News & Updates

At the beginning of May, the number of coronavirus deaths in the UK had passed the total killed during the Blitz, whilst the number of...

WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, was recently interviewed by two journalism students from the Netherlands. Lisa Manche (19) and Rachel Vieth...

On Friday 19 June, the Taxi Charity said goodbye to one of its much-loved WWII veterans, Frank Pendergast Frank Pendergast, 94, 7th...

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 up with their friends. Sadly, this year, the trip has had to be cancelled. Since 1949, the Taxi Charity has escorted veterans to Worthing for a day out in this popular coastal town. In 2020, for the first time in its history, the trip had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. Ian Parsons, chairman of the Taxi Charity, said: "Our veterans, voluntee

Each year, Ted Hunt normally visits Normandy to pay his respects to those killed on D-Day in 1944 A charity has helped a 100-year-old...

A 100 year old veteran from Sompting in West Sussex has been leading one of the region's D-Day commemorations. Major Edwin 'Ted' Hunt was...

War hero Hector Duff has received a number of letters from writers across Europe thanking him for his efforts during the Second World...

On Saturday 30 May, Taxi Charity volunteer driver, Mike Hughes, spoke with BBC Radio Sussex about making special plans for Major Ted Hunt...

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 in place for Ted to join the charity’s annual trip to France, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plans had to be cancelled Having already missed celebrations for his 100th birthday on 23 March and the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8 May, because of the pandemic restrictions, Ted is determined not to miss ou

Eighty years after the ‘miracle of Dunkirk’, 101-year-old Raymond Whitwell recalls what happened and how he made it back to England......

WWII veterans Jeff Haward, Ray Whitwell and Eric Taylor were in France in late May and early June 1940 with the British Expeditionary...

This May, the Taxi Charity would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary commemorations of the Dutch Liberation in the...

Fantastic interview with Tommy Parkinson, a 97-year-old British army veteran. Tommy talks about his wartime experiences, including the...

On this special edition of the Sky News daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer shares his memories of the Second...

WWII veterans like Alec Borrie received a charity gift to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day A WWII veteran of the SAS has described how...

"Well, I can tell you as a veteran, and I know quite a number still alive, I’m a hundred. You have changed our lives. The Taxi Charity...

This May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans should have been taking WWII veterans to the Netherlands for the 75th anniversary...

Here are some lovely videos of Essex-based veterans Ernie Davies, John King, Les Underwood, Dick Edser and Norman Bryant, and Ruby...

Volunteer drivers from the Taxi Charity delivered more goodie bags to naval veterans in and around London today. The goodie bags - kindly...

The Taxi Charity is delighted to be able to deliver wonderful goodie bags to veterans which have been donated by the Royal Navy & Royal...