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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 .
- 1940–1946
Feb 12, 2024 · Capt Sir Tom died in February 2021 aged 100, with coronavirus. He had become ill not long after his family took him on holiday to Barbados in December 2020 after British Airways paid for his...
The charity set up in the name of the late fundraiser is facing a statutory inquiry over its finances and governance. His daughter is involved in a local planning row and has been accused of profiting from his name.
Feb 2, 2021 · The BBC pays tribute to the war veteran who raised £32m for health charities by walking 100 lengths of his garden at 99. Learn about his life, from his childhood in Yorkshire to his service in Burma and his marriage to Pamela.
Feb 2, 2021 · Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran whose efforts to raise millions for the UK’s National Health Service made him a universally adored icon during the first wave of the Covid-19...
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Feb 2, 2021 · 2 February 2021. A look back at Captain Sir Tom Moore's life. Captain Sir Tom Moore has died with coronavirus. The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking laps...
Apr 17, 2020 · Rebecca Osborne. By Hazel Shearing. BBC News. There was an unmistakable sense of conviction in Tom Moore's voice as he addressed the camera after completing his walk. "To all those people who...