99-year-old war veteran raises £4 million for NHS by walking in his garden

A 99-year-old war veteran hasraised more than £4 millionfor the National Health Service by walking in hisback garden 100 times before his 100th birthday.

Captain Tom Moore, a second world war veteran man from Keighley inYorkshire, had initially planned to raise £1,000 through the challenge.

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He raised£70,000 in just 24 hoursafter launching his campaign on April 8 due to whichhe extended his fundraiser.

On Tuesday morninghe hit the mark of £1 millionfollowedby £2 million mark at 3.30 pm and passing the£3 million markearly in the evening.

Mooreis walking 10 laps of the garden a day with the help of his walking aid, and had hoped to hit 100 laps in time for his birthday on 30 April.

But according to his daughter, Hannah, he is likely to reach his goal on Thursday.

''I really am pleased to be doing this and serving our nurses and our doctors and all our people in our national health service,'' Moore said.

The veteran’s wife was ill for several years and died in 2006, while Moore had been treated for a broken hip and skin cancer, so he continued to feel a close connection with theNHS, his daughter said.