Funeral of Britain's Sir Tom Moore

Feb. 27, 2021, CTV News "Second World War plane flyby marks Capt. Tom Moore's  funeral" AP.

Church bells rang  and a Second World War II-era plane flew over Saturday's service to honor Captain Tom Moore who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's  health workers by walking laps in his backyard.

Soldiers  performed ceremonial duties for Moore, who died Feb. 2 at age 100  after testing positive for COVID-19

The service was small, attended by just eight members of his immediate family.  But soldiers carried the coffin and fired a gun salute while a  C-47  Dakota Transport plane flew past.

Moore served during the war in India, Burma and  Sumatra.

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in a socially distant ceremony at Windsor Castle.

--GreGen