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Lest We Forget - Remembrance Sunday, 8 November 2020
We have been talking to our veterans about how they will mark Remembrance Sunday this year, as the usual events in London are...
Nov 7, 2020
Alec Borrie talks about Remembrance Sunday – Lest we forget
Every November, for over 30 years, Alec Borrie (96) from Slade Green has attended the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey. Sadly...
Oct 29, 2020
Taxi Charity escorts veterans to launch of the Knock & Check Campaign
Volunteer London licenced taxi drivers took three WWII veterans to The Sun Inn in Faversham to support the launch of the Kent Community...
Oct 23, 2020
Taxi Charity supporter completes 40km Wandeltocht in the Netherlands in memory of Frank Pendergast
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would usually be in the Netherlands each September with a group of veterans for the annual...
Oct 19, 2020
London cabbie tours Italian battlefields
Sebastian Philp, a London cabbie from Shoreditch, has a real passion to learn all he can about WWII. This summer he decided to find out...
Sep 13, 2020
The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
The Taxi Charity has been talking with Peter Smoothy (95) from Herne Bay and George Dunn (98) from Saltdean near Brighton, about their...
Sep 9, 2020
Veterans and volunteer cabbies enjoy VJ Day 75th anniversary event at Danny House
On Sunday 16 August, the Taxi Charity arranged for volunteer cabbies to drive 25 veterans from across London and the south east to join...
Aug 27, 2020
Taxi Charity is delivering commemorative tins to veterans for VJ Day
To mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on Saturday 15 August, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is delivering specially commissioned...
Aug 15, 2020
On the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, veterans share their stories of serving in the Far East
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Japan, that ultimately led to the end of WWII, the Taxi Charity spoke to some veterans...
Aug 8, 2020
Press Release: From Parachute Regiment to fundraising London cabbie
Born in 1959 in Kensington, Dennis Hayes is a London Cabbie and sits on the committee of a charity very close to his heart, the Taxi...
Aug 3, 2020
Taxi Charity gathers to say farewell to 100-year-old veteran, George Parsons
Representatives from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans joined family and friends on Friday 17 July 2020 to pay their respects at the...
Jul 22, 2020
Taxi Charity says goodbye to WWII veteran Frank Pendergast with a guard of honour at his funeral
On Friday 19 June, the Taxi Charity said goodbye to one of its much-loved WWII veterans, Frank Pendergast Frank Pendergast, 94, 7th...
Jun 24, 2020
Veterans' Worthing visit cancelled for the first time
For over 70 years, the Taxi Charity has taken veterans to Worthing every summer to enjoy sea air, fish and chips, ice cream and a catch...
Jun 10, 2020
100 year old WWII veteran to mark D-Day in Worthing instead of Normandy
Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO usually marks D-Day on 6 June in Normandy with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. This year, plans were...
May 28, 2020
Veterans mark the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk
WWII veterans Jeff Haward, Ray Whitwell and Eric Taylor were in France in late May and early June 1940 with the British Expeditionary...
May 26, 2020
Taxi Charity delivers VE Day commemorative tins to veterans
This May, the Taxi Charity would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary commemorations of the Dutch Liberation in the...
May 11, 2020
Taxi Charity celebrating VE Day with gifts of 1940s goodies
This May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans should have been taking WWII veterans to the Netherlands for the 75th anniversary...
May 6, 2020
WWII veteran celebrates his 100th birthday in lockdown
D-Day veteran, Don Sheppard, will be celebrating his 100th birthday on 4 May. The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans sends every good...
Apr 27, 2020
Taxi Charity supporting veterans through Coronavirus pandemic
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has been supporting veterans since 1948 and during the COVID-19 pandemic has called on London’s...
Apr 8, 2020
Press Release: Taxi Charity unites London cab drivers to volunteer in the community
Volunteers from London's cab driving force have stepped forward to support the Taxi Charity during the coronavirus pandemic. The call to...
Mar 27, 2020
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