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Covid-19: 100 year old who raised £30m for NHS contracts virus

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Covid-19: 100 year old who raised £30m for NHS contracts virus

Colonel Tom Moore holding The Yorkshire Regiment Medal. Captain Tom Moore, a former British Army Officer, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel on his 100th Birthday. The Second World War Veteran was given Her Majesty The Queen’s royal assent to be made Honorary Colonel Army Foundation Collage Harrogate. The promotion was detailed in a letter from the Chief of the General Staff, which was presented by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Miller, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (1 Yorks). Other presentations to Colonel Moore included the re-presentation of a lost Second World War Defence Medal, as a gift from The British Army. Other members of 1 Yorks, an antecedent of Tom's former Regiment the 8th Battalion the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, visited Tom at his home in Bedford to deliver the presentations. There was also a further presentation by the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment Association. Colonel Tom Moore recently raised 29 million pounds for NHS Charities by walking in laps around his garden. His target was to complete 100 laps before his 100th Birthday, which he achieved 14 days ahead of schedule. His new target is to complete 200 laps. Major Moore was a member of the 8th Battalion the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment during the Second World War. He served in India and the Burma campaign. He was also later an Armoured Warfare instructor.

Sir Tom Moore who raised more than £30m for the NHS in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has contracted the virus and is now in hospital receiving treatment.

Sir Tom Moore became a hit after he offered to walk 100 lengths of his garden before he turned 100. He had hoped to raise £2,000 for the NHS but ended up raising for than £32m.

He was promoted by the army in recognition of his effort and knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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Sir Tom was being treated for pneumonia at home and so had not yet received the vaccine because he was already on medication.

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His family has released a statement via his verified twitter handle:

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— Captain Tom Moore (@captaintommoore) January 31, 2021

Good wishes have also being pouring in from all corners of the earth for this global hero.

The prime minister tweeted his best wishes:

My thoughts are very much with @CaptainTomMoore and his family. You’ve inspired the whole nation, and I know we are all wishing you a full recovery. https://t.co/Gm0S07umgd

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 31, 2021

The Mayor of London also sent his best wishes:

Thank you to our brilliant NHS for taking care of @CaptainTomMoore. Hoping for a speedy recovery and to see Captain Tom back home with his family soon. https://t.co/7VNdvVs5ut

— Mayor of London (gov.uk/coronavirus) (@MayorofLondon) January 31, 2021

The England Team also tweeted this:

His daughter, Mrs Ingram-Moore said in a tweet that her father had been at home with the family until Sunday when he “needed additional help with breathing”.

She said the medical care he had received in the past few weeks had been “remarkable”.

“We know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all they can to make him comfortable and hopefully [he will] return home as soon as possible,” she said.

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