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LONDON, Feb 27 — Britain bid farewell today to Captain Tom Moore with a nationally televised funeral for the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic. Soldiers formed a guard of honour at the small ceremony held by Moore’s...

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Members of the Armed Forces attend the funeral of Captain Sir Tom Moore at Bedford Crematorium, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Bedford, Britain February 27, 2021. — Reuters picLONDON, Feb 27 — Britain bid farewell today to Captain Tom Moore with a nationally televised funeral for the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic.

Six soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment, the successor to the one Moore served in during World War II, carried his coffin, draped with the Union Jack and his military cap and sword as 14 soldiers gave a firing salute.Moore died on February 2 after being treated for pneumonia and testing positive for Covid-19.

The image of the stooped but dapper veteran, leaning on his walking frame and rarely seen without shining military service medals pinned to his blazer, and a regimental tie, was a rare good news story in a gloomy year.His death was marked by a nationwide clap with Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking part and MPs bowing their heads in parliament.

Only his two daughters Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira, four grandchildren and his sons-in-law attended.a charity single that he recorded with Michael Ball, was played at the start of the ceremony.

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