Who was Captain Tom Moore's wife Pamela and when did she die?

Sir Tom Moore rose to the occasion and became a national hero in a time when the country needed something to lift its spirits.

The war captain hit the headlines when he managed to raise nearly £33 million for NHS charities during the coronavirus pandemic, by walking 100 laps of his garden.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Sir Tom as a ‘true national treasure’ who has ‘provided us all with a beacon of light through the fog of coronavirus’ and, for his efforts, Moore was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen.

Sitting down with Piers Morgan recently, Sir Tom Moore opened up about his late wife. Who was she and when did she pass away?

Who was Pamela Moore, wife to Sir Tom Moore?

Pamela was originally from Gravesend in Kent and they met when Tom was 50 and she was 35.

She was working as an office manager for a roofing company in Gravesend, and Tom – who was from Yorkshire – regularly took trips down south to see her.

He previously to The Mirror: ‘As it so happened, the office manager in Gravesend was a rather attractive young lady – she looked terrific to me, like a model – so I had to do various trips and, shall we say, the ­attraction with the office manager became stronger and I eventually married her.’

The couple got married in 1968 and they went on to have daughters, Lucy and Hannah.

When did Pamela die, and where does Sir Tom live now?

Tom described his marriage as a ‘happy time’, but Pamela’s health sadly declined when she was in her 60s and she was diagnosed with dementia.

Tom cared for his wife for a couple of years, until she was moved into a care home.

Pamela passed away in 2006.

Captain Tom now lives with his daughter, Hannah, and his grandchildren, Georgia and Benjie, in the village of Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire.

He opened up about moving in with his family when sitting down with Piers Morgan for his chat show, Life Stories.

‘I was very fortunate to move in with them. That was a good day when I moved in with them,’ he told the host.

‘I’ve got four grandchildren, and what more can you wish for than that?’

Piers Morgan’s Life Stories is on ITV on Sunday night at 8pm.

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