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Thanks to a campaign, launched in June by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans to find the young girl Reg had shared his food with in Normandy in 1944 they have finally been reunited. Reg Pye, 99 from Burry Port, served with the 224 Field Company, Royal Engineers as a driver carrying sappers, mines and…

On Remembrance Sunday kind hearted London cab drivers will give up their time to drive veterans around London. On 13 November, hundreds of London Cab drivers will volunteer their time to support the  free Poppy Cabs Service which  transports veterans around the Capital to attend services at The Cenotaph and participate in the Remembrance Sunday…

On 23 October Taxi Charity volunteers were delighted to attend the dedication and unveiling of a Desert Rats monument at the National Memorial Arboretum. The Taxi Charity was delighted to accept an invitation from Lt Col S P Copley-Smith, Chair of the Desert Rats Association   to attend the dedication and unveiling of  a powerful…

WWII veteran John Clarke MBE, from Ware in Hertfordshire died on Wednesday 5 October aged 98. Born 19 April 1924, John was just 17 when he volunteered for the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment. When he was old enough to go to war he travelled widely fighting in  North Africa, Italy and Greece. In Italy,…

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take 103-year-old Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell to the Netherlands for the Operation Market Garden Commemorations. WWII Veteran Ray Whitwell who served with the Royal Army Service Corps Ray flew over to The Netherlands in a Glider carrying a jeep and a trailer packed with ammunition and…

London Cab Drivers, Taxi Charity volunteers and WWII veterans joined the thousands at the annual Airborne March in Oosterbeek. On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought  seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands joined the estimated 32,000 other participants to walk  a 15km section of the…

On 3 September the charity Diagrama Fostering hosted a picnic at the Purley Scouts Hall in South Croydon for their foster children and carers. On 3 September the charity Diagrama Fostering held a Superhero family fun day and picnic for their foster carers, foster children and their families. The event was attended by over  100…

Malcolm Dean, 76, from Downton near Salisbury has raised £3,700 for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to receive a donation of £3,700 from Malcolm Dean who this summer made his first parachute jump in France.     Malcom Dean, 76,  from Downton near Salisbury has been…

When WWII Veteran Bill Gladden heard that one year old terrier Cody was having a difficult time finding a new home, he offered to help the RSPCA by painting a portrait of the little dog. WWII Veteran Bill Gladden from Haverhill in Suffolk has always loved painting animals and when he heard about Cody, a…

On Thursday 28 July Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, from Odiham, Hampshire, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died at home with his family at his bedside. Born on 30 July 1926, Alfred ‘Fred’ Lee lived in Odiham, Hampshire.  He married Joyce in 1947 and they had three children Kevin, Karen, and Katrina.…