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Taxi Charity attends 70th anniversary of the Airborne March
On Thursday 1 September 2016, the Taxi Charity took five Arnhem veterans to the 70th anniversary of the Airborne March, known locally as...
Sep 7, 2016
Meet the London cabbies taking war veterans on tailormade trips, The Telegraph
It is time for celebration at the Royal Chelsea Hospital. Wartime classics float around a handsome, wood-panelled room, as three smiling...
Sep 1, 2016
London taxi organisation for war disabled crowned UK's best charity, Evening Standard
The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled charity has been crowned the UK's best voluntary organisation, following a public...
Aug 28, 2016
Two 90-year-old World War II veterans parachute into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Peo
More than 70 years ago, Fred Glover was a member of the British Airborne Division in World War II when his glider was hit by...
Aug 26, 2016
Pair of 90-year-old D-Day veterans make tandem parachute jump for charity - five days after jumping
Two 90-year-old D-Day veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days - with one landing on the battlefield he was...
Aug 26, 2016
WW2 veterans prove you're never too old to skydive, Forces TV
Skydiving for charity is nothing unusual - but skydiving at the age of 90 is. Two second world war veterans did just that for the Taxi...
Aug 26, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, BT
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
Aug 25, 2016
D-Day veterans, 90, parachute from plane into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Evening St
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans parachuted into a French field where one of them was shot down by the Luftwaffe 72 years ago. ...
Aug 25, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, Belfast Telegraph
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
Aug 25, 2016
Deux vétérans de 90 ans sautent en parachute pour la bonne cause, Europe 1
Deux vétérans britanniques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, âgés de 90 ans, ont sauté en parachute samedi dans le Calvados pour récolter...
Aug 21, 2016
Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day, Mature Times
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
Aug 18, 2016
Press Release: Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
Aug 17, 2016
Press Release: Veterans and committee members to skydive for the Taxi Charity
Two WWII veterans, Ted Pieri and Fred Glover (both aged 90), are undertaking a pair of tandem skydives to raise funds for the Taxi...
Aug 1, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Fred Glover, WWII veteran (Vid
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 16, 2016
Press release: Cabbies and war veterans on full steam for Bluebell Railway trip
Scores of WWII veterans are heading to the Bluebell Railway for a day to remember along with their families and friends on Tuesday 19...
Jul 15, 2016
Taxi Charity attends 'premiere' of Return Of The Liberators documentary
A screening of our documentary, Return of the Liberators, was held in the amphitheatre at the incredible riverside offices of Ogilvy UK...
Jul 15, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: James and Tom (Video 9/10)
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 15, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Dave and Stan (Video 8/10)
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 14, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Our war veterans love a singso
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 13, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Ozzie, London cabbie (Video 6/
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 12, 2016
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