In this file photo taken on April 16, 2020 British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses doing a lap of his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, 50 miles north of London. (AFP)
Captain Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers and died on Tuesday, was a great British hero, health minister Matt Hancock said.
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“He was a great British hero that showed the best of our country & I send my best wishes to his family at this time,” Hancock wrote on Twitter.
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been admitted to a hospital with COVID-19 on Sunday.
Hannah Ingram-Moore revealed in a statement posted on Twitter that her father, widely known as Captain Tom, was admitted to Bedford Hospital because he needed “additional help” with his breathing.
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