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After the war, Eric met the cousin of a friend, Florrie, a Cornish lass, and they married, and settled A true legend, a remarkable life, a smile to melt and loved by many.

Under normal circumstances, the Taxi Charity take veterans back to Normandy each year to mark D-Day. During the service, WWII veteran, Doug Baldwin, 6th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, was presented

Chairman, Gary Belsey, thanked our sponsors, supporters and, of course, our veteran collectors “for all Many of the messages were also translated by Frans and then distributed by him to each and every veteran

To mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on Saturday 15 August, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans charity delivered tins earlier this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day and received so many This beautiful illustration appeared on the 28 May 1945 cover of ‘Victory’ - the weekly for India Command

Goodwin, vice president of the Taxi Charity, said: "Harry has been part of the Taxi Charity family for many

If you consider that we won’t have many days with the weather as perfect as it was on this row, we will

After the speech, he worked the room and talked to as many veterans as he was able before catching up

An officer who later served in The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment wrote: "Ken Watts was one of the many

The sound of the steam train brought back so many lovely memories for us all.

Paul: I got a phone call from the charity in May to say that a driver had had to drop out of their trip His inspirational speech took the audience through so many emotions, including despair and hope, and

Also present at the ball was Ian Pieri, whose late father, Ted Pieri, a WWII veteran, attended many WWII

Dave was always very supportive of the work of the Taxi Charity, featuring many stories about the charity

Seventy-five years later, he was back in Normandy with the Taxi Charity to mark D-Day and celebrated In May 2020, he spoke with Dermot Murnaghan about the 75th anniversary of VE Day for the Sky News Podcast Michael Pulzer said: "Our wonderful father had a fabulous life which was enriched by his family and his many

Ron headed to Germany, with many other wounded soldiers, locked in a cattle truck for four days and three and the next morning a French worker took them to a local airfield where the Americans flew them to Paris After a night in Paris, they took a train to the coast and were flown back to England in a Dakota. I vividly remember him asking the mayor of Renkum, with a big smile, whether she was married when he

sustained and heroic personal efforts in this action were outstanding and undoubtedly saved the lives of many British Army, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving members of his unit from ambushes on 1st May

I’ve driven many times and it's some of the best experiences I’ve encountered...

This May, the Taxi Charity would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary commemorations of For many years I have joined the charity on trips to the continent to pay my respects to the comrades

The operation succeeded in liberating the cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen and many other Dutch towns in Fulham in 1948, to work for the benefit, comfort and enjoyment of military veterans and arranges many trips every year for veterans from many conflicts.

this huge milestone, when the country has the coronation of King Charles III to look forward to on 6th May well as our trips to Worthing and Normandy, we now also take veterans to the Netherlands and arrange many And people may not know that we often help get veterans to hospital appointments or the airport. Cab driver Colin Mills is doing a sponsored 135km walk along Hadrian’s Wall in May, and Taxi Charity

On May 4, 1945, the Indomitable was hit by two Kamikaze. remembers vividly that the Japanese did not want to surrender, and the ship’s crew were warned that many Victory over Japan Day – also known as V-J Day or Victory in the Pacific Day, V-P Day – will be marked