Captain Tom Moore (ed. RIP)

McBobbin

Rest in peace. What a genuinely decent man

Sillybilly

RIP Sir Tom 

SoundAsa£

Oh Christ.......a more perfect example of an “Old School English Gentleman” you couldn’t ask for.
RIP.......Sir Tom......RIP.

heckington_reds

Will go down in history regarding his efforts during this crap times we are in.
RIP.

charltonbob

Fell ill with pneumonia after returning from a Christmas holiday to Barbados, you have to wonder what his family were thinking of taking him out there. Ok it was something he wanted to do but what a price to pay. RIP Sir Tom

Edit I guess a terrible position to be in, he wanted to go do they deny a 100 year old man a "last wish" ?

hoof_it_up_to_benty

A very decent man who lifted spirits with his efforts during this awful time. RIP

Solidgone

Bless him. Thanks Sir Tom RIP. 

Rudders22

Have had tears during eyes since this news.  What a legend. What a man. What an Inspiration he was and a true gentleman. His positivity kept me gong last  year and that amazing fundraising fr the NHS.  How cruel that he was nearly at deaths door in recent years but it has been covid that has taken him.  There should be a statue for him in Trafalgar Square. I will never forget the words "tomorrow will be a better day", and my glass is never half empty, it is half full".  He has inspired so many people in such a dreadful time. So glad he got to receive a letter from Dame Vera Lynn and a knighthood from the queen, RIP in fell with Vera Lynn, another treasure 

Rob7Lee

RIP, on the 13th anniversary of my mum passing 

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Rob7Lee said:

RIP, on the 13th anniversary of my mum passing 

Difficult day for you. Best wishes.

rananegra

RIP. A decent, ordinary man who did an extraordinary thing. 

stop_shouting

RIP Sir Tom and thank you for raising our spirits.

carly burn

RIP Sir Tom

A shining light in a sea of s**t

Valleysarr

Very sad indeed. 

That trip to Barbados seems a strange one indeed ? 

cblock

RIP Sir Tom, a true national hero.

red10

God bless him, a lovely man. RIP Captain Sir Tom

philcafc

RIP Sir Tom

Carter

Rest in peace Captain Tom 

Huskaris

RIP, what an inspiration, and what a great final year. 

killer kish

RIP Captain Tom
A true hero 

Chris_from_Sidcup

The Barbados trip was a few weeks before christmas so legal as there was no lockdown then.

Can't deny a 100 year old guy the trip of a lifetime. British Airways and the Barbados tourist board paid for him and his family to go as a thank you for his efforts.

North Lower Neil

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

The Barbados trip was a few weeks before christmas so legal as there was no lockdown then.

Can't deny a 100 year old guy the trip of a lifetime. British Airways and the Barbados tourist board paid for him and his family to go as a thank you for his efforts.

And you could argue he was probably just as likely to catch it from a family member picking it up in the UK with our high rates as he was on the trip.

Why not go for it, not many chances left.

Davo55

I never thought I'd be in tears of grief over the passing of a 100 year old man I'd never met. Choked. Perhaps it's because his death is a symbol of all the lives lost that are weighing heavily on all of us.

RIP Captain Tom. An amazing man and an example to everyone.

palarsehater

very sad times atm they wont last forever i hope. 

as others have said a beacon of light in these shitty times. 

McBobbin

charltonbob said:

Fell ill with pneumonia after returning from a Christmas holiday to Barbados, you have to wonder what his family were thinking of taking him out there. Ok it was something he wanted to do but what a price to pay. RIP Sir Tom

Edit I guess a terrible position to be in, he wanted to go do they deny a 100 year old man a "last wish" ?

You know what, I'd like to think that if I was 100 I'd go to Barbados. He wasn't going somewhere with a high virus risk.

charltonbob

McBobbin said:

charltonbob said:

Fell ill with pneumonia after returning from a Christmas holiday to Barbados, you have to wonder what his family were thinking of taking him out there. Ok it was something he wanted to do but what a price to pay. RIP Sir Tom

Edit I guess a terrible position to be in, he wanted to go do they deny a 100 year old man a "last wish" ?

You know what, I'd like to think that if I was 100 I'd go to Barbados. He wasn't going somewhere with a high virus risk.

Apart from an airport & a sealed aircraft.

Yes I hope his family are happy that he was able to enjoy a last holiday rather than thinking going was the result of his passing.

charltonbob

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

The Barbados trip was a few weeks before christmas so legal as there was no lockdown then.

Can't deny a 100 year old guy the trip of a lifetime. British Airways and the Barbados tourist board paid for him and his family to go as a thank you for his efforts.

As I said a terrible decision for his family to have to make. Whether legal or not it's a very high risk to take for somebody of that age in ill health.

cabbles

6pm clap for him tonight 

LargeAddick

McBobbin said:

charltonbob said:

Fell ill with pneumonia after returning from a Christmas holiday to Barbados, you have to wonder what his family were thinking of taking him out there. Ok it was something he wanted to do but what a price to pay. RIP Sir Tom

Edit I guess a terrible position to be in, he wanted to go do they deny a 100 year old man a "last wish" ?

You know what, I'd like to think that if I was 100 I'd go to Barbados.

I'd go too. I'm a 100, if I wait till the end of the pandemic I might be dead anyway, I'm not going to live forever, go and have a good holiday, why not?

MuttleyCAFC

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

The Barbados trip was a few weeks before christmas so legal as there was no lockdown then.

Can't deny a 100 year old guy the trip of a lifetime. British Airways and the Barbados tourist board paid for him and his family to go as a thank you for his efforts.

I see it that way. he was 100 and he had something on his bucket list he had the opportunity to do. If he didn't do it then, he may never have done it.