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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 14, 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 6, 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 8, 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 4, 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 4, 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 14, 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 6, 2022


Blues and Royals veterans attend ceremony in Montreuil-sur-Mer
The Taxi Charity was delighted to take four Blues and Royals veterans to France for a ceremony to unveil the restored statue of Field...
Jul 1, 2022


Surrey war veteran reunited with military medals thanks to partnership repair mission
A 102-year-old Surrey war hero who was unable to wear his medals due to the condition of the ribbons can finally pin on his honours...
Jun 23, 2022


Taxi Charity takes 24 veterans to British Normandy Memorial
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take the biggest group yet of veterans to the British Normandy Memorial This...
Jun 21, 2022


WWII veteran revisits the Normandy barn where his life was saved
Last week, D-Day veteran, Bill Gladden, returned to the barn where his life was saved when he was injured in 1944. Bill Gladden, 98, from...
Jun 16, 2022


The Taxi Charity goes Dutch, OnRoute Magazine
After a pause of two years, the Taxi Charity was finally able to revisit the Netherlands this March and May to plan for, and then take...
Jun 16, 2022


WWII veteran hopes to reunite with child he met in Normandy in 1944
WWII veteran, Reginald Pye, has a vivid memory of sharing his food with a young French girl in 1944. He would love to reunite with the...
Jun 14, 2022


Taxi Charity escorts group of veterans to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations
London cab drivers who volunteer for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans took a group of 24 veterans to Normandy for six days for the...
Jun 14, 2022
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