Queen Elizabeth confers knighthood on 100-year-old fundraiser captain Tom Moore

Queen Elizabeth II on July 17 conferred Hour of Knighthood on Captain Tom Moore, a World War II veteran, who in April this year embarked on 100 laps of his garden with aim to raise £1,000 for National Health Service (NHS) Charities Toger. 100-year-old war veteran has w raised over £32 million for NHS. 96-year-old Queen used her far's knighting sword to dub Sir Tom Moore on both shoulders at an Investiture at Windsor Castle on Friday, where she also awarded him with his insignia of Knight Bachelor.

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It was anunced in May that Tom Moore will be awarded a knighthood after a special mination from United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said centenarian had provided country with "a beacon of light through fog of coronavirus." Johnson personally recommended to Queen Elizabeth that Moore should be exceptionally hored, according to official press release. Colonel Tom's fantastic fundraising broke records, inspired whole country, and provided us all with a beacon of light through fog of coronavirus, said Johnson in release.

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Horary colonel

100-year-old National hero was promoted to 'horary colonel' on eve of his birthday in April this year. As an horary colonel, his official title is 'Captain Sir Thomas Moore' under UK's Ministry of Defence protocol. 100th birthday of Captain Tom Moore marked with, an RAF flypast. veteran received almost 140,000 birthday cards from his fans that were kept in sports hall of a local school. Queen too sent out a personalised birthday greeting card to captain and congratulated him for his charity work.

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