Arise Sir Tom Moore: Queen Elizabeth knights 100-year-old fundraising captain

The World War Two veteran raised a record sum of 33 million pounds ($41 million) by walking 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in April in the run-up to his birthday. The queen honoured Moore at an investiture at Windsor Castle, using her knighting sword.

Queen Elizabeth II knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognizing the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of the nation during the gloom of the novel coronavirus outbreak by raising over $40 million for health workers. The World War Two veteran raised a record sum of 33 million pounds ($41 million) by walking 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in April in the run-up to his birthday.

The queen honored Moore at an investiture at Windsor Castle, using her knighting sword. Showing self-deprecating humor, the Yorkshireman become a symbol of British endurance in the face of the adversity of the coronavirus crisis.

Moore, who served in India, Burma, and Sumatra during World War Two, quipped earlier this year that having a knighthood would be funny because he would be Sir Thomas Moore - a reference to the Tudor statesman Sir Thomas More.

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