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NHS hero Captain Tom Moore becomes a colonel as he celebrates 100th birthday

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Inspirational war veteran Captain Tom Moore has been appointed as an honorary colonel to mark his 100th birthday. The inspirational war veteran, who has raised more than £29 million for NHS Charities Together by walking laps of his garden, has become the honorary colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

He has also been awarded a Defence Medal, after experts realised he was owed one decades ago. It will now be added to the 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star and War Medal he wore on his walk, which also earned him a Pride of Britain Award.

Chief of the General Staff General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith made the appointment, which has been approved by the Queen, in order to inspire the next generation of soldiers.

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