TAXI CHARITY FOR MILITARY VETERANS

In Normandy together, on a Taxi Charity trip, he explained about letting Canadian troops who he had got

Dave: In Normandy, all the cabbies are assigned a veteran for the duration of the trip and I am always The last time the charity was able to go to Normandy to mark D-Day was in 2019 on the 75th anniversary Roy was in No.3 Commando and was part of the advance group that pushed through Normandy after the D-Day

In June this year he spent a week with the charity, cabbies and veterans in Normandy for D-Day 75.

D-Day, when the commemorations for the 50th anniversary were announced in 1994, I wanted to go over to Normandy During a trip to Normandy for the 60th anniversary in 2004, a chance meeting with a friend led me to

With all the usual Taxi Charity events, including the visits to Normandy, the Netherlands and Worthing from families in the Netherlands and from school children who attend the St Louis Academy, Cabourg, Normandy

When the Army sent me to represent 3rd UK Division on the Normandy beaches one 6th June, it was the fraternal

He loved being part of the charity trips throughout the UK and especially to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations

We had also planned two visits to Normandy; one in June for D-Day 76, and then again in September – in all likelihood for the final time – to attend the inauguration of the Normandy Memorial in Ver sur Mer We also enclosed a Victory & Peace 75 lapel pin badge, kindly supplied by the Spirit of Normandy Trust NORMANDY SCHOOLCHILDREN Meanwhile, the pupils at College St. The story of the friendship between the veterans and Normandy schoolchildren was covered by Associated

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

My first trip with them was to Normandy in June 2017 which I thoroughly enjoyed and have returned to Normandy with them twice more. changed my life and kept me going and I certainly hope we will be able to return to the Netherlands and Normandy

Military Veterans who this year have taken me and other WWII veterans to both the Netherlands and to Normandy

During my annual visits with the Taxi Charity to Normandy and Arnhem we are fortunate to meet lots of

She passed on messages via a VHF radio set to troops landing on the beaches at Normandy.

is preparing to take a group of WWII veterans to the Netherlands in May for Dutch Liberation, and to Normandy

This year’s outing is only a week or so after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with the The recent trip to Normandy for D-Day was particularly poignant as I laid a wreath at the memorial service

for our website and social media continuing to raise much needed funding and to all our friends in Normandy

He has been on many trips over the years including taking older veterans to The Netherlands and Normandy 2017 for their ‘Back to the Beaches’ tour when Danny was one of the 78 taxis that took 95 veterans to Normandy

We are also busy planning our trip to Normandy for the WWII, D-Day commemorations at the beginning of

Last year in Normandy, four intrepid cab drivers and I agreed to do a tandem parachute jump with the Sitting in a bar in Normandy making this plan a year before was a very different feeling from actually

Journalist Tim Williamson went to Normandy at the beginning of June for D-Day and met a lot of the Taxi A big thank you to Fran Lambert who works at the Normandy Tourist Board for sending us the press clippings photo of Fran, Tim Williamson and veteran Peter Appleby along with a few other photos: twitter.com/NormandyPRUK /status/871727590947659776 #HistoryofWarMagazine #TimWilliamson #FranLambert #NormandyTouristBoard