WWII Hero Reaches £6 million for NHS Fundraiser by Doing Laps of His Garden

THE 99-year-old war hero who had raised £1 million on Tuesday by doing lengths of his garden has now raised £6 million just 24 hours later. 

Captain Tom Moore originally set out to raise just £1,000.

His Twitter account said: ‘6 MILLION! Huge thank you to @JustGiving who had over 90,000 people on Tom’s page at one time, and had to try ensure that the site didn’t crash. WOW – just speechless.’

Mr Moore, originally from Keighley in Yorkshire, set himself the challenge to walk 100 lengths of his Bedfordshire garden before he turns 100 on April 30.

He is ahead of schedule and hopes to finish the challenge by Thursday.