Sculpture of Captain Sir Tom Moore created to honour ‘everyone’s champion’
Derbyshire-based Monumental Icons hope the bust will be displayed at the HQ of NHS Charities Together.
A sculpture has been unveiled of Captain Sir Tom Moore – in tribute to his role as a “beacon of light” during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The bust of the Second World War veteran – complete with medals and the NHS fundraising hero’s trademark blazer – was commissioned by Garry McBride, of Derbyshire-based Monumental Icons.
Explaining why he had decided to commission and pay for the bust, Mr McBride said: “When we were in lockdown, for the first time in my life, they said ‘You have got to stay at home and do nothing’.
“Every television programme you put on … there was Captain Tom, as he was then.
He added: “He became everyone’s champion and he was our beacon of light, so to speak, through our darkest hours.
“So we found some clay, we worked on the photographs that were on Captain Sir Tom’s Facebook page and then we decided to make a bust.”
Mr McBride hopes the bust can be displayed at the headquarters of NHS Charities Together, the charity the centenarian raised money for.