Raised in Yorkshire in northern England, more served in India, Burma and Sumatra during World War Two, he struck a chord with locked down Britain by walking around his garden with the help of a walking frame, raising nearly £40 million or around $53 million for the National Health Service.
他在英格蘭北部的約克郡長大,二戰期間更在印度、緬甸和蘇門答臘服役,他在花園周圍藉助步行架行走,為國家醫療服務籌集了近4000萬英鎊或約5300萬美元,引起了鎖定英國的共鳴。