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Well done to you all and many thanks for a great service. Elizabeth McKenna (via Facebook)

Far too many older people are isolated and don’t have anybody to talk to, which must be exacerbated at If you can donate some of the above please put it in a box and mark, male, female or neutral so that Gary Belsey, Chairman of the Taxi Charity, says: “The charity was formed 70 years ago by London’s licensed

This May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans should have been taking WWII veterans to the Netherlands for the 75th anniversary Remembrance Day and Liberation Day celebrations (4 & 5 May), and then back home to Blighty in time for the VE Day celebrations in London on 8 May. Sadly, these events had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions and many of the veterans will be spending the 8 May alone.

I am so thankful that 11 November still holds such significance for many, and that Remembrance Sunday Haward, MM, Middlesex Regiment "I fought from Dunkirk in 1940, right through to D-Day in 1944 and lost many

have been presented with the Dutch Liberation Medal by the Dutch Military Attaché, surrounded by so many Next May, I will be travelling to the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity to celebrate the 75th anniversary

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This year’s outing is only a week or so after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with the Gladden, 6th Armoured Recce Regiment RAC, says: "I have been going on outings with the Taxi Charity for 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, which Ron spent fast asleep, thanks to an injection from a doctor to help him

Born in Sheffield in 1924, Bert married Betty in 1949 and had two daughters, Christine and Janet, two We have so many memories of our visits to Normandy. was a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity family and he had been with the charity to Normandy to mark

Peter lives alone and like many elderly men and women he can feel lonely and isolated.

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

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

In May 2019, the Taxi Charity escorted a group of nonagenarian RAF veterans to Berlin for the 70th anniversary including Association member Allan Mercado, attended an anniversary service at Tempelhof Memorial Park to mark Many of the drivers also visit the veterans at home, and have become great friends.

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

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 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

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

On 1 May 2019, Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith will be attempting his 100th parachute jump at an event to Note to Editors Location: Old Sarum Airfield near Salisbury Date: 1 May 2019 About Mike Smith Mike Smith Over the years, he joined the charity for many events and trips - and was also the first person to do in Fulham in 1948, to work for the benefit, comfort and enjoyment of military veterans and arranges many