Dukes Regimental Association make special presentation to Captain Tom Moore ahead of his 100th birthday

By Tom Scargill
Published 29th Apr 2020, 14:34 BST
Updated 29th Apr 2020, 14:45 BST
British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses doing a lap of his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, 50 miles north of London, on April 16, 2020. - A 99-year-old British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore on April 16 completed 100 laps of his garden in a fundraising challenge for healthcare staff that has "captured the heart of the nation", raising more than £13 million ($16.2 million, 14.9 million euros). "Incredible and now words fail me," Captain Moore said, after finishing the laps of his 25-metre (82-foot) garden with his walking frame. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses doing a lap of his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, 50 miles north of London, on April 16, 2020. - A 99-year-old British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore on April 16 completed 100 laps of his garden in a fundraising challenge for healthcare staff that has "captured the heart of the nation", raising more than £13 million ($16.2 million, 14.9 million euros). "Incredible and now words fail me," Captain Moore said, after finishing the laps of his 25-metre (82-foot) garden with his walking frame. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses doing a lap of his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, 50 miles north of London, on April 16, 2020. - A 99-year-old British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore on April 16 completed 100 laps of his garden in a fundraising challenge for healthcare staff that has "captured the heart of the nation", raising more than £13 million ($16.2 million, 14.9 million euros). "Incredible and now words fail me," Captain Moore said, after finishing the laps of his 25-metre (82-foot) garden with his walking frame. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment’s Regimental Association has made a special presentation to Captain Tom Moore ahead of his 100th birthday.

Capt Moore, a former member of the Dukes, has raised £29m for the NHS by walking 100 laps around his garden.

With the agreement of his family, the association sent a small party to make a presentation, which consisted of Major David Harrap, Major Simon Morgan and Captain John Hogg (carrying the Regimental Standard) and the CO of 1YORKS (Lt Col Badger Miller).

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The gifts that were presented included a Regimental Tercentenary statuette, a cake with the Regimental crest and colours, which had been specially made by Betty’s of Harrogate, some Timothy Taylors beer, letters of congratulation from various VIPs including SACEUR (NATO: Supreme Allied Commander Europe), an offer of lifetime membership of the Army & Navy Club, and the WW2 Defence Medal, which for some reason Capt Moore seemed not to have, said the association.

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