Tom was born and brought up in Keighley, Yorkshire. He went to Keighley Grammar School and later completed an apprenticeship as a Civil Engineer. Tom went onto being enlisted in 8 DWR (145 RAC) at the beginning of the war, and in 1940 was selected for Officer training. He was later posted to 9DWR in India, and served and fought on the Arakan, went to Regiment to Sumatra after the Japanese surrender and returned to be Instructor at Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in Bovington.
Tom Moore is aiming to walk a hundred lengths of the back garden(which is 25m in length) before he is 100 years old at the end of the month.
UPDATE: Tom smashes through £500k raised – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52269398
