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Captain Tom Moore, 99yrs Young, Completes 100th Lap of Garden and Raises £13m for NHS
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Captain Tom Moore, who served during WW2, has completed the hundredth length of the garden of his family home in Bedfordshire, raising over £13million for the NHS in the process
Daily Mirror UK, 16 APR 2020
Captain Moore completed his walk with a guard of honour (Credit: BBC Breakfast) (Image: BBC)
Captain Tom Moore has completed 100 lengths of his garden and raised more than £13million for the NHS in the process.
How to Donate to Captain Tom Moore
Captain Tom has said that he will keep walking as long as donations keep coming in.
His daughter, Hannah, has set up a Just Giving page.
Tom Moore was a captain in the British Army during WW2
The 99-year-old veteran has been walking up and down the length of his 25metre garden over the past week.
This morning he completed the task as donations passed the £13million mark.
His achievements - which started at a modest target of £1,000 last week, ahead of his 100th birthday on April 30 - were singled out by Matt Han****.
The Health Secretary called the veteran an "an inspiration to us all".
"I saw the video a little while ago, a few days ago, and I was just inspired," Mr Han**** told BBC Breakfast.
"And then I've been following him since, as the amount he has raised has gone up and up and up.
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