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D-Day 77 National Memorial Arboretum Itinerary
4 - 7 June 2021 The weekend of the 5 and 6 of June is the 77th anniversary of the WWII D-Day landings. We would normally take a group of...
Jun 5, 2021


Veterans to attend D-Day landings memorial service at the National Memorial Arboretum, TAXI
When the outbreak of the pandemic required the Taxi Charity to return early from an event with WWII veterans in The Netherlands in March...
Jun 5, 2021


WWII veterans visit the Battlefield Line
On Saturday 5 June, a group of WWII veterans were invited to enjoy an afternoon on the Normandy Flyer steam train on the Battlefield...
Jun 4, 2021


Major Ted Hunt and Ian Parsons interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester
Ahead of the Taxi Charity trip to the Battlefield Line on Saturday 5 June and to the National Memorial Arboretum for the 77th anniversary...
Jun 3, 2021


With the D-Day veterans, Echo Magazine
Nathalie Varnière, our French Co-ordinator, has taken the time to translate this impressive seven-page article by Guilherme Ringuenet in...
Jun 2, 2021


WWII veteran Harry Bailey, master of the collection bucket, dies aged 99
The Taxi Charity lost another of its family yesterday when WWII veteran Harry Bailey, who was to many the face of the charity, died in...
Apr 29, 2021


The Taxi Charity supports veterans from all conflicts
Many people think that the Taxi Charity only supports veterans from WWII, but the charity promotes the wellbeing of veterans from all...
Apr 25, 2021


101-year-old former Queen’s Bargemaster recalls joking with duke
A 101-year-old veteran and former Queen’s Bargemaster has shared his memories of the late Duke of Edinburgh, recalling their jokes and...
Apr 10, 2021


Deep sadness as the Duke of Edinburgh dies
The Taxi Charity has very special memories of the kindness and warmth Prince Philip showed veterans at their event in Worthing in 1979....
Apr 8, 2021


The Taxi Charity reflects on the past 12 months
When the UK went into the first Coronavirus lockdown on 20 March 2020, no one could have predicted that a year later the country would...
Mar 22, 2021


WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer has passed away, aged 97
The Taxi Charity was sad to hear that WWII veteran, Geoff Pulzer, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity family, died on 2 March 2021 in...
Mar 9, 2021


100-year-old WWII veteran, Eric Taylor BEM, has passed away
The Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that WWII veteran Eric Alexander Taylor BEM from Helston in Cornwall passed away on 21 February...
Mar 1, 2021


Veteran Roy Nash talks to TAXI
RAF veteran, Roy Nash, 89, wanted a platform to say a few things to London cabbies and the Mayor of London... Salt of the earth heroes "I...
Feb 26, 2021


100-year-old WWII veteran John Sleep has passed away
The Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that WWII veteran, Ernest John Sleep, died at his home on 18 February 2021 Born in 1921, Ernest...
Feb 22, 2021


WWII veteran and London cabbie form great friendship
WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, and London cabbie, Peter Carey, met through the Taxi Charity and have become great friends Peter Carey has...
Feb 22, 2021


WWII veteran, John Clarke, interviewed on talkRADIO on Valentine's Day
On Sunday 14 February, WWII veteran John Clarke MBE was interviewed by John Nicolson on talkRADIO about his wartime brief encounter at St...
Feb 14, 2021


Taxi Charity spreads a little love this Valentine's
Love is in the air for veterans - the Taxi Charity has been spreading a little love this February with a specially designed Valentine's...
Feb 11, 2021


WWII veteran receives Coronavirus injection
On 24 January 2021, WWII Royal Navy veteran, Ernie Davis, aged 95, received his Coronavirus vaccination in Romford, Essex Taxi Charity...
Jan 27, 2021


WWII veteran John Sleep celebrates his 100th birthday
On 26 January 2021, WWII veteran Ernest John Sleep, from Wraysbury in Middlesex, will be celebrating his 100th birthday Born in Wraysbury...
Jan 26, 2021


In conversation with WWII veteran, Harry Rawlins
The Taxi Charity has been talking with WWII veteran Harry Rawlins who took part in patrols during the liberation of France and Belgium,...
Jan 22, 2021
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