A Derbyshire man who commissioned a bust of Captain Sir Tom Moore is campaigning to have a statue made for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
A sculpture of the Second World War veteran – complete with medals and the NHS fundraising hero’s trademark blazer – was commissioned by Garry McBride, of Monumental Icons, in July last year.
Mr McBride, 67, described Sir Tom’s death on Tuesday as the loss of a “bit of a friend, a pal and a champion” – adding: “It would be awful if after five to 10 years all his efforts were forgotten.”
Sir Tom raised almost £33 million by walking laps of his Bedfordshire garden during the first coronavirus lockdown and Mr McBride described the 100-year-old as a “beacon of light in our darkest times”.