On 31 December 2020, Bill Lawson celebrated his 100th birthday but not quite in the way he might have planned, due to pandemic restrictions.
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On 31 December 2020, Bill Lawson celebrated his 100th birthday but not quite in the way he might have planned, due to pandemic restrictions.
Read moreWith all the usual Taxi Charity events, including the visits to Normandy, The Netherlands and Worthing having to be cancelled, it has been a very difficult year for veterans not being able to come together to socialise and mark important anniversaries like D Day, VE Day and VJ day.
Read moreThe Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was saddened to hear of the death of one of the veterans they have supported 101-year-old, WWII veteran Hector Hugh MacDonald Duff.
Read moreOn 2 December, veterans, cabbies and volunteers from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans joined family and friends for the cremation of WWII veteran Fred Glover, 94, at Downs Crematorium in Brighton.
Read moreOn Wednesday 28 October, The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to be asked by The Royal British Legion to take WWII veteran Frank Ashleigh to the socially distanced Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
Read moreFred Glover was called up during WWII and after his training volunteered for the Parachute Regiment and was posted to 9 Battalion.
Read moreThe Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has been talking to their veterans about how they will mark Remembrance Sunday this year as the usual events in London are dramatically scaled back as we go back into lockdown.
Read moreVolunteer London licenced taxi drivers took three WWII veterans to the Sun Inn in Faversham to support the launch of the Kent Community Foundation Knock and Check Campaign which asks the community to look out for their elderly neighbours this winter
Read moreEvery November for over thirty years Alec Borrie, 96, from Slade Green has attended the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, sadly this year will be very different.
Read moreThe Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would usually be in The Netherlands each September with a group of veterans for the annual Wandeltocht in Oosterbeek, where over 30,000 walk a selection of routes, to remember the Battle of Arnhem, in 1944, when over 1,700 British and Polish soldiers and airmen lost their lives.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here