Hero war veteran and NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore is to be knighted by the Queen after his charity work inspired the nation.
30.04.2020 - 22:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A nine-year-old boy with cerebral palsy is taking on a charity walk challenge after being inspired by fundraising hero Captain Tom.
Ethan Beardow, from Gorton, cannot stand unaide. He gets around by crawling or using a wheelchair.
He is determined to complete 100 laps of a 25m course with his walker before his 10th birthday next month.
Ethan is raising money for The Care Workers Charity, which has agreed to ringfence the money to help pay for the funerals of coronavirus victims.
Ethan was
Hero war veteran and NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore is to be knighted by the Queen after his charity work inspired the nation.
Little Ethan Beardow stole the hearts of Good Morning Britain viewers when he first appeared on the programme to say he was going to do a sponsored walk.
They were born almost exactly NINETY FIVE years apart.
The Queen has promoted Captain Tom Moore to Colonel on his 100th birthday, after he raised more than £29 million for the NHS.The World War II veteran captured the hearts of the nation by doing laps of his garden. In celebration of his milestone birthday, Tom has received a personal letter from the Queen and has also been re-presented with his Second World War Defence Medal ahead of next week's VE Day celebrations.