On Saturday Georgia paid her own touching tribute to Captain Tom in a poem called The Magician, which she had helped to write. Following the death of his wife Pamela in 2006, Captain Tom went to live with his youngest daughter Hannah, husband Colin and their son Benjie. When Georgia was born they became “a family of five” with Captain Tom as their “solid foundation”. Benjie’s cousin, Tom Teixeira, read “Oh the Wild, Wild Moors” about the Yorkshire landscape that formed the young Captain Tom. Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted: “Sir Captain Tom Moore was an inspiration and we will never forget his efforts throughout the pandemic.

Source: Daily Mirror February 27, 2021 21:19 UTC