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A 99-year-old World War II veteran has completed his quest to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday on April 30 in eastern England to raise money for Britain’s National Health Service.
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Captain Tom Moore had already become a global phenomenon for raising more than £29 million for staff of the state-run National Health Service (NHS) battling the coronavirus outbreak.
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Over 125,000 birthday cards sent to Captain Tom Moore -- who raised more than £27 million (US$33 million) for the health service by walking laps of his garden -- are put on display at a school in Bedford, England, ahead of his 100th birthday on April 30th
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The British war veteran has raised more than 29 million pounds for Britain's NHS health service by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday.
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Captain Tom's grandson Benjamin Ingram-Moore reads the birthday cards displayed in Bedford School ahead of his grandfather's 100th birthday.
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Guests hold up a sign wishing a Happy 100th Birthday to Captain Tom Moore as he and his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore speak via video-link at the opening of the NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
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Birthday cards are seen on display at Bedford School ahead of Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday.
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Artwork paying tribute to Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore is seen in Tamworth.
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Birthday cards are seen on display at Bedford School ahead of Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday.
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British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore with his walking frame doing a lap of his garden.
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Birthday cards are seen on display at Bedford School ahead of Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday.
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World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore posing with his two certificates after he broke the record for the most money raised by charity walk (individual) with his effort to raise over 27 million GBP for the NHS and at the age of 99 years 359 days. He became the oldest person to reach number one in the UK charts after teaming up with British singer Michael Ball to release a cover of 'Youll never walk alone'
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An NHS worker holds a Captain Tom message outside the Aintree University Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS.
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