◆We Surprised Captain Tom Moore with a Pride of Britain Award! | Good Morning Britain
【ロンドン時事】より：
英国の退役軍人の９９歳男性が歌った医療従事者への応援歌が、英音楽シングルチャートで週間首位を獲得した。
史上最高齢の記録を大幅に更新し、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大が続く英国の「希望の象徴」となっている。
男性は中部ベドフォードシャー州のトム・ムーアさん。売り上げは全額を国営医療機関「国民保健サービス（ＮＨＳ）」に寄付する。
曲はサッカーの応援歌として知られる「ユール・ネヴァー・ウォーク・アローン」のカバーで、英ミュージカル歌手らと共に歌った。約８万２０００ダウンロードを記録し、初登場でトップの快挙を成し遂げた。
ムーアさんはツイッターで「１位？ 本当に？」と驚きを隠さなかった。これまでの最高齢は６８歳だったという。
ムーアさんはこれとは別に、医療従事者向けの募金活動として、今月３０日の１００歳の誕生日までに歩行器を使って自宅の庭を１００往復する「挑戦」を掲げ、これまでに２８００万ポンド（約３７億円）以上を集めた。
募金額は２４日、チャリティーウォークのギネス世界記録に認定された。
Thomas Moore (born 30 April 1920), known as Captain Tom, is a former British Army officer known for his philanthropic work.
Moore enlisted in the 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (8 DWR) at the beginning of the Second World War, stationed in Cornwall.He was selected for officer training in 1940,and attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a second lieutenant on 28 June 1941.
On 22 October 1941, Moore became a member of the Royal Armoured Corps. This was because his battalion, the 8 DWR, became an armoured unit designated as the 145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. Later, he was transferred to the 9th Battalion (9 DWR) in India, which had also been redesignated as the 146th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. He was initially posted to Bombay and subsequently to Calcutta. His regiment were equipped with M3 Lee tanks and participated in the Battle of Ramree Island.He was promoted to war-substantive lieutenant on 1 October 1942 and to temporary captain on 11 October 1944.
He served in Arakan in western Myanmar (known at the time as Burma) and afterward in Sumatra after the Japanese surrender,by which time he had risen to the rank of captain.On his return to Britain, he served as an instructor at the Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in Bovington, Dorset
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