Fabulous video from Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, from when he dropped off a Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity goodie bag to veteran Peter Kent on his 95th birthday... #PeterKent #RNRMC #COVID19 #Coronavirus

On Friday 1 November, the Taxi Charity escorted four veterans to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London to be filmed by the Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC). The four veterans, Ernie Davies, Marie Scott, Dickie Edser and Peter Kent, were filmed at the Soviet Citizens WWII Memorial in the gardens of the IWM. They were driven there by cabbies, Ian and Seb. The RNRMC is producing a short film on loneliness amongst veterans and they wanted to highlight the relationship b

Earlier this week, the Taxi Charity escorted seven war veterans to Normandy for a planning recce for our veterans' trip next June. Whilst there, two of the veterans, Peter Kent and Harry Bailey, received the Légion d'Honneur from the Mayor of Arromanches. Here's a video of the medal ceremony. It's pretty wonderful. #PeterKent #HarryBailey #Légiondhonneur #Arromanches

The Taxi Charity has organised a four day planning trip to Normandy ahead of its veterans' trip next year. From Monday 4 July 2016 to Thursday 7 July 2016, three members of the Taxi Charity committee, along with seven veterans, will be making a tour of the area to recce next June's trip, which will involve some 80 taxis and 130+ veterans. Dick Goodwin, Ian Parsons and Terry Ward (aka Barking Bill) have the pleasure of escorting veterans Geoff Pattinson, Fred Glover, Bill Glad

This weekend, Taxi Charity committee member Dick Goodwin accompanied veteran Peter Kent to Arromanches to visit the Mulberry Harbour and to meet with the Town Council. The Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches was one of two portable harbours towed over to Normandy in sections and assembled around 9 June 1944, just three days after D-Day. The other was at Omaha Beach. These temporary harbours were designed to facilitate the rapid offloading of cargo onto the beaches. Unfortunately

Blog by Janet Hodgson: Here are a few clips filmed during the Victory Party at the Chalke Valley History Festival, attended by the Taxi Charity, who transported several WW2 veterans to the event in Wiltshire on 27 June 2015. Music was provided by the Bombshell Belles and the wonderful London Swing Orchestra, with whom veteran Danny McCrudden sang a few numbers to the great delight of the crowd. The video features dancing by, amongst others, veterans Bill Parr and Peter Kent,