World War II-era Plane Fly-past Honours Captain Tom Moore at Funeral
Soldiers performed ceremonial duties at the service for the 100-year-old Moore, whose charity walk raised almost 33 million pounds.
A World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain’s health workers by walking laps in his backyard. Soldiers performed ceremonial duties at the service for the 100-year-old Moore, whose charity walk inspired the nation and raised almost 33 million pounds (USD 46 million.) Captain Tom, as he became known, died February 2 in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
The private service was small, attended by just eight members of the veteran’s immediate family. But soldiers carried his coffin, draped in the Union flag, from the hearse to a crematorium and formed a ceremonial guard. Others performed a gun salute, before a C-47 Dakota military jet flew past.
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"Daddy, you always told us Best foot forward’ and true to your word, that’s what you did last year," Moore’s daughter, Lucy Teixeira, said at the service.
“I know you will be watching us chuckling, saying Don’t be too sad as something has to get you in the end.’" A version of the song Smile," recorded for the funeral by singer Michael Bubl, was played, as well as My Way by Frank Sinatra, as requested by Moore. A bugler sounded The Last Post to close the service.
But his quest went viral, catching the imagination of millions stuck at home during the first wave of the pandemic. His positive attitude – Please remember, tomorrow will be a good day became his trademark phrase – inspired the nation at a time of crisis. Prime Minister Boris Johnson described him as a hero in the truest sense of the word." He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in July in a socially distanced ceremony at Windsor Castle, west of London.
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