Veterans To Celebrate Their 100th Birthdays At The Union Jack Club.

Three veterans; will be guests of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans at a lunch on 15 August to celebrate their 100th birthdays

On 15 August, the 74th anniversary of V-J day, three veterans Ray Whitwell, Jeffrey Hayward and Chelsea Pensioner, George Parsons, 

will assemble with a group of heroes for a lunch at the Union Jack Club in London to celebrate their 100th birthdays.

The lunch at 1pm will see a group of veterans celebrate with the birthday boys, who will be joined by 101-year-old, Albert Gardner who served with the Royal Engineers and West African Frontier Force.

Lunch is at 1pm and interviews can be arranged from 12pm

The veterans are mainly resident in London and the South East.

Venue – Union Jack Club, Sandell St, Lambeth, London SE1 8UJ

Ray Whitwell who will be travelling to Arnhem in September with the Taxi Charity lives in North Yorkshire

 

Jeffrey Haward, recipient of the Military Medal is the subject of the book “Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk to D Day”