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- Press Release: London’s taxi charity for WWII heroes needs your vote
The veterans, including many who took part in the liberation of The Netherlands, attended the National
- Meet the London cabbies taking war veterans on tailormade trips, The Telegraph
Many were wounded in action during the Second World War, but need little persuasion to join the knees-up Fred gave him some morphine, a small act of kindness he believes may have saved his life. But a word in someone’s ear from the wounded German meant that, instead, he was taken to hospital in Paris
- 400 veteran servicemen stop off for elevenses at South Holmwood, Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
Almost 400 former servicemen and Chelsea Pensioners – many displaying their medals – stopped off in the
- Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day, Mature Times
act of kindness, offering morphine to one of the injured soldiers who had been shot in the stomach, may I’ve been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I’ve met are now grown up with families
- Press Release: Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day
act of kindness, offering morphine to one of the injured soldiers who had been shot in the stomach, may I’ve been going for so many years now that some of the toddlers I’ve met are now grown up with families
- Taxi Charity's Graham Pike appears in OnRoute magazine
Graham started out by driving the veterans, some in wheelchairs, to the many functions the charity organises
- Press Release: WWII veterans pay their respects at an emotional ceremony
The highlight of the trip was a service at the Menin Gate memorial (Wednesday 11 May) where the last Honorary Chairman, Gary Belsey added: "We've had an amazing and emotional pilgrimage to honour those
- Committee changes at the Taxi Charity
At our AGM in December, three new officers were installed onto the committee: Frances Wyhowska Many of David Clegg David is a working taxi driver and has been for many years. He has been connected to the Taxi Charity as a taxi driver on many Worthing trips, and more recently Gary Manklelow Gary has been a taxi driver for many years and is a long time supporter of the charity
- Fast Eddie's Blog: And I'd like to thank...
To our many sponsors, who give constant support, and to those who advertise in our diaries. Our collectors do a magnificent job for us, spending many, many hours rattling the buckets, and charming part doing what they can for the collective good: Paul Davis as secretary, Mike Husk as treasurer, Gary It was very rewarding this year to see many of our veterans awarded the French Legion d’Honneur medal
- Fast Eddie's Blog: January 2016 Update
During January, the committee was busy giving serious consideration to where and what we may be doing It has been suggested that we make a pilgrimage trip to the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium in mid May. set sail at 12:15 pm from Cleopatra’s Needle and headed east downstream towards Canary Wharf, passing many
- Fast Eddie's Blog: 2015 News Round-Up
On the agenda was securing funding towards our Return of the Liberators trip to the Netherlands in May May 2015 May was a busy month for us. of the Liberators trip to the Netherlands to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their liberation in May Many of our veterans were marching on the parade past the Cenotaph in Central London, with their own Various services and parades were held in many locations, and I feel sure all of our vets one way or
- Taxi Charity in the press: News Shopper, 14 December 2015
The Taxi Charity relies on black cab drivers to provide their taxis and time for free, as many recently
- Taxi Charity and veterans attend unveiling of a memorial to Albert McKenzie VC
Members of the Taxi Charity committee and many of our veterans attended the unveiling of a memorial to
- Fast Eddie's Blog: News Round-up
the committee for our collectors, who work so hard on behalf of the charity, gathering funds for our many And many thanks to our gallant band of taxi drivers - without them we could not function as a charity Dave Hempstead and I represented the charity, together with half a dozen Chelsea pensioners and many We assembled at Old Deer Park and marched through Richmond Town to St Mary Magdalene Church. Evidently some travel companies have mass booked many of the hotels.
- The Royal British Legion offers thanks to the Taxi Charity for transporting veterans on VJ Day
British Legion, I would like to thank you and all your colleagues for providing the transportation of many
- Taxi Charity committee members accompany veterans to 73rd anniversary of Dieppe Raid
Many Canadian students also attended from the Canadian sites on the Somme where they have a student program and many students from Canada work at the sites as tour guides.
- VJ Day 2015 by the Royal Naval Association Hull Branch
He accompanied Far East veteran George Palmer, Shipmate of the 'Sea Scout' submarine. The Royal Navy and Royal Marines provided vital assistance in the provision of landing craft, minesweeping Numerous British Submarines were patrolling the majority of the pacific and were prevalent in many actions One such Submarine was “Sea Scout”, on board was our own torpedo man, S/M George “Pedlar” Palmer. The Parade…..Forming up on Horse Guards was a feat in itself with so many wheelchairs and veterans who
- Taxi Charity in the press: Evening Standard, 15 August 2015
direct war heroes to the taxi ranks where they would be given a free ride to the VJ Day celebrations - marking Eighty London taxi drivers gave up a weekend in May to take heroes on the "emotional" pilgrimage. Royal Marine buglers and percussionists from Portsmouth piled up their drums to form a ceremonial altar He read: "To the soldiers of many races who, in the comradeship of the 14th Army, did go on, and to the Actor Charles Dance read Rudyard Kipling's 'Mandalay' - a favourite marching tune for many in the 14th
- Taxi Charity Press Release: London’s cabbies honour VJ vets on Saturday 15 August
I'm told there may be some of my ship’s company attending the day, it would be great if I could meet committee member Dennis Hayes said: “The veterans who fought in the Far East and Pacific campaigns, in many
- Taxi Charity attends Beating Retreat at Headley Court
charity's patrons, Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns and Lady Suzie Johns, and the charity's chairman, Gary Today, Beating Retreat is an evening military marching display which marks the lowering of the flag at there was a flypast by a Chinook helicopter and music was provided by the band of her Majesty’s Royal Marines
























