Captain Tom is to be awarded a knighthood.

Congratulations Sir. Very well deserved.

@neilarini said
Captain Tom is to be awarded a knighthood.

Congratulations Sir. Very well deserved.

I’m busy walking around my garden...

So far I’ve managed to raise a slight sweat.

Arise Captain Sir Tom Moore...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53442746

Absolutely brilliant, and of course he didn’t have to kneel!

@divegeester said
Arise Captain Sir Tom Moore...

@wolfgang59 said
Colonel Sir Tom!!!

@divegeester said
Arise Captain Sir Tom Moore...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53442746

Absolutely brilliant, and of course he didn’t have to kneel!

@divegeester said
You’ve promoted him!

@wolfgang59 said
I thought he was made an honourary colonel by his old regiment?

@divegeester said
I didn’t hear that myself. If he was then the press are not acknowledging it.

He was appointed the first Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation College
in Harrogate, Yorkshire, a training centre for soldiers under 18, on his 100th
birthday. When acting in that capacity, he will be addressed as "Colonel Tom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Tom