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Queen Elizabeth to knight 100-year-old veteran who raised millions for COVID-19 response | CBC News

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Jul 17, 2020
Queen Elizabeth to knight 100-year-old veteran who raised millions for COVID-19 response | CBC News

Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who became a national hero in Britain by raising millions of pounds for health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, will become “Sir Tom” on Friday when he is knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, seen here in this April 2020 photograph, is to be knighted by the Queen today in a special outdoor ceremony at Windsor Castle. (Peter Cziborra/Reuters)

Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who became a national hero in Britain by raising millions of pounds for health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, will become “Sir Tom” on Friday when he is knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

The Second World War veteran raised a record sum of 33 million pounds ($56.2 million Cdn) by walking 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in April in th

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