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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.

Former Captain Tom Moore promoted on his birthday

30/04/202005/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4597 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.

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 3256 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.

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.

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Captain Tom formally invested by the Queen

19/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3037 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 3641 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