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- TAXI interviews volunteer cabbies
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
- "I am so blessed that the Taxi Charity arranges for me to be picked up from home" - Frank Pendergast
During my annual visits with the Taxi Charity to Normandy and Arnhem we are fortunate to meet lots of
- Veterans on the move, TAXI
We are also busy planning our trip to Normandy for the WWII, D-Day commemorations at the beginning of
- London cabbies to drive nearly 200 WWII veterans to Worthing for annual day trip
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
- Thanks to our volunteers for going the extra mile
for our website and social media continuing to raise much needed funding and to all our friends in Normandy
- TAXI catches up with cabbie Sebastian Philp following his tour of Italian battlefields
Seb: It was very different to trips in France where all the WWII sites in Normandy are marked with huge currently on hold but I certainly hope that next year we are able to take our amazing WWII veterans back to Normandy
- Taxi Charity celebrating VE Day with gifts of 1940s goodies
chocolates, that were available in the 1940s, and a VE Day 75 anniversary pin badge donated by The Spirit of Normandy
- TAXI speaks to seasoned volunteer, Gerry Dunn MBE
As well as volunteering for trips with the Taxi Charity to Normandy, Germany and the Netherlands, I haven
- D-Day veteran from Islington dies, aged 96
specially selected by General Montgomery as one of the two 'Spearhead Brigades' for the invasion of Normandy
- WWII veteran supports Taxi Charity with art
Taxi Charity through his lifelong love of painting Bill Gladden, 96, from Welling in Kent, travels to Normandy
- Memories of Dame Vera Lynn, Taxi Charity patron
The veterans and cabs were going to Normandy for the 50th anniversary.
- Former Essex Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment veteran Captain Ron Johnson has died, aged 102
On a Taxi Charity trip to Normandy in 2017, Ron took part in a question and answer session with local
- 100-year-old WWII veteran John Sleep has passed away
I'll always remember John's smile, both when we caught up in Normandy and when he came for a private
- WWII Veteran: 'The Comradery In The SAS Was Like Nothing Else', Forces News
the charity’s purpose, but today, the trips are often further afield, including to battle sites in Normandy
- London's finest jump with The Red Devils, The Badge
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
- WWII veteran Harry Bailey, master of the collection bucket, dies aged 99
He was presented with the Légion d’Honneur in 2016, while in Normandy with the Taxi Charity.
- Cabbie Mike Hughes talks to TAXI
During that time, he has taken several veterans to events in Normandy and Holland. has been supporting Lancing resident, 101-year-old Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt, taking him to Holland and Normandy
- Taxi Charity takes veterans to Worthing, The Badge
This year’s outing was only a week after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with The Taxi
- Committee wives to skydive for Taxi Charity
75th anniversary D-Day visit in June, when the charity will take 30 veterans, in London black cabs, to Normandy
- Chairman's Blog: 2019 Review
Normandy Recce Trips Several planning trips to Normandy were required, particularly as the date of our During our recce trip from 5 to 7 March, we travelled to Normandy with WWII veterans Bill Gladden, Frank June Normandy D-Day 75 6 June 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, and our week-long trip to Normandy (3 - 8 June) was the culmination of over a year’s planning and preparation. historic visit, our 32-taxi convoy transported thirty-five World War II veterans - most of whom fought in Normandy
