HORSFORTH'S war dead are being honoured with the illumination of the town's cenotaph.

The lighting has been officially switched on in the culmination of years of fundraising led by the Royal British Legion and the Horsforth WW1 100 Years project.

The ceremony was attended by around 100 people, one of whom was Horsforth School student Ethan Wright, 15, who raised more than £1,000 with a sponsored swim to help pay for ongoing electricity costs. Horsforth school students raised £2,300 for the WW1 100 Years project.

The names of 43 First World War servicemen were added to the memorial last year after a campaign to recognise the ‘forgotten’ soldiers.

An appeal was launched to belatedly honour the men after researchers from Horsforth Museum discovered their names in local graveyards and also on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.

One of those missing men was Percy Tuke, who was 35 when he died fighting at Pozieres on March 21, 1918. His name was initially left off the memorial at the request of his father who was described as "a very private man."

But Percy's surviving family wanted the omission to be rectified, and they have made a donation towards the new plaques. His great-nephew, Paul Wallas, and great-niece, Amanda Sheehan, who live 260 miles away in Gosport, were invited to unveil the plaques in Horsforth on Remembrance Sunday last year.