TAXI CHARITY FOR MILITARY VETERANS

TAXI spoke to veteran Ben Mead, who served with REME, about raising money for the Taxi Charity trip to Normandy You've visited Normandy with the charity. What's it like? Ben: I have been really lucky to visit Normandy a couple of times with the charity, where I have been It costs around £2,000 to take one WWII Veteran back to Normandy, and our aim is to raise as much money Chris joined the trip to Normandy last summer and was so moved that he was the first to volunteer for

have received a donation of £10,000 from the Wates Foundation towards the cost of our 2024 trip to Normandy Wates Foundation are delighted to be supporting the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans’ 2024 trip to Normandy Joining our volunteer cab drivers for the 80th anniversary D-Day commemorations next year in Normandy

Len was an active participant in Normandy reunions and a supporter of the Spirit of Normandy Trust. the beaches with old comrades – including a trip only last autumn to see the magnificent new British Normandy Richard Palusinski, Chairman of the Spirit of Normandy Trust, said: "It is with sadness that we record the loss of another veteran of D-Day and the Normandy landings. with the Normandy Veterans Association and, more recently, with the Spirit of Normandy Trust.

100-year-old WWII veteran, William ‘Bill’ Gladden, who flew into Normandy on D-Day, died at home in Haverhill for airborne duties and formed part of the 6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment who took part in the Normandy On 6 June 1944, aged 20, Bill flew into Normandy in a Hamilcar glider carrying a tank and six motorbikes Bill was a regular on trips with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans to Normandy and the Netherlands

smock that he wore that day to do the jump and will then present the smock to the Pegasus Museum in Normandy other veterans, and he wants to ensure that all those veterans wishing to make the journey back to Normandy he raises from the jump will be split equally between the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and the Normandy

campaign launched by the Taxi Charity in June to find the young girl Reg had shared his food with in Normandy He landed on Sword beach on D-Day plus 14 and one night as he moved through Normandy, his convoy was During the annual Taxi Charity trip to Normandy in June 2022, volunteer taxi driver Paul Cook heard the French advisor, Nathalie Varnière, Huguette was finally found and earlier this month Reg travelled to Normandy I went back to Normandy about 50 years afterwards to try and trace her but unfortunately I wasn’t successful

D-Day weekend at the National Memorial Arboretum to witness the opening of the British Memorial in Normandy The East Riding Yeomanry was part of 27th Armoured Brigade for the Normandy Landings and the advance Andrew Wright, Normandy Veterans, said: "I first met Alan when he joined the Norwich branch of the Normandy I was fortunate to return with Alan to Cambes en Plaine war cemetery in Normandy where Corporal Louis piece of Suffolk and enjoyed Southwold but didn't wish to enter the sea because of his memories of Normandy

We have received this Christmas message from WWII veteran Reg Pye, who joined us in Normandy in June sandwich to on a difficult day where we hadn't eaten, were tired and just arrived at a small village in Normandy Paul was busy that weekend so Josie mentioned it to a friend and without hesitation she came from Normandy Normandy veteran Reggie Pye Royal Engineers 224 Field Company 8th Corps xxx

Bill was 20 years old when he flew into Normandy on a military glider with a tank and six motorbikes family, friends and people from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans – who have taken Bill back to Normandy

WWII Normandy veteran, Roy ‘Smudger’ Smith, from Sittingbourne in Kent died in hospital on Friday 23 Roy was a Bren gunner and moved through Normandy and into the Netherlands where he was taken Prisoner This year, Roy travelled to the Netherlands in May for Dutch Liberation and to Normandy in June for the During the Taxi Charity visit to Normandy, Roy had shared that he had always felt guilty that he had I have taken him to many events in recent years, but when he came back from your trip to Normandy, I

unrestricted grant from the Veterans' Foundation which will be used to help with the costs of the trip to Normandy , and knowing that we have received this funding which we will use towards the costs of our trip to Normandy

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Then, a few years later in 1994, the charity organised a four-day commemorative trip to the Normandy For that trip to Normandy, 75 London taxi drivers were given the honour of assembling on Horse Guards Parade with 150 Normandy veterans. As well as our trips to Worthing and Normandy, we now also take veterans to the Netherlands and arrange Brian: As well as trips to the Netherlands to commemorate Dutch Liberation and to Normandy for the D-Day

After a little over a year in the Rifles, Harry participated in Operation Overlord, the Battle for Normandy Louis College, in Cabourg, since 2017 when we began annual D-Day tours of Normandy. They presented him with a bottle of Calvados and we were delighted to accept a Normandy flag, which all Our volunteer drivers are taking him and a group of veterans to Normandy on 2 June for the D-Day commemorations

Ian: One of my favourites is from the charity’s ‘Back to the Beaches’ trip to Normandy in 2017. It was July 2016 and Roy was one of seven WWII veterans we had taken to Normandy in cabs. Does Roy join you regularly on trips to Normandy? On our 2019 trip to Normandy, we were invited to attend the official unveiling of the sound installation Will you be going to Normandy this year to commemorate D-Day? Ian: We certainly hope too.

In Normandy for the D-Day commemorations, Malcolm had initially hoped to parachute into Ranville, as Danny Lyons and I wanted to ensure that all those WWII veterans wishing to make the journey back to Normandy final fundraising total of £7,400 equally between the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and British Normandy

During WWII, he fought in Sicily and landed in Normandy on D-Day. He had three children, Alison, Michael and Bernard, and was a regular on Taxi Charity trips to Normandy He loved going back to Normandy with the Taxi Charity and was usually accompanied by his son Bernard. Nathalie Vee, who helps the Taxi Charity coordinate visits with veterans to Normandy, said: "This is My warmest condolences from Normandy to his family."

The charity would normally take a group of WWII veterans to Normandy to mark this important date and Last year, we were unable to travel to Normandy and unfortunately this year travel restrictions mean Dick: We have been invited to an event on 6th June, hosted by the Normandy Memorial Trust and the Royal opening of the British Normandy Memorial in France. The Taxi Charity had been invited to the opening of the museum in Normandy, and we know our veterans

is currently working on a personal project to illustrate WWII veterans, with a particular focus on Normandy About Bill Gladden Bill served with the 6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment and flew into Normandy on

In 2022, WWII veteran Roy Maxwell was in Normandy for the D-Day commemorations with the Taxi Charity Anthony Lang from Guildford said: "I have met Roy Maxwell many times during my Normandy trips for D-Day