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Volunteer driver Mike Hughes interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex about Major Ted Hunt
On Saturday 30 May, Taxi Charity volunteer driver, Mike Hughes, spoke with BBC Radio Sussex about making special plans for Major Ted Hunt...
May 29, 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 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
May 28, 2020


My memories of Dunkirk, Yorkshire Post
Eighty years after the ‘miracle of Dunkirk’, 101-year-old Raymond Whitwell recalls what happened and how he made it back to England......
May 27, 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


WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson interviewed by Canadian news channel, CBC News
Fantastic interview with Tommy Parkinson, a 97-year-old British army veteran. Tommy talks about his wartime experiences, including the...
May 11, 2020


WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer interviewed by Dermot Murnaghan for Sky News Podcast
On this special edition of the Sky News daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer shares his memories of the Second...
May 11, 2020


WWII Veteran: 'The Comradery In The SAS Was Like Nothing Else', Forces News
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...
May 10, 2020


"The Taxi Charity has changed our lives" - Major Edwin (Ted) Hunt
"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...
May 7, 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


Wonderful videos of WWII veterans receiving their RNRMC goodie bags
Here are some lovely videos of Essex-based veterans Ernie Davies, John King, Les Underwood, Dick Edser and Norman Bryant, and Ruby...
May 4, 2020


Taxi Charity delivers more RNRMC goodie bags to veterans
Volunteer drivers from the Taxi Charity delivered more goodie bags to naval veterans in and around London today. The goodie bags - kindly...
May 1, 2020


Taxi Charity delivers RNRMC goodie bags to naval veterans
The Taxi Charity is delighted to be able to deliver wonderful goodie bags to veterans which have been donated by the Royal Navy & Royal...
May 1, 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


War hero who stormed Normandy beaches among latest victims, Evening Standard
A D-Day veteran, a paramedic who worked pitchside at Crystal Palace and a media executive have been named among the latest Londoners to...
Apr 22, 2020


Clayhall D-Day veteran Len Brace dies of coronavirus, Ilford Recorder
One of the last surviving Second World War veterans from east London has died of coronavirus at the age of 95. Len Brace, veteran British...
Apr 22, 2020


"Being socially isolated is difficult but the regular contact I receive is very reassuring" - Harry
For many years I have joined the charity on trips to the continent to pay my respects to the comrades who didn’t come home, on day trips...
Apr 22, 2020


Taxi Charity supporting veterans through pandemic, TAXI
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has been supporting veterans since 1948 and during the COVID-19 pandemic has called on London’s...
Apr 22, 2020
Taxi Charity chairman interviewed by Bob Mills on TalkRadio
Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, was interviewed by Bob Mills on Talk Radio on Saturday 11 April. Ian discusses the history of the...
Apr 15, 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
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