Oosterbeek Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery

Les Hammond, Mervyn Kersh and Don Turell
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London Taxi Drivers Take Veterans To The Netherlands

September 21, 2023 | in Annual trip, Arnhem, Cab drivers, Cabbies, champion, Charity, Elderly, Event, London, Operation Market Garden, Support, Taxi, The Netherlands, The Taxi Charity For Military Veterans, veteran, Veterans, Visit, volunteers, WWII

On 14 September, four London cab drivers who volunteer for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans travelled to the Netherlands for the annual Operation Market Garden Commemorations. Every year the anniversary of Operation Market Garden, which took place between the 17 and 27 September 1944, is commemorated with a series of events in the Arnhem…

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WWII Veteran Ray Whitwell at the Oosterbeek Cemetray
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103-Year-Old WWII Veteran Commemorates Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands

September 22, 2022 | in Annual trip, Arnhem, Cab drivers, Cabbies, Celebration, champion, Charity, Dad, Elderly, Event, Father, Hero, Taxi, The Netherlands, The Taxi Charity For Military Veterans, veteran, Veterans, volunteers, WWII, Yorkshire

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…

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