Captain Sir Tom Moore's life to be celebrated with public event in April

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The Second World War veteran’s loved ones have asked the public to save the date of April 30 – what would have been Sir Tom’s 101st birthday

The family announced the celebration of the veteran’s life will take place in the spring

. In a statement posted on Sir Tom’s official Twitter account, Hannah said: ‘I would like to say an enormous thank you for the continuing support and compassion we’ve been shown over the last few weeks. It is helping us through a very difficult period.‘On Saturday we were able to give my father a fitting send-off adhering to his wishes in every way. We played music he loved, spoke words that filled us with joy and the addition of full military honours would have had him bursting with pride.

Hannah said it was ‘deeply moving’ to read how her father helped others through the pandemic in tribute messages left onJust hours after sharing the link to the Kudoboard, the page was flooded with touching messages from hundreds calling Sir Tom a ‘true legend’, an ‘absolute hero’ and ‘a real inspiration to all generations in a troubled year’.

 

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