Tom Moore, British army officer knighted for charitable work, dies at 100 of coronavirus
Phil Davison
In early April last year, few outside his friends and family had heard the name of Capt. Tom Moore, a former British army officer and World War II veteran approaching his 100th birthday.
By the end of that month, the frail centenarian was described as a “national treasure” by Britons and made headlines around the world after he paced his 82-foot garden patio for days — pushing his walker to raise funds in support of Britain’s state-supported National Health Service (NHS), struggling under the weight of increasing coronavirus patients.