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  • WWII veterans Geoff Roberts and Robbie Hall interviewed for Dutch TV

    On 4 May 2023, during their trip to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation, Taxi Charity volunteers and

  • 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 Frank was a 6th Airborne veteran, not an Arnhem veteran, but he loved the Taxi Charity visits to the Netherlands Ammerlaan from the Dutch Market Garden Foundation, who helps the Taxi Charity to organise its visits to the Netherlands #Netherlands #Wandeltocht

  • WWII veterans and Taxi Charity volunteers joined the thousands at Wandeltocht Airborne March

    of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands of the Taxi Charity, said: “The Taxi Charity was delighted to bring a group of WWII veterans to the Netherlands With us was Arnhem veteran Bill Larder who had not journeyed back to the Netherlands since WWII.

  • Chairman's Blog: A September to remember

    The Taxi Charity organised two trips to the Netherlands during September 2019. honour at a ceremony on Ginkel Heath and greeted by HRH Prince of Wales and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands At an evening reception at the Hartenstein Airborne Museum, hosted by UK Ambassador to the Netherlands Ian Parsons Chairman Taxi Charity for Military Veterans #airbornewandeltocht #netherlands

  • WWII veterans honoured in Dutch Liberation Parade

    they led the Dutch Liberation Parade through the streets of Wageningen The veterans were taken to the Netherlands The Germans signed the capitulation in 1945 in Wageningen which gave the people of the Netherlands their Arnhem veteran, Geoff Roberts, who served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, said: "I think of the Netherlands Frans Ammerlaan from The Market Garden Foundation, who coordinates Taxi Charity visits to the Netherlands

  • WWII veteran Harry Rawlins receives the Thank You Liberators medal at Dutch Embassy

    veteran Henry ‘Harry’ Rawlins was presented with the 'Thank You Liberators' medal at a ceremony at the Netherlands Chelsea Pensioner, Harry Rawlins, 97, made the short journey from the Royal Hospital Chelsea to the Netherlands receive this important medal to recognise the part they played in the liberation of the Netherlands. Navy Captain Gerrit Nijenhuis, Defence and Naval Attaché of the Netherlands to the United Kingdom said This medal is a sincere token of gratitude towards the veterans who served in the Netherlands during

  • Taxi Charity takes veterans to Gennep for commemoration services

    The Taxi Charity recently escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands to take part in the 75th anniversary Photo Gallery #Gennep #Netherlands

  • 'Market Garden Challenge' aims to raise £10k for veterans

    This September, two Taxi Charity volunteers plan to cycle 115km across the Netherlands on WWII gearless from Bridge no 9 on the Bocholt-Herentals Canal on the Belgian border to the town of Oosterbeek in the Netherlands next year to raise a total of £45k to help the Taxi Charity fund future commemoration trips to the Netherlands much-loved member of the Taxi Charity family, and he always enjoyed the charity commemoration trips to the Netherlands Returning regularly to the Netherlands to commemorate the anniversary of the battle and to celebrate

  • Taxi Charity to escort veterans to the Netherlands for Airborne Wandeltocht 2019

    Operation Market Garden veterans for Airborne Wandeltocht Every September, the town of Oosterbeek in the Netherlands About Operation Market Garden Operation Market Garden was a WWII military operation, fought in the Netherlands please contact: Christina Bowden Bowden PR 07984 433614 christina@bowdenpr.co.uk #airbornewandeltocht #netherlands

  • Taxi Charity takes veterans to the Netherlands, The Cab Driver

    excellent article by Taxi Charity Vice Chairman, Ian Parsons, about our recent veterans' trip to the Netherlands article in full: On 2nd May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans organised a five-day trip to the Netherlands One veteran explained that, "no trip to the Netherlands would be right unless it included a visit to On 5th May 1945, German occupation of the Netherlands ended when their forces surrendered to the Allies

  • 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 Every December, we receive hundreds of Christmas cards from people all over the Netherlands, which we

  • Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Airborne Wandeltocht 2019

    In September 2019, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands #airbornewandeltocht #arnhem #oosterbeek #netherlands

  • WWII veterans return to the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity, The Cab Driver Newspaper

    Fantastic coverage in The Cab Driver for our recent veterans trip to the Netherlands. #TheCabDriver

  • Our Sponsors: The Netherlands, Normandy, Worthing and Portsmouth Trips 2018

    We thank each and every one of our sponsors for their support of our trips this year, including The Netherlands

  • Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Netherlands for Remembrance and Liberation Day commemorations

    volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 34 WWII and Korean War veterans and their carers to the Netherlands On Friday 4 May, Remembrance Day in the Netherlands, the veterans were driven to Bronbeek Royal Home

  • Taxi Charity meet HRH Prince Charles at ambassador's reception at Hartenstein Museum

    On 21 September, we had the privilege of being invited to the Ambassador of Netherlands' reception at Ian explained to Prince Charles that we were in the Netherlands to drive veterans to events to commemorate We would like to put on record the invaluable support we have received from the Ambassador of the Netherlands #hrhprincecharles #dickgoodwin #ianparsons #peterwilson #hartensteinmuseum #netherlands #operationmarketgarden

  • Taxi Charity to escort WWII veterans to Holland for 75th anniversary of Battle of Arnhem

    British ambassador to the Netherlands, Peter Wilson, comments: "Ron, Frank, and Ray are living examples I’m so pleased they are travelling to the Netherlands in London cabs thanks to the Taxi Charity, to mark #holland #netherlands #arnhem #ronjohnson #frankashleigh #raywhitwell #operationmarketgarden #peterwilson

  • 80th anniversary of Dutch Liberation – Invitation to WWII Veterans

    Market Garden veteran, Geoff Roberts In May 2025, the Netherlands will mark the 80th anniversary of its Every year on 4 May, the Netherlands observes a Day of Remembrance, followed by a national celebration This year, as the Netherlands celebrates the 80th anniversary of their liberation, the commemorations honour this special occasion, the Taxi Charity would like to offer WWII veterans who served in the Netherlands If you are a WWII veteran who served in the Netherlands and would like to be considered for a place on

  • Taxi Charity ambassador Frans Ammerlaan awarded Honorary MBE

    Market Garden, an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands From his home in the Netherlands, Frans Ammerlaan has been working with the Taxi Charity since 2010. His advice and involvement in organising the charity's trips to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation Frans was advised of his Honorary MBE by His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Joanna Roper GMG for our veterans and it is down his enthusiasm, dedication and tireless efforts that our trips to the Netherlands

  • "I can honestly say that the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has totally changed my life" - Marie Scott

    I have travelled many times to the Netherlands and France, had outings to Worthing, attended their annual Last year I had the absolute honour of lighting the Flame of Independence in the Netherlands which was This year I will be fortunate to be going to Normandy and the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity, and

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