News & Updates

Tributes have been paid to hero medic, Alec Hall, who tended the wounded defending 'A Bridge Too Far' and has died aged 101. During...

WWII veteran Alec Hall from Southend-on-Sea, died at home on Monday 16 October with his family by his side. Alec Hall served with the 181...

On 29 September, ten London cab drivers who volunteer for the Taxi Charity took 15 veterans to Goodwood to participate in a Mission...

Four London cab drivers, who volunteer for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, travelled to the Netherlands with five war veterans...

WWII veterans enjoyed an event hosted by the Taxi Charity at Biggin Hill with two Spitfire flights and entertainment from the D-Day...

On 31 August, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of veterans and their carers to the Netherlands to take part in...

On Friday 1 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers, veterans and supporters attended a reception at the Ambassador’s residence in...

On Sunday 9 July, artist Tim Godden made the 300 mile journey from his home in North Devon to meet 99-year-old WWII veteran, Bill...

On 4 July, over 50 volunteer black cab drivers took veterans to Worthing for the Taxi Charity’s 75th anniversary visit. In a tradition...

WWII Normandy veteran, Roy ‘Smudger’ Smith, from Sittingbourne in Kent died in hospital on Friday 23 June - he was 97. Roy Smith is...

In September 1944, at the age of 19, Frank Ashleigh was the youngest airman to take part in Operation Market Garden. Frank Ashleigh from...

WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson was born on 6 March 1923 and celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Tommy volunteered for Air Crew when he...

Volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity took a group of veterans to Normandy for the 79th anniversary of D-Day. For 75 years, the...

On 23 May, a group of pupils met with Harry Rawlins. TAXI spoke to Taxi Charity volunteers Dick Goodwin and Ian Parsons about the...

A flight from Warton Aerodrome enabled WWII veterans, Ken Benbow (97) and Stuart Taylor (100), to attend the International D-Day Service...

On 4 May 2023, during their trip to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation, Taxi Charity volunteers and veterans had lunch at the National...

Alec Hall with Ronnie Wrijers, director of the Hartenstein Museum with WWII Veteran Fifteen cabs driven by Taxi Charity volunteers took a...

WWII veteran Roy Smith’s renewed passport was collected just in time for him to travel to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation It...

Marie Scott with the Mayor of Wageningen, Floor Vermeulen WWII veteran, Marie Scott (96), became the first female veteran to light the...

The Taxi Charity recently escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands for the 2023 Dutch Liberation commemorations. The group...