214 items found for "normandy"
- Veteran glider pilot Frank Ashleigh and Taxi Charity vice president Ian Parsons interviewed by Chris
interviewed by Radio 5 Live's Chris Warburton about the Taxi Charity's Back To The Beaches veterans' trip to Normandy
- WWII veteran Roy Miller talks to Taxi about Victory Over Japan Day
I have escorted Doug on many trips including the annual summer trip to Worthing and to Normandy and The
- Reaching out to veterans young and old, TAXI
Scott, to transmit a short message from the Bridge echoing D-Day when she transmitted messages to the Normandy
- LCDC proudly supported Taxi Charity Back To The Beaches, The Badge
Veterans embarked on one of its most ambitious projects: to take up to 150 World War 2 veterans over to Normandy On arrival in Normandy our impressive convoy of nearly one hundred vehicles was escorted by motorbike The nuns at the Convent of la Joie Saint Benoit (where the injured during the Normandy landings were The Museum has the most beautiful gardens of remembrance for each of the Normandy landings nations that The esteem in which our veterans are held by Normandy’s residents was breathtaking.
- Press coverage summary for Marie Scott and RNRMC veterans trip to Portsmouth
Ouest-France) 14 May 2019 Read full article 'People Are Dying There': D-Day Switchboard Operator Remembers Normandy
- Photos from our Back To The Beaches launch event at The King's Arms, Keston
2017, the Taxi Charity held an informal launch event for its Back To The Beaches veterans' trip to Normandy We are aiming to raise enough money to take 250 veterans back to the Normandy beaches in 90 taxis in
- Chelsea Pensioner to complete his 100th parachute jump
75th anniversary D-Day visit in June, when the charity will take 30 veterans, in London black cabs, to Normandy
- New year, new home for WWII veteran
I first met him in June 2019 on the charity’s trip to Normandy and I started visiting him after that
- Photos from our recent visit to the The Merville Battery Memorial at Inkpen Common
Its destruction was key to the success of the invasion of Normandy. 9 Para trained for the mission in In June, the Taxi Charity is planning to take a party of 120 British war veterans to Normandy for its
- Chairman's Blog: London cabbies and taxi charities
involving at least 120 cabs and twice as many veterans – we also escorted 160 WWII veterans back to Normandy
- Photos of our Back To The Beaches taxi wrap
photos of our wrapped taxi, helping to raise awareness about our Back To The Beaches veterans' trip to Normandy
- "I would like to thank everyone who was involved in organising this amazing trip" - Mary &
Thank you so much for your kind invitation for the trip to Normandy.
- Fantastic press coverage for the launch of our Back To The Beaches veterans' trip
February 2017, the Taxi Charity held the official London launch of its #backtothebeaches veterans' trip to Normandy
- Charity Golf Day to be held at Cuddington Golf Club in aid of Taxi Charity
and auction, with all proceeds going towards the Taxi Charity's Back To The Beaches veterans' trip to Normandy
- Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Hall Place & Gardens for Remembrance Day commemorations
As part of the Royal Armoured Corp, Bill flew a reconnaissance glider into Normandy.
- Press Release: Veterans and committee members to skydive for the Taxi Charity
Both tandem jumps are to raise funds for next year’s Taxi Charity D-Day trip to Normandy. This will be Fred’s first parachute jump since his time in Normandy. Graham have decided to join the veterans to raise money for next year’s Taxi Charity D-Day trip to Normandy We are aiming to take up to 150 veterans and 80+ black cabs to Normandy for four nights. veteransskydivefortaxicharity #RedDevils #TedPieri #FredGlover #FrancesWyhowska #GrahamPike #MervilleGunBattery #Normandy2017
- WW2 veterans prove you're never too old to skydive, Forces TV
The Second World War veterans were in the Paras, with Ted fighting in Arnhem and Fred in Normandy. European battlefields – with a fleet of cabs transporting them to sites including Merville Battery in Normandy They already have plans for a skydive in Normandy on next year’s D-Day anniversary.
- 94-year-old navy veteran reflects on 75th anniversary of VJ Day, SW Londoner
Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, 94, from Hampshire, who took part in the Normandy landings in early June 1944, before
- Pair of 90-year-old D-Day veterans make tandem parachute jump for charity - five days after jumping
Merville Battery in north-west France, a fortified German bunker which saw fierce fighting during the 1944 Normandy returning to visit the area since the 50th anniversary of D-Day in 1994 and I have lots of friends in Normandy The jumps helped raise money for next year's charity D-Day trip to Normandy, which is aiming to take around 150 veterans and 80 black cabs to Normandy for four nights, according to a committee member.
- D-Day veterans, 90, parachute from plane into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Evening St
The fortified German bunker was the site of fierce fighting during the 1944 Normandy landings – and Mr returning to visit the area since the 50th anniversary of D-Day in 1994 and I have lots of friends in Normandy The jumps helped raise money for next year's charity D-Day trip to Normandy, which is aiming to take around 150 veterans and 80 black cabs to Normandy for four nights, according to a committee member.