Captain Sir Tom Moore is in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, his daughter has said.
A statement on Twitter said that the 100-year-old was hospitalised on Sunday after requiring "help with his breathing" and that he is not in intensive care.
Hannah Ingram-Moore wrote that her father had had pneumonia for the last few weeks "and last week tested positive for Covid-19.
"He was at home with us until today when he needed additional help with his breathing.
"He is being treated in a ward, although he is not in ICU.
"The medical care he has received in the last few weeks has been remarkable and we know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all the can to make him comfortable and hopefully return home as soon as possible.
"We understand that everyone will be wishing him well.
"We are of course focusing on my father and will update you when we are able to."
Captain Tom became a national hero and raise over £30 million for NHS charities during the height of the first coronavirus wave in the spring when he set himself a walking challenge.
He had originally set out to raise £1,000 by talking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday on April 30.
But his sterling efforts inspired a lock-downed nation looking for good news among the increasingly bleak headlines, and donations and well-wishes soon flooded in.
His efforts saw him knighted by the Queen in July and he was singled out for praise by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said the centenarian had “provided us all with a beacon of light through the fog of coronavirus”.
Captain Tom was made a Knight by the Queen in the sun-soaked gardens of Windsor Castle in July.“I remember saying, ‘I hope the Queen is gentle with this sword!’” he tells GQ in the accompanying article where Captain Tom is seeing modeling a swanky designer suit - an experience he relished.
“(I) enjoyed watching all the people whose job it was to get me just right, doing a little bit here and a little bit there, fiddling with my collar,” he said.
Captain Tom capped off a whirlwind year by becoming GQ's oldest cover star as the magazine awarded him its 'Inspiration' award as part of its Men Of The Year issue.
Soon after Ms Ingram-Moore revealed her father's illness, well-wishers began tweeting their support for the centenarian, wishing him a speedy recovery.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: "The whole nation hopes you get well soon @captaintommoore. You've been an inspiration to us all throughout this crisis."
Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi tweeted that he was "praying" for Captain Sir Tom Moore.
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