On Friday 6 September, veterans and volunteers from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans gathered at the Ambassador’s Residence in The Hague for a reception, at which UK Ambassador to the Netherlands Joanna Roper CMG presented Taxi Charity Dutch Adviser Frans Ammerlaan with an honorary MBE. His Majesty King Charles III awarded an honorary MBE…
The Taxi Charity was saddened to learn that 101-year-old WWII Veteran Wilf Oldham MBE has died. Wilfred Edward Oldham MBE, from Radcliffe, near Bury was born in 1920 and had two daughters three grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was honoured with an MBE in 2020 for services to commemorations and UK/Dutch relations in…
Ron Johnson from Shrivenham, Swindon, will be celebrating his 100th birthday on 9 October with a party. Ron was born on 9 October 1921 when King George V was on the throne and David Lloyd George was Prime Minister. A glider pilot during WWII, Ron was held in reserve on D Day, and his first…