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The Taxi Charity hosts a special event to mark International Women's Day
On Monday 6 March 2023, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans hosted an event at The RAF Club in London to celebrate International...
Mar 7, 2023


WWII veteran Harry Rawlins features on Royal Hospital Chelsea's Desert Island Discs
A huge thank you to the Royal Hospital Chelsea for giving us permission to share this interview with Chelsea Pensioner Harry Rawlins....
Mar 3, 2023


The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans celebrates 75 years of service, Forces News
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and the milestone was celebrated in style at the Royal Air...
Feb 20, 2023


RAF veteran and retired cab driver talks about his long association with the Taxi Charity
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. One man who has been associated with the charity for almost...
Feb 16, 2023


Fantastic photos of our veterans at the RAF Club
Thirty of our wonderful veterans attended a lunch at the RAF Club to kick off the Taxi Charity's 75th anniversary celebrations. Here's a...
Feb 12, 2023


WWII veteran Mervyn Kersh 98 interviewed by GB News
On Friday 11 February, we organised a special lunch for a number of veterans at the RAF Club in London to launch our 75th anniversary...
Feb 11, 2023


New course from BFBS Academy to get veterans into production management
Applications are now open for the 2023 BFBS Academy Production Managers Course for veterans and service leavers. This course is fully...
Feb 1, 2023


WWII veteran Harry Rawlins receives the Thank You Liberators medal at Dutch Embassy
On 13 December 2022, WWII veteran Henry ‘Harry’ Rawlins was presented with the 'Thank You Liberators' medal at a ceremony at the...
Dec 21, 2022


A wonderful Christmas message from WWII veteran, Reg Pye
We have received this Christmas message from WWII veteran Reg Pye, who joined us in Normandy in June and has recently been in the news...
Dec 12, 2022


WWII veteran Peter Colthup celebrates his 100th birthday
WWII Arnhem veteran Peter Colthup had a very special 100th birthday celebration when he was presented with two medals for his part in...
Nov 21, 2022


Veteran Reg Pye finds the French girl he has been looking for since WWII
Thanks to a campaign launched by the Taxi Charity in June to find the young girl Reg had shared his food with in Normandy in 1944, they...
Nov 17, 2022


Obituary: WWII Naval veteran Len Hobbs
WWII naval veteran, Len Hobbs, 98, died peacefully at home on Monday 31 October with his daughter Elizabeth at his side. Born on 1 August...
Nov 16, 2022


Remembrance Day: Veteran recalls unorthodox landing in Normandy, BBC
Veteran Bill Gladden's arrival in Normandy on D-Day took an unexpected turn as he found himself spread-eagled on top of a tank being...
Nov 13, 2022


Second World War veteran from Whitstable, recalls the horrors of battle, Kent Online
A 99-year-old war veteran has vividly recalled the moment he had to shoot dead a young German soldier, describing it as a horror which...
Nov 13, 2022


Ray Whitwell: 'I was lucky, I got missed all the time', BBC
Raymond Whitwell, from Malton in North Yorkshire, was born in 1919 and conscripted into the Royal Army Service Corps in late 1939. He was...
Nov 12, 2022


Respects paid to WWII veteran Danny McCrudden who has died aged 98, Charity Today
WWII veteran Danny McCrudden, 98, who served with the Royal Navy’s Pacific Fleet on the Destroyer HMS Queenborough died on 22 October...
Nov 1, 2022


Taxi Charity attends unveiling of Desert Rats memorial
On 23 October, Taxi Charity volunteers were delighted to attend the dedication and unveiling of a Desert Rats monument at the National...
Oct 26, 2022


El Alamein: 103-year-old veteran reflects on decisive WWII battle, ITV News
Geraint Vincent from ITV News interviews Ray Whitwell on the 80th anniversary of the decisive El-Alamein victory... Click here to watch...
Oct 20, 2022


WWII veteran John Bosley dies aged 97
WWII veteran, John Bosley, from Warminster died on Tuesday 4 October, aged 97. Born in 1925, John enlisted in 1943 at the age of 17, and...
Oct 18, 2022


WWII veteran John Clarke MBE dies, aged 98
WWII veteran, John Clarke MBE, from Ware in Hertfordshire died on Wednesday 5 October aged 98. Born 19 April 1924, John was just 17 when...
Oct 17, 2022
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