WW2 Veteran Ernie enjoys a birthday lunch with the taxi charity.

On 18 March, three Taxi Charity Volunteers took WWII Royal Navy Veteran Ernie Davis from Hornchurch, out for lunch to celebrate his 97th Birthday.

Volunteers, London Cab Driver Brian Heffernan, Taxi Charity Vice President Dick Goodwin, and charity graphic designer Susy Goodwin took Ernie and fellow WWII veteran John King out for a birthday lunch, complete with a celebratory cake, to The Chequers in Wareside.

Dick Goodwin, Vice President, Taxi Charity said, “During WWII Ernie served on the minesweeper HMS Cotton, and saw action in both the Atlantic and Russian Convoys. On D Day he was in the Channel patrolling for German U Boats.

“Ernie is an important member of the Taxi Charity family and has been on many of our trips across the UK and the continent. In 2018 we flew him to Russia for The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square and in October 2021 we drove him to Portsmouth as a guest of the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre for their benevolent dinner on board HMS Victory in Portsmouth. 

“We are well known for the free trips that we organise for veterans but our support for them also includes events like today when we try to spoil them with small gestures that they are not expecting.”

If you know a veteran who might benefit from becoming part of the Taxi Charity family do contact http://www.taxicharity.org