"I am just writing to say a big thank you for helping and looking after all our WWII veterans&
Dear all, I am just writing to say a big thank you for helping and looking after all our WWII veterans, especially the lads who went to...
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News & Updates
- Apr 9, 2017
Photos from our recent visit to the The Merville Battery Memorial at Inkpen Common
On Friday 24 March 2017, the Taxi Charity accompanied a delegation from Merville on a visit to Hungerford to pay their respects at the...
- Aug 26, 2016
Two 90-year-old World War II veterans parachute into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Peo
More than 70 years ago, Fred Glover was a member of the British Airborne Division in World War II when his glider was hit by...
- Aug 25, 2016
D-Day veterans, 90, parachute from plane into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Evening St
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans parachuted into a French field where one of them was shot down by the Luftwaffe 72 years ago. ...
- Aug 25, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, Belfast Telegraph
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
- Aug 21, 2016
Deux vétérans de 90 ans sautent en parachute pour la bonne cause, Europe 1
Deux vétérans britanniques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, âgés de 90 ans, ont sauté en parachute samedi dans le Calvados pour récolter...
- Aug 18, 2016
Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day, Mature Times
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
- Aug 17, 2016
Press Release: Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
- Aug 1, 2016
Press Release: Veterans and committee members to skydive for the Taxi Charity
Two WWII veterans, Ted Pieri and Fred Glover (both aged 90), are undertaking a pair of tandem skydives to raise funds for the Taxi...
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