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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


WWII veteran Albert Wiltshire dies aged 99
WWII veteran, Albert Wiltshire, who served with Combined Operations in the Royal Navy in WWII died on 16 September at the age of 99...
Oct 4, 2022


Videos: The Taxi Charity talks with WWII veterans about their role in Operation Market Garden
September 2022 marks the 78th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in...
Sep 23, 2022


103-year-old WWII veteran commemorates Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take 103-year-old Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell to the Netherlands for the...
Sep 23, 2022


Guest Blog: Bill Larder - The return of a humble hero by Jan (Larder) Davis
The first time Dad went to Arnhem, he flew in on a twin-engined Dakota. This time he arrived in Harwich in an electric Tesla and was...
Sep 13, 2022


WWII veterans and Taxi Charity volunteers joined the thousands at Wandeltocht Airborne March
On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands...
Sep 5, 2022


Taxi Charity escorts WWII veterans to RNRMC event
On Tuesday 2 August, the Taxi Charity was delighted to join the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) at their 'Summer in the City'...
Aug 7, 2022


WWII veteran to help find home for dog
When WWII veteran Bill Gladden heard that one year old terrier Cody was having a difficult time finding a new home, he offered to help...
Aug 3, 2022


WWII veteran Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee dies, aged 95
On Thursday 28 July, Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, from Odiham in Hampshire, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died at...
Aug 3, 2022


WWII veterans to join Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity 'Summer In The City' event
On 2 August, the Taxi Charity will support the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity at their summer event at Television Centre and White...
Jul 27, 2022


London Waterloo to the Waterloo Battlefield
Taxi Charity volunteer cab drivers take veterans and archaeologists to Belgium to support Waterloo Uncovered The Taxi Charity for...
Jul 18, 2022


Obituary: Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO
On 9 July 2022, WWII veteran and former Queens’s Bargemaster Major Ted Hunt MVO died aged 102 Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, a retired waterman...
Jul 13, 2022


The veterans return to Worthing in our iconic black cabs
On 5 July 2022, after a break for the past two summers, 60 black cabs once again made the journey from London to Worthing with a group of...
Jul 5, 2022
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