A Second World War soldier who died alone in a care home has received a military-style funeral.

Stewart Cooney, originally from Dundee, died last month at Colton Lodges Nursing Home in Leeds, aged 95.

The former Royal Artillery soldier had no family, having outlived his wife and adopted son.

Facing the prospect of a lonely funeral, Dougie Eastwood, who works for the company which owns the care home, asked the local 269 Royal Artillery battery for help.

Mr Eastwood said his appeal spiralled from there, and resulted in more than 100 people attending the funeral.

Mr Cooney was born in Dundee in 1921 and left school to become a jute weaver at 16. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1943, fighting in Egypt and Sicily before taking part in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944.

He married Betty, a telephonist who worked for the Royal Artillery, in Midlothian that same year.

They adopted a son, Niall, in 1953, while Mr Cooney worked at a mill in Leeds.

Mr Cooney was laid to rest at Pudsey Cemetery in West Yorkshire on Friday afternoon following a service at nearby Rawdon Crematorium.