taxi Charity will support the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity at their summer event at Television Centre and White...
Jul 27, 2022


London Waterloo to the Waterloo Battlefield
Taxi Charity volunteer cab drivers take veterans and archaeologists to Belgium to support Waterloo Uncovered The Taxi Charity for...
Jul 18, 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...
Jul 13, 2022


Surrey village maintains 74 year tradition for Taxi Charity
The small village of South Holmwood, near Dorking, has been welcoming London cab drivers and veterans every summer since 1948. One couple...
Jul 7, 2022


The veterans return to Worthing in our iconic black cabs
On 5 July 2022, after a break for the past two summers, 60 black cabs once again made the journey from London to Worthing with a group of...
Jul 5, 2022


Blues and Royals veterans attend ceremony in Montreuil-sur-Mer
The Taxi Charity was delighted to take four Blues and Royals veterans to France for a ceremony to unveil the restored statue of Field...
Jul 1, 2022


Taxi Charity takes 24 veterans to British Normandy Memorial
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take the biggest group yet of veterans to the British Normandy Memorial This...
Jun 21, 2022


WWII veteran revisits the Normandy barn where his life was saved
Last week, D-Day veteran, Bill Gladden, returned to the barn where his life was saved when he was injured in 1944. Bill Gladden, 98, from...
Jun 15, 2022


WWII veteran hopes to reunite with child he met in Normandy in 1944
WWII veteran, Reginald Pye, has a vivid memory of sharing his food with a young French girl in 1944. He would love to reunite with the...
Jun 14, 2022


Taxi Charity escorts group of veterans to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations
London cab drivers who volunteer for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans took a group of 24 veterans to Normandy for six days for the...
Jun 14, 2022


Vic Needham Crofton and Tom Weatherall: We were part of the Queen’s coronation
Two veterans have been sharing their memories of the Queen’s coronation in 1953 Veterans Vic Needham-Crofton and Tom Weatherall have...
Jun 1, 2022


WWII veteran Peter Smoothy to join the Taxi Charity in Normandy for the D-Day Commemorations
On 3 June, volunteer London cab drivers will take 25 WWII veterans to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations. Amongst them will be D-Day...
May 31, 2022


WWII veteran Alec Hall to celebrate his 100th birthday
On 3 June, Alec Hall will be celebrating his 100th birthday with family and friends at his home in Southend Weather permitting, on 3...
May 28, 2022


WWII veterans honoured in Dutch Liberation Parade
On 5 May 2022, 25 veterans were applauded as they led the Dutch Liberation Parade through the streets of Wageningen The veterans were...
May 9, 2022


103-year-old WWII veteran takes to the skies in the Netherlands
Veteran Ray Whitwell enjoyed a flight in a glider on 3 May over the skies of Arnhem where he fought during World War II. Ray...
May 3, 2022


Veterans attend the 77th anniversary of Operation Varsity
The Taxi Charity was delighted to attend the event to commemorate the 77th anniversary of Operation Varsity at Markshall Estate, in...
Mar 25, 2022


WWII veteran celebrates his 102nd birthday
Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO from Worthing will be celebrating his 102nd birthday on 23 March 2022. Edwin 'Ted' Hunt MVO is a British...
Mar 22, 2022


WWII veteran Ernie Davis enjoys a birthday lunch with the Taxi Charity
Three Taxi Charity volunteers took WWII Royal Navy veteran Ernie Davis from Hornchurch out for lunch to celebrate his 97th birthday on 18...
Mar 21, 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 16, 2022
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