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Jul 2021
Harrogate companies pay tribute to Captain Tom
Two Harrogate district companies have paid tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore at a newly unveiled memorial.
Horticultural services provider Ray Skelton (Harrogate) and Johnsons of Whixley, a nursery, both sponsored the walkway, which was opened at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate this month.
Captain Sir Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, her husband and children, visited the college on Pennypot Lane to cut a ribbon and unveil a plaque that includes details of his life.
Ray Skelton (Harrogate) commissioned Kris Elvidge, a local stone mason, to engrave the stones that can be found at the front and back of the college headquarters.
Meanwhile, Johnsons donated two Magnolia ‘Double Diamond’ 200-250 110L trees and 50 Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ worth a total of £765 to the memorial.
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Stuart Skelton, director of Ray Skelton (Harrogate), said:
Eleanor Richardson, Johnsons of Whixley’s marketing manager, said:
Captain Sir Tom was made an honorary colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate last year.
He later visited the college to speak to junior soldiers and was invited back for their graduation in September.
He raised almost £33m for NHS Charities Together by walking lengths of his garden in Bedfordshire, hitting the headlines in the process. He died aged 100 in February this year.
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