214 items found for "normandy"
- Morson donates to the Taxi Charity D-Day veterans trip for Armed Forces Day 2023
Brian Heffernan, the Taxi Charity chairman, Morson has donated to help towards the 2023 trip to the Normandy For many years they have been taking veterans to Normandy to the D-Day commemorations so that they can WWII veteran Marie Scott from Surrey said: “Our trip to Normandy was, once again, not only highly enjoyable
- WWII veterans visit the Battlefield Line
On Saturday 5 June, a group of WWII veterans were invited to enjoy an afternoon on the Normandy Flyer The veterans enjoyed a ride on a steam train which had been renamed the Normandy Flyer for this special The Normandy Flyer left Shackerstone station at 12:30pm on 5 June, in glorious sunshine, and travelled take WWII veterans to the National Memorial Arboretum on 6 June to watch the opening of the British Normandy cab drivers took the veterans to the National Memorial Arboretum to watch the opening of the British Normandy
- Taxi Charity to take veterans to Worthing on 4 July
2023 is the Taxi Charity's 75th anniversary and following on from our successful trip to Normandy for
- Obituary: WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach L’dH
We also went on their trip to the D-Day commemorations in Normandy, so that Dad could participate in he can join us, in this our 75th anniversary year, when we take veterans back to the Netherlands and Normandy
- Tribute to 101-year-old veteran, Hector Duff
Goodwin, Taxi Charity vice president, said: "Hector joined the Taxi Charity on its annual visit to Normandy Richard Paulinski, chairman of the Spirit of Normandy Trust, said: "Hector's military record is impressive About the Spirit of Normandy Trust The Spirit of Normandy Trust was founded in 1994 by the late General Peter Martin CBE to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Normandy campaign. The Spirit of Normandy Trust strives to ensure that every one of the individuals involved in D-Day and
- TAXI talks with London cabbie Ron Geraghty
We should have been at the opening in Normandy, but Coronavirus prevented that! atmosphere one bit as the assembled veterans watched the live link, from a very sunny Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy The Memorial in Normandy is situated high above Gold Beach, and it was a privilege to be with so many Doug served with the 6th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers and went into Normandy after D-Day when the real heroes who deserve this medal are those that didn’t come back and are buried in graves in Normandy
- Taxi Charity attends First In, Last Out: The Last Men of The 6th Airborne Division exhibition
One of the 17 veterans featured is Bill Gladden, who will be joining the Taxi Charity in Normandy in
- A message of thanks from veteran collector, Tom Weatherall
organised by the charity and have been taken to commemoration services, both here as well as Belgium, Normandy Tom Weatherall, BEM (ex-RAF) Standard Bearer (London and Middlesex) for Normandy Veterans Association
- "Your charity is quite remarkable in the way that it supports the veterans" - Marie Scott
convey to your committee my most grateful thanks for arranging, yet again, a truly memorable visit to Normandy
- WWII veteran Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee dies, aged 95
seen him or heard from him for a long time and had no idea that we had both been involved in D-Day in Normandy being an important part of the Taxi Charity family, he was a popular member of the Surrey branch of the Normandy
- WWII veteran Major Ted Hunt on Connect Forces with Andy Reid, Linda Lusardi and Mike Osman
Major Ted was a Captain with the Royal Engineers on D-Day, commanding 15 landing craft on Gold Beach in Normandy
- WWII veteran may miss liberation event over passport delays, Evening Standard
Peter Smoothy, who served in the Royal Navy and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, said his passport could be processed in time but was worried it will not even arrive before a similar journey to Normandy
- With the D-Day veterans, Echo Magazine
The article laments the fact that the pandemic has once again prevented our veterans from visiting Normandy
- Taxi Charity celebrates 75th anniversary at Bedford Arms
Bill was also on our first visit to Normandy in June 1994 – as was Paul Davis. "We escorted over 150 Normandy veterans on that trip, each driver was responsible for two veterans, and events became more frequent and when the charity started planning ambitious trips to the Netherlands and Normandy
- WWII veteran Roy Maxwell celebrates his 100th birthday
standing by the Bill Millin statue, taken in 2016 above Sword Beach, during a Taxi Charity trip to Normandy Roy is such a popular member of the Taxi Charity family and he has been with us on trips to Normandy
- "It was a fantastic weekend throughout" - John McClements
say how much we appreciate the hard work and generosity that make it possible for occasions like the Normandy
- WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer has passed away, aged 97
Seventy-five years later, he was back in Normandy with the Taxi Charity to mark D-Day and celebrated After the trip to Normandy in 2019, Geoff sent the charity a lovely thank you email from which this extract like to take this opportunity to tell you how much Julienne and I enjoyed the very nostalgic trip to Normandy
- Taxi Charity to attend 71st anniversary of Normandy landings
veterans and committee members will be attending commemoration services for the 71st anniversary of the Normandy in Arromanches, meeting up with James Corrigan (Durham Light Infantry) and the Surrey branch of the Normandy Click here for more information about D-Day commemorations in Normandy: www.dday-overlord.com/eng/commemorations_normandy _2015.htm #Normandylandings #VicMcKenzie #CharlieJefferies #DickieForrester #GeorgeStagg