Queen Elizabeth knights 100-year-old WWii veteran for “Captain Tom” for raising 33 million pounds for National Health Service
2020-07-20
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Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognizing the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of Britain during the gloom of the novel coronavirus outbreak by raising millions of pounds for health workers.
The Second World War veteran raised a record sum of 33 million pounds ($56.2 million Cdn) by walking 100 laps of his garden