Captain Tom Moore information

Captain

Sir Tom Moore
Captain; Sir Tom Moore
	Moore during the period of his 2020 fundraiser
Birth name	Thomas Moore
Born	30 April 1920; Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	2 February 2021 (aged 100); Bedford, England
Awards	Pride of Britain; York Medal; Knight Bachelor;
Alma mater	Keighley Grammar School
Spouse(s)	; Billie (m. 1949, annulled) ; Pamela (m. 1968; died 2006)
Children	2
Website	captaintom.org
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1940–1946
Rank	Captain; Honorary Colonel, Army Foundation College (from 2020);
Unit	Duke of Wellington's Regiment; 145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 146th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps;
Battles/wars	Second World War Burma campaign; ;

Captain Sir Thomas Moore (30 April 1920 – 2 February 2021), more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made international headlines in April 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic. He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. After the war, he worked as managing director of a concrete company and was an avid motorcycle racer.

On 6 April 2020, at the age of 99 during the first COVID-19 national lockdown, Moore began to walk 100 lengths of his garden in aid of NHS Charities Together, with the goal of raising £1,000 by his 100th birthday on 30 April. In the 24-day course of his fundraising, he made many media appearances and became a household name in the UK, earning a number of accolades and attracting over 1.5 million individual donations.

In recognition of his efforts, he received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award at the 2020 ceremony. He performed in a cover version of the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" sung by Michael Ball, with proceeds going to the same charity. The single topped the UK Singles Chart, making him the oldest person to achieve a UK number one.

On the morning of Moore's 100th birthday, the total raised by his walk passed £30 million, and by the time the campaign closed at the end of that day had increased to over £32.79 million (worth almost £39 million with expected tax rebates). His birthday was marked in a number of ways, including flypasts by the Royal Air Force and the British Army. He received over 150,000 cards, and was appointed as honorary colonel of the Army Foundation College. On 17 July 2020, he was personally knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. He died in 2021 aged 100, at Bedford Hospital, where he was taken after being treated for pneumonia and then testing positive for COVID-19.

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