A stained-glass window dedicated to a fallen soldier has found a new home in Keighley.

The window, with an image of St George, will be displayed in the newly-refurbished Central Hall, in Alice Street.

The nine-foot by three-foot piece will welcome people as they enter the former Methodist Chapel and it could become a starting point of a collection of creative and symbolic art from different cultures and faiths.

Central Hall is reopening as a community centre following a £1.74 million publicly-funded facelift and Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action (KIVCA) was due to begin its move into the Alice Street building yesterday.

The group, which supports voluntary groups, hopes to open Central Hall to the public next week.

The window was donated by members of Silsden Methodist Church when their building was demolished last year.

Beryl Horrocks, who works for KIVCA, heard the church could not afford to put it in its new building.

KIVCA paid for the window’s removal and restoration, which was carried out by Beryl’s husband, Brian.

On the window an inscription reads: “To the memory of Kenneth Hardy-Ion who lost his life on active service during the Second World War 1939-1945. A good soldier of Jesus Christ and all those who made the supreme sacrifice.”

KIVCA is trying to trace family of Kenneth Hardy-Ion, a lance bombardier in the Royal Artillery, in the hope of finding out more about the window.

Anyone with information about Mr Hardy-Ion should contact Beryl on 01535 665258.