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British Prime minister Boris Johnson gives Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British war veteran who became a national hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic, a round of applause in recognition of his record-breaking achievements. Moore raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for UK health service charities by completing 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday last April. Moore died in hospital in Bedford, southern England, after receiving treatment for pneumonia and testing positive for coronavirus. IMAGES
Soldiers form a guard of honour at the funeral of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic. Six soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment, the successor to the one Moore served in during World War II, carry his coffin, draped with the Union Jack and his military cap and sword as 14 soldiers give a firing salute. IMAGES
The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore, his daughter Hannah, grandson Benji, granddaughter Georgia and son in law Colin Ingram participate in a doorstep clap in memory of the WWII veteran. He had raised nearly £33 million for NHS charities ahead of his 100th birthday last year by walking laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. IMAGES
Tribute was paid to Captain Sir Tom Moore at Picadilly Circus following the death of the 100-year-old British military veteran who won hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic. IMAGES
NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore receives over 125,000 cards ahead of his 100th birthday. Moore initially set out to raise just £1,000 for Britain's National Health Service (NHS) by walking 100 laps of his 25-metre (82-foot) garden, with the help of his walking frame. But his journey resonated with a public inundated with grim pandemic coverage and he became a global phenomenon praised by British Olympic great Mo Farrah and Prince William. Guinness World Records announced Moore had broken the record for raising the most money in an individual charity walk -- more than £27 million ($33 million, 31 million euros). IMAGES
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