It's fair to say army veteran Captain Tom Moore has earned national treasure status, having raised £28million for the NHS by walking around his garden over 100 times, as he approaches his 100th birthday.

Tom has been flooded with cards ahead of his special birthday - testament to how deeply his story has touched the hearts of the nation.

Now, a documentary will tell the story of his part in World War Two for a new ITV documentary to be shown on VE Day. The former British Army Officer fought in Burma and shares his memories of the conflict to draw attention to the “forgotten war”, within the documentary.

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Captain Tom entered officer training in 1940 at the age of 20, going on to serve in India before reaching Burma. There he was involved in the massive amphibious assault on Arakan, the instrumental part of recapturing the colony, before pushing on with his troops to the capital, Rangoon.

Captain Tom's War: What's it about?

Airing just a week after his own centenary celebrations, the documentary focuses on Tom as he "looks back on his time during the War in the brutal Burma campaign, as a million Allied troops from 40 nations attempted to repel the invading forces of Imperial Japan from the British colony over almost three years, between 1941 and 1944," ITV said.

"Captain Tom honours the soldiers who fought in what has since become known, with so much focus on the European battlefront and on VE Day, as 'The Forgotten War’, which finally came to an end in August 1945.

"The fact the Burma campaign, fought in what is now known as Myanmar, remains relatively unknown is an issue for the Yorkshireman, which is why he committed to redressing the balance by making the programme."

Captain Tom’s War will also feature Tom’s daughters, Lucy and Hannah, who reveal family photos from their trip back to Burma.

ITV's Controller of Current Affairs Tom Giles, said: "Captain Tom’s War will shed light on a campaign which comparatively goes unmentioned but in which our troops suffered unthinkable hardship and tens of thousands of British soldiers fought and died. Hearing this from Captain Tom Moore, who fought in Burma, means we will find out a lot more about the man who has done so much to raise our spirits at this time and the experience he and many others faced during World War Two on an occasion when we rightly come together to thank them for their sacrifice.”

Captain Tom's War: When's it on TV?

The 30-minute documentary will air on Friday 8 May, at 8pm on ITV.

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