HISTORIANS in Keighley have won national recognition for two ‘unknown soldiers’ who served in the First World War.

Volunteers from the Men of Worth Project researched the backgrounds of the two men then submitted them for inclusion on official registers.

Private Herbert Moore of Oakworth has been accepted by the Ministry of Defence and the Commonwealth War Graves commission.

Ivor Tempest Greenwood, from Highfield, will now be included on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s perpetual Roll of Honour.

Men of Worth members came across the two men’s names while researching the names of men and women who served in wartime.

Spokesman Andy Wade said: “Occasionally we get a brick wall in that no records exist of a particular man with the War Graves Commission.

“We know from local sources that they died in service because they appear in local newspaper reports or on war memorials.

“They may have been missed because they left service before dying of the effects of the war, or the record of their death wasn’t passed on to the Army.”

Men of Worth teamed up with the national In From The Cold project, which is dedicated to winning recognition for such servicemen.

Herbert’s name is on the local war memorial, but nowhere else because he had been discharged from the army with liver disease attributed to the effects of exposure in the trenches.

Men of Worth are waiting for Herbert’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission stone to be installed on his grave in Oakworth Cemetery.

Ivor, meanwhile, died of pneumonia in hospital just two weeks after joining the West Riding Regiment.

He had been a member of Bible Class at All Saints Church on Highfield Lane.

All Saints minister the Rev Dr Jonathan Pritchard recently announced to his congregation that Ivor had been accepted to the perpetual Role of Honour.

Mr Wade added: “We will now have to wait for his stone to be made and installed at his grave in Utley Cemetery.”