TAXI CHARITY FOR MILITARY VETERANS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wonderful photos from our trip to the Netherlands for the Dutch Liberation Day celebrations. #Netherlands #DutchLiberation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and subsequently cancelled operations before, in September 1944 at the age of 19, he flew into the Netherlands insistent that no one tried to help him get out of the taxis that took him on trips to join us in the Netherlands It was a pleasure to take him on our trips especially to the Netherlands for the Market Garden commemorations Frank loved the people of the Netherlands and he considered the country to be his second home. the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, BFBS Forces Radio interviewed Frank while he was in Netherlands

During the Taxi Charity's recent visit to the Netherlands, London cab driver Ian Parsons handed over Both agreed that the trip to the Netherlands for Wandeltocht, the Airborne commemorative walk, over the After the weekend in the Netherlands, Ian contacted the cab drivers and volunteers saying: "May I thank After the weekend in the Netherlands, new chairman, Brian, said: "This has been a very special weekend

The Taxi Charity was delighted to receive hundreds of Christmas cards from school children in the Netherlands cards are beautiful and include lovely warm messages thanking the veterans for giving the people of the Netherlands

Walter Knight, 96, from Coventry, served in the Netherlands with the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Each May, we take a group of WWII veterans back to the Netherlands to mark the Dutch liberation and it Lieutenant Colonel Rob Arts said: “After 77 years, the people of the Netherlands still daily celebrate When asked for memories of his time in the Netherlands ,Walter said: “When we first got to Holland, two to those men and women who contributed to the liberation of the Netherlands during WWII.