TAXI CHARITY FOR MILITARY VETERANS

charity and have been taken to commemoration services, both here as well as Belgium, Normandy and the Netherlands

would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary commemorations of the Dutch Liberation in the Netherlands Every year Harry joins the trips organised by the Taxi Charity to the Netherlands for the Arnhem commemoration

WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, was recently interviewed by two journalism students from the Netherlands.

Rob Arts, Military and Air Attaché and Deputy Defence Attaché from the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

They take us on all sorts of trips, including France and the Netherlands. It’s lovely.

Rob Arts, Military and Air Attache and Deputy Defence Attache from the embassy if the Kingdom of the Netherlands

In May 2022, Ted visited the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity for the Dutch Liberation celebrations His part in the building of the bridge was one of the major turning points in the liberation of the Netherlands

Norfolks and took part in the fighting at Overloon and Venray in October 1944 in the south-east of the Netherlands John went on trips with the Taxi Charity to the Netherlands with other WWII veterans to remember those

funding allows, we hope to celebrate this amazing milestone not only with our traditional trips to the Netherlands

It would have been beyond anyone’s imaginings that drivers would be taking veterans abroad to the Netherlands

a phone call from the charity in May to say that a driver had had to drop out of their trip to the Netherlands As well as The Netherlands, what other trips have you done?

We also received many hundreds of greeting cards and goodwill messages from the Netherlands and Normandy 5 Mar: Veterans Lunch, North Cheam Sports and Social Club 11 - 15 Mar: Airborne Museum, Oosterbeek, Netherlands Underground station collections (CANCELLED) April 15 Apr: Wellington Barracks (CANCELLED) May 2 - 6 May: Netherlands

Frans Ammerlaan, who helps to coordinate the charity trips to the Netherlands, recalls: "If Harry could We welcomed Harry many times to the Netherlands and I will never forget the moment he rattled the collection

He will be joining the charity visit to the Netherlands in early May for Dutch Liberation and we will

Rob Arts, Military and Air Attaché and Deputy Defence Attaché, from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

I wanted to ensure that all those WWII veterans wishing to make the journey back to Normandy or the Netherlands

With all the usual Taxi Charity events, including the visits to Normandy, the Netherlands and Worthing well as Christmas cards from the Taxi Charity, the veterans also receive cards from families in the Netherlands

To add to the excitement of his first return trip to the Netherlands, we had to detour as the M11 was to play his part in the defeat of the scourge that had destroyed the lives of so many people of the Netherlands

Ian Parsons, chairman of the Taxi Charity, said: "We’ve enjoyed memorable trips to the Netherlands and

This trip was to have taken place 2 - 6 May, and we planned to take as many WWII veterans to the Netherlands AIRBORNE MUSEUM - OOSTERBEEK One week later, we escorted six Battle of Arnhem veterans to the Netherlands The Dutch government announced all museums in the Netherlands must close with immediate effect. In a symbolic gesture of thanks to the British veterans who helped liberate his country, the Netherlands All impossible now, so that is why if Ken and his comrades can't come to the Netherlands, we'll come