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| birth_name = Tom Moore |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1920|4|30}} |
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| birth_place = Keighley, Yorkshire, United Kindgdom |
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| nationality = British |
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| alma_mater = Keighley Grammar School, West Yorkshire |
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| occupation = Ex-Army captain |
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| known_for = Fund raising for National Health Service (United Kingdom) during the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020 |
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'''Captain Tom Moore''' (b. April, 1920) is a 99 year old British ]<nowiki/>r and an ex-army ] who embarked on a walking initiative to complete 100 laps of his garden in ] on Monday, 6 April 2020 to raise funds for the ], ] to aid the ] pandemic. <ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52278746|title=Army veteran, 99, raises £1.4m for 'humbled' NHS|date=2020-04-14|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-04-14|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/14/war-hero-99-raises-1500000-nhs-walking-100-lengths-garden-12553898/|title=War hero, 99, raises £2,000,000 for the NHS by walking 100 lengths of his garden|date=2020-04-14|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> |
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== The fund raising walk == |
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Walking with the aid of a ], Captain Moore aimed to walk 100 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop in his 50 metre long garden in ], ] in 10-lap chunks, before his 100th birthday on 30 April 2020 to raise money for the NHS. Moore began raising funds with an initial target of one thousand pounds to thank the healthcare workers of NHS who continue to work hard throughout the corona-virus ] and who earlier in his life helped him with the treatment for cancer and a broken hip. |
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The initial £1,000 pound goal was realised on Friday 10 April hence the target was subsequently increased to £100,000 and then to £500,000 as more people around the world got involved.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/nhs-100-birthday-walk-army-veteran-tom-moore-fundraise-a9463561.html|title=99-year-old army veteran raises more than £1m for NHS with ‘100th birthday walk’|date=2020-04-14|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> |
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The fund-raising soared exponentially when the British media got light of the endeavour and as of Tuesday 14 April, Captain Moore’s ] page has raised an excess of £4 million for NHS Charities Together. Moore who has recently taken to twitter has expressed joy over accumulating such a staggering amount of money for the NHS. |
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Funds raised by Moore is being spent on 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |
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Captain Moore is currently doing 10 laps a day of his back garden in order to achieve his initial aim of 100 laps, he has now said he will not stop and aims to do another 100 laps.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* "When you think of who it is all for - all those brave and super doctors and nurses we have got - I think they deserve every penny and I hope we get some more for them, too." |
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* "We have had problems before - we have overcome them - and we shall all overcome the same thing again."<ref name=":0" /> (])- Captain Tom Moore.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Biography == |
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Captain Moore was born and raised in Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom and attended the Keighley Grammar School as a child and later went on to complete an apprenticeship as a ]. He enlisted in 8 ] (145 ]) at the beginning of World War II, and in 1940 was selected for Officer Training. After completion he rose to the rank of ] and was posted in the 9 DWR in ] and served and fought in India, ] and ]. After completion of his duties abroad Moore returned to United Kingdom and became an Instructor at ] in ]. In 2007 he moved to Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire with his daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs|title=Captain Tom Moore's 100th Birthday Walk for the NHS|website=JustGiving|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> |
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