Captain Tom now Sir Captain Thomas Moore for his record setting National Health Services fundraising

The 100-year-old war veteran raised £32m for NHS charities by completing 100 laps of his garden.

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

A younger and dashing Captain Tom in uniform
Image via @captaintommoore

Captain Tom is now Sir Captain Thomas Moore to honor his record setting fundraising efforts to help out in the battle against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Former British Royal Air Force Captain Tom Moore decided to make good use of his time while quarantined during the COVID-19 by posting a social media pledge campaign challenge to raise money for the United Kingdom’s National Health Service if the then ninety-nine year old World War II veteran wre to complete a hundred laps of his backyard before his hundredth birthday.

He was hoping to raise a thousand pounds (roughly equivalent to US$1,250).

Flying over Captain Tom’s house
Image via the BBC

Instead, things went viral and Captain Tom raised £32,794,701 (over US$41 million) in donations from over a million and a half contributors.

Needless to say, Captain Tom has received all manner of honors, including a flyover over his home by World War vintage British Spitfire fighter planes and now his knighting by Queen Elizabeth II.

How big a deal is this knighting? 

A couple of WWII heroes meeting over another heroic deed
A Chris Jackson image

The Queen has postponed all other knightings given the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then again, both the Queen and now Sir Captain Thomas Moore aren’t getting any younger.

Even so, in time honored British carrying on fashion, the latest British knight still views himself as simply Captain Tom.

Source: Captain Tom awarded knighthood for NHS fundraising

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