I have nothing against an elderly gentleman who lived to a very good age and raised money for charity.
But Tom Moore didn’t doing anything exceptional. Millions of young men fought in WW2 , many of them didn’t live to the grand age of over 100. I dare say most of them lived to a much younger age and lived less privileged lives.
Did Captain Moore doing anything extraordinary in the War ? I don’t know for certain but from what I’ve read , no he didn’t. No more than other other officer who served.
Over the last 80 years or so we’ve seen many more men , mainly volunteers fight wars , I dare say saw much more action than Tom Moore did.
The Falklands for example , over 40 years ago.
Until recently, we had tens of thousands of young people, seeing action in Afghanistan for 20 years. Lots of these people are from working class areas, and probably went back to their roots after leaving the Army.
Again I’ve nothing against Tom Moore, but was he any more a hero than anyone else that ever served in an operational environment?
I think his daughter’s intentions may have been genuine to start with but once this made big news, she could see an opportunity to capitalise on it.