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Queen Elizabeth confers the Honour of Knighthood on Captain Tom Moore at an investiture at Windsor Castle – and Sir Tom with proud family members after the ceremony. Photos courtesy The Royal Family.

Captain Tom formally invested by the Queen

19/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3187 Views 0 Comments

Captain Sir Thomas Moore’s knighthood is now formal after a ceremonial sword-on-shoulder investiture by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on 17 July.

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Captain Tom to be knighted

20/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3760 Views 0 Comments

Just six weeks after setting a goal to raise £1000 for the National Health Service, news that Captain Tom Moore is to be knighted for service to his country

Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux Dr Patrick Simon (left) at a headstone rededication for an Australian soldier of WWI at Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre.

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RIP Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux, ANZAC friend

14/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2591 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Australia lost a true friend with the passing of Dr Patrick Simon AO in France, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester said in a statement today.

Four British Army Apache attack helicopters operated from Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk. Photo by Richie Willis, copyright British Ministry of Defence.

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British Army establishes 1st Aviation Brigade

07/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4468 Views 0 Comments

In April 2020, the first ever aviation brigade in the British Army was formed, bringing with it a new structure, new doctrine and brand-new way of fighting.

World of Warships naval review for VE Day 75th anniversary

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VE Day 75th Anniversary (virtual) Naval Review

04/05/202012/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3522 Views 0 Comments

World of Warships is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe with the first-ever online live-streamed navy parade.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Miller salutes Colonel Tom Moore on the occasion of his 100th birthday and his promotion. Photo by Corporal Robert Weideman, UK Ministry of Defence.

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British Army’s birthday wishes for Colonel Tom Moore

30/04/202030/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3295 Views 0 Comments

Birthday greetings flooded in for former captain Tom Moore today as he turned 100 years young – and was promoted to colonel.

Colonel Tom Moore talks to Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Miller while holding The Yorkshire Regiment Medal, re-presented as a birthday gift from the British Army after he lost the original. Photo by Corporal Robert Weideman, UK Ministry of Defence.

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Former Captain Tom Moore promoted on his birthday

30/04/202005/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5348 Views 0 Comments

World famous walkathon fundraiser and now former-captain Tom Moore has been promoted to the rank of colonel on his 100th Birthday.

Captain Tom Moore and his singing partner – and favourite singer – Michael Ball show off their Number One charts award after their cover of You'll Never Walk Alone debuted at Number 1. Photo courtesy Official Charts web site.

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Captain Tom making and breaking records

28/04/202028/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2862 Views 0 Comments

Captain Tom Moore, 99 year old World War 2 veteran and walkathon legend, has officially set two very significant records before his 100th birthday.

Captain Arthur Harold Appleby and an extract from his service record.

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Another WWI Aussie’s remains formally identified

24/04/202024/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3752 Views 0 Comments

Army has identified a WWI remains as Captain Arthur Harold Appleby, providing his family with confirmation of his final resting place.

The Wellington Infantry Battalion preparing to board a troopship in October 1914. Few survived Gallipoli unscathed. By late September 1915 the battalion had experienced an attrition rate of more than 170 per cent. Alexander Turnbull Library, PA1-f-022-6-1

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NZ officially doubles Kiwi headcount for Gallipoli

24/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2713 Views 0 Comments

Two New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) historians have published an e-book confirming that the number of New Zealand soldiers who

Captain Tom finishes the 100 laps of his garden he initially set out to achieve, but vowed to walk on as long as people kept donating. Photo by by Emma Sohl – Capture The Light Photography.

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‘Bowie’ tribute to Captain Tom as he passes $50million

23/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3561 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A Scottish pantomime singer has recorded a tribute to Captain Tom Moore – the 99-year-old British walk-a-thon fundraiser.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment form an honour guard for Captain Tom Moore as he races towards what was supposed to be the finish line in an epic fundraising effort. Photo by Frances Haycock, UK MoD.

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Captain Tom Moore races past charity goals

17/04/202017/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3357 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

WWII vet Captain Tom Moore, walking to raise funds for the British National Health Service, is more than 17,000,000% past his initial fundraising goal.

A British Army engineer works on fixings at the NHS Nightingale hospital in London's Docklands. UK MoD photo.

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British Army building 4000-bed Nightingale hospital in London

29/03/202029/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2857 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

British Army engineers are working with NHS staff to turn a conference centre in London into a 4000-bed hospital to treat Coronavirus patients.

A cadets from the Irish Army's 96th Cadet Class in training with the National Health Service to conduct 'contact tracing' as Ireland combats the corona virus. Óglaigh na hÉireann photo.

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Irish Defence Forces suspend all non-essential activities

14/03/202014/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3986 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Irish Defence Forces have cancelled all non-essential activities in preparing to assist the civil authority in the fight against COVID-19.

An Apache helicopter from 656 Squadron, 4 Regiment Army Air Corps, on exercise within the Arctic Circle. British Army photo.

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UK Apaches launch Arctic Hellfire

29/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4427 Views 0 Comments

British Army’s Apache attack helicopters have fired Hellfire missiles inside the Arctic Circle for the first time to prepare for extreme-cold exercising.