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Tom Moore
Captain Sir Thomas Moore, 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 a…
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Born 30 April 1920 · Died 2 February 2021 · Q90561312
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2026· 5 entries
“It is just the most sensational day, of all of the things Tom”
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“In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”
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“was in a bad mood about comics”
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“I mean, Guy Fawkes, who the ‘V for Vendetta’ mask is based upon – that wasn’t a mask, that was his face,”
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2021· 4 entries
Published video “Announcement of Captain Tom Day”.
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Published video “Captain Tom 100 - A message for schools from Hannah Ingram-Moore”.
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Published video “Captain Tom 100 - Do it your way!”.
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Died 2021-02-02.
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2020· 14 entries
Published video “A message of thanks from Captain Sir Tom and family”.
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Published video “The Captain Tom Foundation Launch Day, September 2020”.
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Published video “Introducing The Captain Tom Foundation, inspiring hope where it is needed most. www.captaintom.org”.
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Won Defence Medal (2020).
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Awarded Pride of Britain Awards (2020).
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Won Yorkshire Regiment Medal (2020).
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Awarded Point of Light (2020).
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Awarded Blue Peter badge (2020).
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Awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award (2020).
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Published video “Russian veteran supports Captain Tom”.
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Published video “Great Western Rail Tribute to Captain Tom Moore”.
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Published video “Captain Tom Moore Tribute by Sky Sports Cricket”.
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Published video “Happy 100th Birthday Captain Tom Moore from Formula 1 Management Team”.
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Reported claimRated Incorrect. Money raised by Captain Tom is going towards the Covid-19 appeal run by NHS Charities Together, which distributes money to charities across all four UK nations. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Money raised by Captain Tom Moore is only going to the NHS in England.” Incorrect. Money raised by Captain Tom is going towards the Covid-19 appeal run by NHS Charities Together, which distributes money to charities across all four UK nations..
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2018· 1 entry
Received treatment from the NHS, for a broken hip, broken rib, punctured lung and other serious injuries, following a fall
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1983· 1 entry
With the assistance of local Member of Parliament Clement Freud, who also became an investor in the renamed March Concrete Products Ltd
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1960· 1 entry
Took a job as a travelling salesman for a roofing materials company called Nuralite in Gravesend, Kent
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1949· 1 entry
Moore first married in 1949 a woman who was known as "Billie".
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-04-30.
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