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Tributes have poured in for the newly-promoted Colonel Tom Moore' on his 100th birthday, after he raised £30 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden.
The veteran has raised over £29 million for NHS Charities Together by walking laps of his garden.
Soldiers form a guard of honour at the funeral of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic. Six soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment, the successor to the one Moore served in during World War II, carry his coffin, draped with the Union Jack and his military cap and sword as 14 soldiers give a firing salute. IMAGES
The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore, his daughter Hannah, grandson Benji, granddaughter Georgia and son in law Colin Ingram participate in a doorstep clap in memory of the WWII veteran. He had raised nearly £33 million for NHS charities ahead of his 100th birthday last year by walking laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson gives Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British war veteran who became a national hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic, a round of applause in recognition of his record-breaking achievements. Moore raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for UK health service charities by completing 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday last April. Moore died in hospital in Bedford, southern England, after receiving treatment for pneumonia and testing positive for coronavirus. IMAGES
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