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aptain Tom Moore’s daughter has opened up about the veteran’s days in hospital, saying he wanted to come home to steak and chips.
Hannah Ingram-Moore has spoken about their final family holiday to the Caribbean, and how his heart would have been “broken” if he had known about trolling the family received.
Sir Tom captured the hearts of the nation with his fundraising efforts during the first lockdown. He walked 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday, raising more than £32 million for the NHS.
He died aged 100 at Bedford Hospital on February 2 after testing positive for Covid-19.
Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore, with his grand children Benji and Georgia, after he was awarded a prestigious Blue Peter Gold badge, the show’s highest accolade, in recognition of the war veteran’s remarkable NHS fundraising and for being ‘a beacon of hope’ during difficult times
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Captain Sir Tom Moore at his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, on the publication day of his autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore finishes his charity walk
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British Army Captain Tom Moore is pictured in uniform
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Bedford School pupil and Captain Tom’s grandson, Benjie Ingram-Moore, presented his grandfather with a photograph of the Great Hall filled with his 100th birthday cards for the first time this afternoon. Captain Tom was overwhelmed with emotion as he was presented with the photograph outside his home
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Captain Tom Moore celebrating his 100th birthday by carrying the 2012 Olympic torch as he completes a lap of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore celebrating after reaching Number 1 in this week’s Official Singles Chart with his rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone with Michael Ball and The NHS Voices Of Care Choir.
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99-year-old war veteran Captain Tom Moore, with (left to right) grandson Benji, daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and granddaughter Georgia, at his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, after he achieved his goal of 100 laps of his garden – raising more than 12 million pounds for the NHS
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore finishes his charity walk
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore finishes his charity walk
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues
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Captain Tom Moore finishes his 100 laps of his garden
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Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old veteran, completing the 100th length of his garden. Captain Moore has raised over 12 million pounds for the NHS after receiving donations to his fundraising challenge from around the world
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British Army Captain Tom Moore poses with trophies on a motorcycle
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Tom Moore is 99 and relies on a walking frame to get around, but that isn’t stopping the determined almost-centenarian from walking 2,500 metres, or 1.55 miles, by the end of April
Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues
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British Army Captain Tom Moore
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses after he continued to raise money for health workers, by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday
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Screengrab from Veteran Tom Moore’s appearance on GMB
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore at 99 years ols
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore raises money for health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday
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Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore,
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An NHS staff member wipes her eyes as she holds a sign to thank British veteran Captain Tom Moore
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Captain Tom Moore and his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore speaking via videolink at the opening of NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and Humber in North Yorkshire
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Captain Tom Moore’s grandson Benjie, in the Great Hall of Bedford School, Bedfordshire, where over 120,000 birthday cards sent from around the world are being opened and displayed by staff
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Artist Sam Bailey puts the finishing touches to a mural acknowledging the work being done by the NHS, emergency services and the fundraising exploits of Captain Tom Moore, at her home in Northampton
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A general view of thousands of birthday cards sent to Captain Tom Moore for his 100th birthday on April 30th, are pictured displayed in the Hall of Bedford School, closed-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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A message inside one of thousands of birthday cards sent to Captain Tom Moore for his 100th birthday on April 30th, are pictured displayed in the Hall of Bedford School, closed-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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A general view of thousands of birthday cards sent to Captain Tom Moore for his 100th birthday on April 30th, are pictured displayed in the Hall of Bedford School, closed-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Footage of Captain Tom Moore appearing on Blankety Blank
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A mural that has been created to pay tribute to NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore outside Bradley Scott Windows in Tamworth, Staffordshire
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An hourly salute to Captain Tom the army veteran in Piccadilly Circus, London
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A general view of thousands of birthday cards sent to Captain Tom Moore for his 100th birthday on April 30th, are pictured displayed in the Hall of Bedford School, closed-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, posing with his two certificates after he broke the record for the most money raised by charity walk (individual) with his effort to raise over 27 million GBP for the NHS and at the age of 99 years 359 days became the oldest person to reach number one in the UK charts after teaming up with British singer Michael Ball to release a cover of ‘Youll never walk alone’
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Bedford School pupil and Captain Tom’s grandson, Benjie Ingram-Moore, presented his grandfather with a photograph of the Great Hall filled with his 100th birthday cards for the first time this afternoon. Captain Tom was overwhelmed with emotion as he was presented with the photograph outside his home
Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore, appointed the first Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate
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The Yorkshire Regiment medal presented to Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore, appointed the first Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate,
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Colonel Tom Moore stood with Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Miller in front of all his medal and gifts.
