Inspirational World War 2 veteran Captain Tom Moore has now raised more than £6million for the NHS with his staggeringly successful walking appeal.
The 99-year-old veteran is raising funds for the NHS by walking 100 lengths of his garden has said it is "completely out of this world" that people have donated so much.
He is on track to complete 100 of the 25-metre laps before he turns 100 on April 30.
Mr Moore, who lives with his family in Bedfordshire, had hoped to raise £1,000 for the NHS when he started the challenge last week.
By Wednesday morning, more than 255,000 supporters had sponsored him a total of more than £5,100,000.
As of 12.37pm today the total stood at £6,181,427.86, meaning he has raised roughly £36,000 an hour since he started on April 8, or £600 a minute.
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Reacting as he was told that his fundraising drive had broken the £5 million barrier, Mr Moore said on BBC One: "Completely out of this world!
"Thank you so much to all you people who subscribe to the National Health Service because, for every penny that we get, they deserve every one of it."
Captain Moore's Twitter account said: "6 MILLION POUNDS!! Thank you everyone, this is all for our incredible @NHSCharities"
Originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire, Mr Moore trained as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Army for the Second World War, rising to captain and serving in India and Burma.
When he was posted to serve in India in October 1941, it took his Battalion six weeks by sea to arrive there.
During his time in south Asia Captain Moore was instructed to start a motorcycling course before the Battalion was moved on to Calcutta - a road journey which took three weeks in Monsoon season.
Back in the UK Captain Moore was sent on a course at The Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in Bovington.
He was kept there as an instructor until they were demobilised.
Mr Moore began raising funds to thank NHS staff who treated him for a broken hip.
His daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, told the BBC that the amount raised was "beyond our wildest expectations".
When the JustGiving page went live last week they thought their £1,000 target was a "real stretch", she said.
"No words can express our gratitude to the British public for getting behind Tom, for making this into a heartfelt story," she added.
"He's a stoic Yorkshireman, he's an unruffled straight-down-the-line kind of person and has embraced this adventure as the next stage of his life.
"I believe that life is all about purpose, we all need purpose, and, whilst he's had a life full of purpose, he did fall and break his hip and became much less independent than he had been for the preceding 98 years, and what you have done, the British public, and everyone who's supported him, is giving him his next purpose.
"He is articulate, he's alive, he's doing this and I think he'll do this until everyone says 'Stop, don't do it any more'."
