As tributes pour in all over the world to our very own NHS hero, we remember how the staggering story unfolded last year.
Captain Sir Tom Moore was an inspiration to many as the country struggled with the very first lockdown last year.
He pledged to walk 100 lengths of his 50 metre-long garden in Marston Moretaine before his 100th birthday and donate 100 per cent of the funds to the NHS.
Although a modest fundraising target of £1,000 was set, the war veteran raised a phenomenal £33million - and of course the rest his history.
Captain Sir Tom Moore, we salute you.


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Our first picture of Captain Sir Tom when we broke the story in April 2020 of his pledge to walk 100 lengths of his 50 metre-long garden before his 100th birthday for the NHS

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Bedfordshire's police officers, firefighters and the East of England Ambulance Service visited Captain Moore in April last year, to applaud his achievement and thank him for his amazing fundraising work on behalf of the county

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Captain Tom Moore waved to a spitfire and hurricane from RAF Coningsby in a spectacular flypast with his daughter Hannah to mark his 100th birthday (Picture (C) Emma Sohl / Capture the Light Photography)

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Silks Hair and Beauty in Lime Street wanted to honour the NHS hero with a window display to mark his 100th birthday

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The Royal Mail celebrated Captain Tom Moore's birthday with special postbox on Bedford Road, in Marston Moretaine

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Bedford Today reader Jon Garthwaite took this picture in May 20, just after it was announced Captain Tom would be knighted. Champion pilot Mark Jefferies paid tribute to him in the skies