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- On the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, veterans share their stories of serving in the Far East
On 4 May 1945, the Indomitable was hit by two Kamikaze, but her armoured flight deck saved her from serious remembers vividly that the Japanese did not want to surrender, and the ship’s crew were warned that many Born in Blackburn, Dugdale studied art at the Manchester School of Art, Royal College of Art and in Paris This illustration of a Chindit appeared on the 28 May 1945 cover of ‘Victory’, the weekly for India Command
- Taxi Charity to attend 'A Night To Remember' on 10 November
The evening, organised by Scottish charity Glen Art, is to raise funds for Support Our Paras to help
- Press release: Cabbies and war veterans on full steam for Bluebell Railway trip
Volunteer collectors, many of them in their 90s, turn-out in all weathers throughout the year to fundraise
- Taxi Charity attends 70th anniversary of the Airborne March
to get to the bridge during the battle John Crosson and Geoff Roberts, both 7th Battalion Kings Own Scottish [Our veterans are interviewed for Dutch TV around the 6:15 mark] Itinerary for 70th Airborne March 2016
- Press Release: WWII veterans make a final D-Day trip back to the beaches
Group Captain Mark Heffron, Head of Welfare Policy at the Ministry of Defence, has added his support to the trip: “This event is one of many which The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has organised, taking
- Taxi Charity News: Holland Update
members have been busy dotting the i's and crossing the t's for our veterans trip to the Netherlands on 2 May Our Chairman, Gary Belsey, Appeals Officer, Dick Goodwin, Honorary Secretary, Paul Davis and Press Officer , Derek Leone, recently travelled to Holland to finalise many aspects of our forthcoming trip.
- Pair of 90-year-old D-Day veterans make tandem parachute jump for charity - five days after jumping
'I've been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I've met are now grown up with families
- D-Day veterans, 90, parachute from plane into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Evening St
I've been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I've met are now grown up with families
- Two 90-year-old World War II veterans parachute into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Peo
I’ve been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I’ve met are now grown up with families
- Press Release: Taxi Charity voted UK's best voluntary/ charity project in the National Lottery A
The veterans, including many who took part in the Dutch liberation, attended the National Liberation
- Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, BT
I've been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I've met are now grown up with families
- Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, Belfast Telegraph
I've been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I've met are now grown up with families
- National Lottery Press Release: 75 Years of London Love: A wonderful World War II Story
got engaged within 6 months and had to wait due to George being deployed for a suitable time to get married Association for War Disabled, they now live within sheltered housing at a school in Croydon and have many
- Taxi Charity's Graham Pike appears in OnRoute magazine
Graham started out by driving the veterans, some in wheelchairs, to the many functions the charity organises
- National Lottery Press Release: Taxi Charity shines on TV as they receive National Lottery Award
carpet by celebrities such as John Barrowman, Rav Wilding, Ralf Little, Kimberly Wyatt, Katie Derham and many
- Press Release: London’s taxi charity for WWII heroes needs your vote
The veterans, including many who took part in the liberation of The Netherlands, attended the National
- Taxi Charity receives support from fellow service charities for National Lottery Award
this year’s National Lottery Awards and is appealing to other service charities to help them get as many
- Guest Blog: Janet Hodgson, Filmmaker-in-residence
I’ve also introduced the charity to many new people and contacts, including global ad agency Ogilvy,
- 400 veteran servicemen stop off for elevenses at South Holmwood, Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
Almost 400 former servicemen and Chelsea Pensioners – many displaying their medals – stopped off in the
- Fast Eddie's Blog: 2015 News Round-Up
On the agenda was securing funding towards our Return of the Liberators trip to the Netherlands in May May 2015 May was a busy month for us. of the Liberators trip to the Netherlands to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their liberation in May Many of our veterans were marching on the parade past the Cenotaph in Central London, with their own Various services and parades were held in many locations, and I feel sure all of our vets one way or