A deeply moving visit to the International Bomber Command Centre saw WWII veteran Robbie Hall pay tribute to her past, accompanied by volunteers from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. The International Bomber Command Centre is a world-class facility dedicated to recognition, remembrance and reconciliation. Home to the most comprehensive record of Bomber Command in…
On Monday 13th April, Keely Allen, a Trustee for both Corringham Athletic Football Club and the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, laid two footballs during a very special visit to the Christmas Day Truce Memorial in Belgium. Keely, who heads up fundraising for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, was honoured to attend the memorial…
On Saturday 13 December, 102-year-old Second World War veteran Robbie Hall, who served with Bomber Command, realised one of her long-held dreams as she enjoyed a breathtaking glider flight above Cambridge. The unforgettable experience was made possible by the Cambridge Gliding Centre, whom the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans first met at North Weald Airfield…
When 102-year-old WWII veteran Robbie Hall mentioned her wartime fiancé during a Taxi Charity trip, volunteers moved heaven and earth to reunite her with his grave, 81 years after he was killed in action. Robbie, who was christened Queenie, was engaged to RAF Flight Sergeant Frank Arthur Vincent when his Lancaster Bomber suffered a catastrophic…
WWII Veteran Norman Bartlett died on 17 March just one week short of his 99th birthday. Norrie joined the Navy in June 1942, aged 16, the minimum age was 17 so he used the common excuse of the time, that he had forgotten his birth certificate. During WWII, Norrie participated in D Day the Allied…
WWII veteran Reginald Pye, from Burry Port, Carmarthenshire died on 18 February aged 101. Reg or Reggie, as he was fondly known served with the 224 Field Company, Royal Engineers as a driver carrying sappers, mines and ammunitions. Normandy veteran Reg, like all those involved in WWII saw many experiences that would be forever imprinted…
WWII Dunkirk and Market Garden veteran Ray Whitwell died on Wednesday 20 November he was 105. During WWII Raymond ‘Ray’ Whitwell’, war took him from Dunkirk to North Africa and Italy before returning to England to prepare for Operation Market Garden in September 1944. In 2021 Ray shared his story with the Taxi Charity…
Born on 11 November 1924 John King celebrates his 100 birthday on 11 November 2024 – Armistice Day. John joined the Royal Navy in 1943 and was drafted on to HMS Janus which was involved in the bombardments of both coasts of Italy. He was a sight-setter on the warship’s stern gun, manning the range…
100 year old WWII veteran William ‘Bill’ Gladden, who flew into Normandy on D-Day, died at home in Haverhill on 24 April. William ‘Bill’ Gladden was born on the 13 January 1924. His parents were both from Yarmouth in Norfolk, but they raised him in Woolwich; his mother having worked in the Arsenal during the…
Tom Schaffer, from Mill Hill, who was affectionately known as the poster boy of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans died on 16 March, he was 97. Tom was a regular on Taxi Charity trips across the UK and to the Netherlands and Normandy and for over 30 years. After enlisting during the war and…