“Reaching 100 with such interest in me and huge generosity from the public is very overwhelming. [13] He also has two other grandchildren. For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage. Colonel Tom has received thousands of cards from well-wishers, including the Queen, and got a birthday message from the Prime Minister. 99-year-old war veteran Captain Tom Moore, with (left to right) grandson Benji, daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and granddaughter Georgia, at his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, after he achieved his goal of 100 laps of his garden - raising more than 12 million pounds for the NHS, Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old veteran, completing the 100th length of his garden. His birthday was marked in a number of ways, including flypasts by the Royal Air Force and the British Army. [9] Tom returned to the UK in February 1945, to take a training course on the inner workings of the Churchill tanks, learning to become an instructor. [1][6] He was selected for officer training later that year,[5] and attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a second lieutenant on 28 June 1941. Second World War veteran Captain Tom Moore with his daughter Hannah, as they wave to a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast of a Spitfire and a Hurricane passing over his home as he celebrates his 100th birthday. This was because 8 DWR became an armoured unit designated as the 145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. [13][35] Once his campaign ended, Moore encouraged people to continue to donate, directly to the NHS Charities Together's urgent appeal,[36] and subsequently via his own Captain Tom Foundation. You can find our Community Guidelines in full [7], On 22 October 1941, Moore became a member of the Royal Armoured Corps. Moore served in India, the Burma campaign and Sumatra during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. Via video link, Moore was guest of honour at, and opened, the NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber, in Harrogate, on 21 April. One of the Spitfire planes that set off this morning for Captain Moore's 100th birthday flypast, Captain Tom Moore with his family on his 100th Birthday. “I felt a little frustrated and disappointed after I broke my hip and it knocked my confidence. ", "Capt Tom Moore thanks people for support on his 100th birthday", "Army veteran, 99, finds out he's raised £5m for NHS", "Captain Tom Moore launches You'll Never Walk Alone charity single with Michael Ball", "Captain Tom Moore scores UK's top trending song", "Captain Tom Moore and Michael Ball land UK number one with charity single", "The Weeknd wants Captain Moore to knock him off the Number One spot", "everyone in the UK please support @captaintommoore / @mrmichaelball single so this incredible 99 yr old war veteran, walking for the British National Health Service @NHSuk & now raised $35 Million can have a No 1 for his 100th birthday in the UK! [47][48], On 23 April, he was given a Pride of Britain award in recognition of his efforts, after "thousands of nominations" were received. 1 in the weekly "Official" UK Singles Chart, making Moore the oldest person to achieve that position and meaning that he was at No. [118] His great-nephew is a paediatric junior doctor at East Surrey Hospital. To mark Moore's 100th lap, the singer Michael Ball sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" for him live on BBC Breakfast. Tom Moore – A True British Inspiration. "Colonel Tom’s fantastic fundraising broke records, inspired the whole country and provided us all with a beacon of light through the fog of coronavirus," Johnson said. “However, the past three weeks have put a spring back in my step.". [30], Funds raised by Moore are being spent on such things as well-being packs for National Health Service staff facilitating rest and recuperation rooms, devices to enable hospital patients to keep in contact with family members, and community groups who support patients once discharged from hospitals. She spent her last years in a nursing home, where Moore would visit her every day. His father, Wilfred, was one of a family of builders,[1][unreliable source? [18] He rode a Scott motorcycle, winning several trophies. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most money raised by an individual through a walk. The appeal by NHS fundraiser Colonel Tom Moore topped £32 million as it closed at midnight. [13], On the morning of his birthday he had raised £30 million[29] The JustGiving page for his campaign closed at the end of that day; the final amount raised subsequently being stated there as £32,796,475 (plus another £6,173,663.31 expected in tax rebates under the Gift Aid scheme)[30] – a record for a JustGiving campaign,[31][32] beating the previous record of £5.2 million raised (partially posthumously) by Stephen Sutton.

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