CAPTAIN Tom's family have urged people to "save the date" on April 30 as they plan an event to celebrate his life on what would have been his 101st birthday.

In a message on the World War Two veteran and NHS charity fundraiser's Twitter, his daughter Hannah said the Captain Tom Foundation, a charity set up in his name, will be organising an event.

Sir Tom Moore, from Keighley, was stationed in Burma during the Second World War, and raised more than £30 million for NHS charities last Spring by walking laps of his garden before his 100th birthday.

A Captain during his time in the Army, he was made an honorary Colonel and also knighted by the Queen at Windsor in recognition of his fundraising.

He died aged 100 in February after contracting Covid and struggling with pneumonia.

Now, on what would have been his 101st birthday, an event is being planned to celebrate his life.

His daughter Hannah said: "I would like to say an enormous thank you for the continuing support and compassion we've been shown over the last few weeks; it is helping us through a very difficult period.

"I am so glad we got the opportunity to share his message of hope with the world.

"In the last few months he often spoke of how proud he felt at being able to leave behind the growing legacy of his foundation.

"So many of you have asked what will be done to commemorate the life and spirit of my father Captain Tom and we've had some amazing suggestions.

"The Captain Tom Foundation will be celebrating his life on what would have been his 101st birthday.

"We will make sure it is an event that everyone - in the UK and around the world - can get involved in and it will truly celebrate his generosity of spirit, the hope and joy he brought to millions and his sense of fun.

"Save the date - April 30, 2021."