244 results found for "netherlands"
- WWII veteran Ron Johnson celebrates his 100th birthday
Frans Ammerlaan, treasurer of the Market Garden Foundation, said: "The Netherlands based Market Garden Richard Piso, Dutch Military and Air Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said: "A 100th milestone; however, we should remember it in conjunction with your contribution to the liberation of the Netherlands As you celebrate your birthday, we will ensure that everyone in the Netherlands is remembering and respecting
- Ron Johnson says thank you to the Dutch people on his 100th birthday
Ron Johnson, took time out from his 100th birthday celebrations to say thank you to the people of the Netherlands
- Walking better and standing taller, TAXI
with volunteer Brian Heffernan regarding the recent Taxi Charity for Military Veterans’ visit to The Netherlands Tell us about your weekend with the Taxi Charity in the Netherlands... Frans is our man on the ground in the Netherlands and helps the charity coordinate their visits. Brian: We are back to the Netherlands at the end of March to see if travelling on the Eurostar might
- 2024: A year in review by Taxi Charity chairman, Colin Mills
Dutch Liberation In May, we took a group of veterans to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation. Gallagher, who raised an incredible £135,000 to allow us to take even more veterans to Normandy and the Netherlands
- Fundraiser Malcolm to parachute into Ranville in honour of Signalman Danny Lyons
and he wants to ensure that all those veterans wishing to make the journey back to Normandy or the Netherlands
- Happy 100th birthday, Alec! TAXI
guy and in May I was happy to drive him and his two daughters, Sue Hall and Anne Bennett, over to the Netherlands He was in 181 Field Ambulance and was a medic in Africa and Italy before being sent to the Netherlands What were your highlights of the trip to the Netherlands?
- French students meet up with WWII veteran in London
At Operation Market Garden, his unit advanced through Belgium and into the Netherlands. Harry served in France, Belgium and the Netherlands and was awarded the Belgium Croix de Guerre with
- WWII veteran Roy Maxwell celebrates his 100th birthday
such a popular member of the Taxi Charity family and he has been with us on trips to Normandy and the Netherlands Roy Maxwell with Lieutenant Colonel Richard Piso, Military Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- A 100-year-old veteran and a young entrepreneur raise over £250,000 for the Taxi Charity
Taxi Charity’s efforts to take veterans on key commemorative trips throughout 2025, including to the Netherlands
- VJ Day 75 event for veterans, TAXI
had a very disappointing few months; unable to go on the charity’s annual visits to Normandy or The Netherlands
- Rest in peace Wilf Oldham MBE
year, two Taxi Charity volunteers recorded an interview with Wilf and a message for the people of the Netherlands (Watch Wilf at 8m33) Frans Ammerlaan, from The Market Garden Foundation in The Netherlands, said: "Wilf
- Chairman, Ian Parsons, discusses all things Taxi Charity before stepping down this autumn, TAXI
have played a major role at several landmark military anniversaries across the UK, as well as in The Netherlands of cards – those we created and those we received from a multitude of supporters in Normandy and The Netherlands I’ve been going to the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity since 2014, and I never cease to be amazed by
- Taxi Charity receives £18,000 funding from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
anniversary events, including social occasions in the UK as well as trips to Normandy, Belgium and the Netherlands
- Standard saves the day after showing support for 97-year-old veteran caught up in passport crisis
He can now join other veterans travelling in a fleet of black cabs to the Netherlands on a ferry on Monday
- "The Taxi Charity really looks after us" - Jeffrey Haward MM
They take us on all sorts of trips, including France and the Netherlands. It’s lovely.
- WWII veteran, Peter Smoothy, celebrates his 100th birthday
Peter has been part of the Taxi Charity family for many years, joining us on trips to the Netherlands
- The Taxi Charity reflects on the past 12 months
The Taxi Charity was with a group of veterans in Oosterbeek in the Netherlands in March 2020 for the Dick Goodwin, vice president, Taxi Charity, said: "When we said our farewells to our friends in the Netherlands to mark D-Day in Normandy in June and to mark the Dutch Liberation and the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands involved in Operation Market Garden, died three weeks after returning home from our shortened trip to the Netherlands
- In Memoriam: Farewell to Maraine Seal
last April, were staunch supporters of the Taxi Charity and both joined us on our 2012 trip to the Netherlands
- Tribute to WWII veteran Bill Lawson by Jennie Florey
He was not able to come on our most recent trip to the Netherlands for the liberation commemorations,
- The Taxi Charity is celebrating its 75th anniversary, TAXI
It would have been beyond anyone’s imaginings that drivers would be taking veterans abroad to the Netherlands


























