But that said, so many drivers told me how honoured and grateful they were to have played a part in this To have had the opportunity to mark D-Day 75 in Normandy, alongside some of those who fought there, was

The 100-year-old was delighted to receive letters, many of which were from Dutch mayors, that paid tribute VE Day was declared on May 8, 1945 when allied forces gave a formal acceptance on the end of the war

Seb: The commitment is 27 days a year and as an Army Reservist you may be required to serve full time thought that I might train as a chef but when I discovered during the tests that I was fitter than many

Your journey has been an inspiration to so many people and for that you deserve every congratulation.

This year’s outing was only a week after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with The Taxi

My wife Anne and I will be joining many other Taxi Charity volunteers to raise a toast to this great

Originally from Croydon, Roy was a London cab driver and Blue Badge guide for many years. bugler in the army cadets and caught the train from East Croydon to Victoria to join the celebrations to mark

When the Taxi Charity organised its first trip to the Netherlands in May 2012, we could not have imagined And we have visited every year since: each May for Dutch Liberation and again in early September for Last year we also attended commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem. timely arrival, as they came at the time when veterans found themselves stuck at home, resulting in many

On 1 May 2019, two Taxi Charity committee members' wives, Anne Parsons and Susy Goodwin, will be skydiving Over the years, he joined the charity for many events and trips - and was also the first person to do

on 20 March 2020, no one could have predicted that a year later the country would still be facing so many friends in the Netherlands last March, who could have known that our annual trips with veterans to mark D-Day in Normandy in June and to mark the Dutch Liberation and the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands Day socially distanced in our own homes instead of being able to bring our WWII veterans together to mark

Over the years, Fred was involved with many of our trips and outings, and was mentioned frequently in for clemency and instead Fred was taken as a prisoner of war to Hopital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris

In another five years, how many veterans will be alive to remember it?

Gary Belsey, chairman of the Taxi Charity, said: "As a long-serving charity volunteer, veteran and an

such a rewarding charity to be part of and I love hearing their stories and I’m very happy to now call many Seb: It was very different to trips in France where all the WWII sites in Normandy are marked with huge

Many thanks to all of you and your wife and other family members who helped in serving and possibly preparing

Many of the military personnel involved have experienced service-related wounds and injuries or suffer

Gary Belsey, Chairman of the Taxi Charity, says: "The Taxi Charity was formed 70 years ago by London's

We have been talking to our veterans about how they will mark Remembrance Sunday this year, as the usual Vic Needham-Crofton, 87, from Greenford, would normally mark Remembrance Sunday in London at the Cenotaph Vic spent twelve weeks in hospital in Nairobi with a fractured skull and many cuts and bruises but was

Following D-Day, Len advanced through Europe finally reaching Denmark in May 1945. “He had an immense knowledge of aircraft and tactics and always had so many stories about his time in

The charity arranges many trips every year for veterans from all conflicts, offering international trips