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Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore, appointed the first Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate
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Captain Tom Moore (right) being issued his Second World War Defence Medal by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Miller after as he was appointed an Honorary Colonel.
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Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore, appointed the first Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, shows a thumbs up in Bedford
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Captain Tom Moore and his family
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Captain Tom Moore and his family
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A Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast of a Spitfire and a Hurricane passes over the home of Second World War veteran Captain Tom Moore as he celebrates his 100th birthday
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People watch as Royal Air Force (RAF) planes fly past the house of army veteran Captain Tom Moore marking his 100th birthday
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Royal Air Force (RAF) planes fly past the house of army veteran Captain Tom Moore marking his 100th birthday
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People watch as Royal Air Force (RAF) planes fly past the house of army veteran Captain Tom Moore marking his 100th birthday
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Royal Air Force (RAF) planes fly past the house of army veteran Captain Tom Moore marking his 100th birthday,
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A mural in support of Captain Tom Moore and the NHS is seen, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Belfast,
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A happy birthday message is displayed on the big screen in Piccadilly Circus for army veteran Captain Tom Moore on his 100th birthday
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Second World War veteran Captain Tom Moore as he watches a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast of a Spitfire and a Hurricane passing over his home as he celebrates his 100th birthday.
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Second World War veteran Captain Tom Moore with his daughter Hannah, as they wave to a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast of a Spitfire and a Hurricane passing over his home as he celebrates his 100th birthday
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Captain Tom Moore with his 100th Birthday cake
Captain Tom Moore with his 100th Birthday cake
Caption Tom Moore receiving his knighthood news
Caption Tom Moore receiving his knighthood news
Sir Tom said he was ‘delighted’ to receive the news that he will be knighted by the Queen
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The Queen awards Captain Sir Thomas Moore with the insignia of Knight Bachelor at Windsor Castle on 17 July
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His daughter told BBC Breakfast: “I said to him in the last few days, ‘so, what do you want to eat when you come home?, and we decided it was steak and chips.
“He was really excited about coming out for steak and chips and getting his frame back outside and his walker.
“The last real conversation was positive and about carrying on, and that’s a lovely place to be.”
Ms Ingram-Moore said that when the Second World War veteran went into hospital the family “really all believed he’d come back out”.
“We thought the oxygen would help, that he would be robust enough, (but) the truth is he just wasn’t. He was old and he just couldn’t fight it,” she added.
How has Captain Tom’s fundraising helped the NHS?
Before he died the centenarian got to tick a holiday in the Caribbean off his bucket list when the family travelled to Barbados just before Christmas.
“It was just amazing,” Ms Ingram-Moore said.
“He sat in 29 degrees outside, he read two novels, he read the newspapers every day, and we sat and we talked as a family, we went to restaurants (because we could there) and he ate fish on the beach and what a wonderful thing to do.
“I think we were all so pleased we managed to give him that.”
She also discussed the trolling the family received following Sir Tom’s fundraising efforts and said: “I couldn’t tell him.
“I think it would have broken his heart, honestly, if we’d said to him people are hating us.
“Because how do you rationalise to a 100-year-old man that something so incredibly good can attract such horror, so we contained it within the four of us and we said we wouldn’t play to… that vile minority, we wouldn’t play to them, we’re not, because we are talking to the massive majority of people who we connect with.”
The full interview will air on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday.
