Captain Tom gets presents on eve of 100th birthday

Captain Tom Moore was presented with gifts from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment's Regimental Association on Wednesday, the eve of his centenary.

Moore, the UK war veteran who raised more than 29 million pounds (36 million US dollars) for the National Health Service, received a cake and a statue to mark the occasion at his home in Bedfordshire.

The veteran started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the NHS, hoping to raise 1,000 pounds by his 100th birthday, but surprised himself by generating millions of pounds.

As his fundraising efforts hit the headlines, the Ministry of Defence's Medal Office realised that the veteran was missing a medal that he should have received at the end of WW2 - the Defence Medal 1939-1945.

Moore, who was born in Keighley, served with the 8th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, which is now part of The Yorkshire Regiment.