A great-great-grandfather who fought in two world wars has been celebrating his 100th birthday, 33 years after suffering a stroke.

Jesse Cornford, who lives in the almshouses built by Saltaire's creator Sir Titus Salt, celebrated the landmark with a party attended by five generations of his family, at the New Inn at Charlestown, Baildon.

And he marked his big day on Wednesday by knocking back a dram of his favourite whisky.

Born in Kent in 1902 Mr Cornford and his twin brother fought in the First World War having signed up for the Army at 16 claiming they were older. Mr Cornford, whose brother was killed in action, also fought in the Second World War.

He was a Prisoner of War in the Far East and returned home to find his family had been moved to Shipley by the Royal British Legion after their house was destroyed during a bombing raid.

Mr Cornford and his wife Charlotte, who died in the mid-1980s, had four children and four grandchildren as well as more than a dozen great and great-great-grandchildren.

His daughter Rose Craven, 69, recalled how he had worked as a wool scourer at Lower Holme Mill, Baildon, until the age of 67 when he suffered a stroke.