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Taxi Charity adviser Frans Ammerlaan presented with MBE
On Friday 6 September, veterans and volunteers from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans gathered at the ambassador’s residence in The...
Sep 7, 2024


Taxi Charity ambassador Frans Ammerlaan awarded Honorary MBE
Taxi Charity ambassador and Dutch advisor, Frans Ammerlaan, has been awarded an Honorary MBE by King Charles for services to...
Mar 14, 2024


WWII veterans honoured in Dutch Liberation Parade
On 5 May 2022, 25 veterans were applauded as they led the Dutch Liberation Parade through the streets of Wageningen The veterans were...
May 9, 2022


Taxi Charity distributes hundreds of Christmas cards to WWII veterans from Dutch children
The Taxi Charity was delighted to receive hundreds of Christmas cards from school children in the Netherlands for WWII veterans across...
Dec 22, 2021


Operation Market-Garden, TAXI
TAXI talks to Frans Ammerlaan, founder of The Market Garden Foundation which aims to keep alive the memory of what Great Britain did for...
Oct 19, 2021


WWII veteran Ron Johnson celebrates his 100th birthday
Ron Johnson from Shrivenham, Swindon, will be celebrating his 100th birthday on 9 October with a party. When Ron was born in 1921, King...
Sep 28, 2021


Taxi Charity supporter completes 40km Wandeltocht in the Netherlands in memory of Frank Pendergast
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would usually be in the Netherlands each September with a group of veterans for the annual...
Oct 19, 2020


Chairman's Blog: The Dutch always remember our WWII veterans
When the Taxi Charity organised its first trip to the Netherlands in May 2012, we could not have imagined the incredible reception our...
Sep 16, 2020
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