this year’s National Lottery Awards and is appealing to other service charities to help them get as many

Association For War Disabled - to transport war heroes to the battle fields of Belgium (on Tues 10 May Honorary Chairman Gary Belsey added: "This is a pilgrimage to honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in WWI; many of our forefathers and family ancestors have marked their place in history. Trip Itinerary Tues 10 May 7am - Pick ups from across London 11.10am Ferry from Dover Mid-pm Arrival Weds 11 May Late breakfast and drive to Passchendaele Museum.

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

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

The veterans, including many who took part in the liberation of The Netherlands, attended the National

Almost 400 former servicemen and Chelsea Pensioners – many displaying their medals – stopped off in the

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

Graham started out by driving the veterans, some in wheelchairs, to the many functions the charity organises

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

In celebration of Burns Night, here is a recording of 92 year old veteran Joe Hoadley performing the Scottish folk song, ‘The Scottish Soldier’ on his harmonica, at a music night organised on behalf of the Taxi https://soundcloud.com/user-273524845-102637931/the-scottish-soldier Source: Veterans Road Trip #JoeHoadley

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

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

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

The Taxi Charity relies on black cab drivers to provide their taxis and time for free, as many recently

Members of the Taxi Charity committee and many of our veterans attended the unveiling of a memorial to

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.

British Legion, I would like to thank you and all your colleagues for providing the transportation of many

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.

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

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