Captain Tom Moore, a 100-year-old UK fundraising hero, was honored at the funeral

Veteran Moore was greeted by a shot from 14 Yorkshire Regiment soldiers and a passenger on a World War II-era plane.

His coffin with the Union flag was carried by regimental soldiers to Bedford Crematorium in the east of England, passing through empty benches due to coronavirus restrictions. The soldiers left and left their close family for service, to the sound of Moore singing “You’re Never Walk Alone” in a charity single he recorded with Michael Ball.

In line with current coronavirus restrictions, the funeral was attended by his immediate family: two daughters, Lucy Teixeira and Hannah Ingram-Moore, four grandchildren and their sons-in-law.

“Dad, I’m very proud of you,” Teixeira said, “What you’ve achieved all your life and especially over the last year. Maybe you’re gone but your message and your spirit continue.”

Lucy said her father would watch them at the funeral and laughed “saying” don’t be too sad because something has to attract you in the end. “

Alfie Boe’s performance of “I Vow To Thee My Country” and “The White Cliffs Of Dover” by Dame Vera Lynn were performed at the moving ceremony.

Once Covid-19’s restrictions allow, the family will intern Moore’s ashes in Yorkshire, where he will rest with his parents and grandparents in the Moore family’s plot.

He died at the hospital on February 2 after testing positive for Covid-19.

Affectionately known as Captain Tom, Moore raised nearly 33 million pounds ($ 45 million) by walking around his garden last year. His exploits united a frozen country and made him an unlikely celebrity at the end of his life, earning him a military promotion, a knight of Queen Elizabeth II, and a number one single.

Moore’s fundraising efforts will long be associated with the collapse of the UK at the close of last spring and his death made him one of the most profiled victims of a virus that has killed the lives of more than 120,000 Britons.