Captain Tom Moore wished a happy 100th birthday with the sound of Great Western Railway train horns

Captain Tom Moore walked 100 laps of his garden to raise money for NHS charities. Credit: PA IMAGES

Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who has raised nearly £30m for NHS charities, is celebrating his 100th birthday and Great Western Railway has come up with a unique way of wishing him well.

They've recorded a special video wishing him happy birthday using the sound of train horns.

GWR have already named a train after Tom who has now been promoted to the rank of honorary Colonel by the Queen.

Tom's train will carry key workers travelling to and from work on the Great Western network. Credit: GWR

Captain Tom completed 100 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, before his birthday on 30 April, leading to praise from the Royal Family, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other famous faces, as well as calls for him to be given a knighthood.

Captain Tom’s fundraising feat was further boosted when his duet of You’ll Never Walk Alone, with musicals legend Michael Ball, reached No1.

99-year-old war veteran Captain Tom Moore after he achieved his goal of 100 laps of his garden Credit: PA Inages

Originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire, Captain Tom joined the British Army in June 1940. His regiment – the 8th Battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment ­– trained in Wadebridge, Cornwall, tasked with coastal defence against a threatened German invasion. He later served on the frontline in Burma.