Caiptain Sir Thomas Moore | |
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Born | Thomas Moore 30 Apryle 1920 Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, Ingland |
Dee'd | 2 Februar 2021 | (aged 100)
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Hauf-marrae(s) | Pamela Moore (m. 1968; d. 2006) |
Bairns | 2 |
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Years o service | 1939–1946 |
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Tom's Walk for the NHS (JustGiving) |
Sir Thomas Moore (30 Aprile 1920 – 2 Februar 2021), informally cried Captain Tom, was an umwhile Breetish Airmy officer kent for his philanthropic werk. Moore wis in Indie an the Burma campaign durin the Seicont Warld War. He later became an instructor in airmoured warfare.
Efter the war, he haed thrift as managin director o a concrete company an wis a motorcycle racer. He wis born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire.[1][2]
On 6 Apryle 2020, at the age o 99, he began tae walk aroond his gairden tae raise siller for NHS Charities Together durin the COVID-19 pandemic, wi the goal o raisin £1,000 bi his hundert birthday. Bi 27 Aprile he haed raised ower £29 million.
He co-recordit a kiver version o the sang "You'll Never Walk Alone", which topped the UK muisic chairts an made him the auldest body in history tae hae a nummer ane single.[3]
On 6 Julie 2020 he wis knichtit bi Queen Elizabeth II.[4]
In Januar 2021 he wis hospitalised wi COVID-19. He deed on 2 Februar at the age o 100 year.