Captain Tom Moore’s spirit lives on, family tells funeral service

The coffin of Captain Sir Tom Moore is carried by members of the Armed Forces (Joe Giddens/PA)

The family of Captain Tom Moore have paid tribute to the veteran and NHS charity fundraiser at his funeral, saying his “message and his spirit lives on”.

Captain Tom’s coffin, draped in a union flag, was carried to the crematorium on Saturday by soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment while a Second World War-era C-47 Dakota performed a flypast.