A 10-YEAR-old described as a 'hero' is to receive a major honour after risking his own life to save a 12-year-old boy from drowning.

Cameron Peter Stewart has been awarded a Royal Human Society testimonial on vellum which has been approved by and will be signed by Princess Alexandra, president of the Society.

The heroic youngster saved the boy from drowning last August in Rhyl Harbour, at the close of Rhyl Air Show.

Cameron, who has mum Zoe and younger sister Abigail, was at the harbour when he spotted a boy, who was in a small dinghy, being swept away by a strong current.

The boy fell into the water and was dragged under by the current.

He re-emerged with his arms flailing and was then pulled back under.

Cameron, with no thought for his own safety, dived in, swam out to the spot where the boy had disappeared and then managed to drag him up from the bottom of the harbour and pull him to the safety of the beach.

The Ysgol Llewelyn pupil has also won the personal praise of Andrew Chapman, secretary of the Royal Humane Society.

Mr Chapman said: "This was an amazing feat for someone so young.

"Without a thought for his own safety, Cameron dived into what were obviously dangerous waters, braved the currents and swam to the other boy who was in trouble.

“He then pulled him back to the surface and then to the safety of the beach.

"He was truly heroic and richly deserves the award he is to receive. If he had not acted as he did and as quickly as he did the other boy would almost certainly have drowned.”

His name was put forward to the Royal Humane Society by his grandmother, Anne Hammond of Stockport.

Cameron used to live in Stockport before moving to Rhyl.

While he was in Stockport Mrs Hammond encouraged Cameron to swim and take lessons.

He reached an advanced stage of swimming and has also undergone some training life-saving.

It is understood the Cameron is interested in training as a life-guard at a later stage.

No date has yet been fixed for the presentation of the award.

The roots of the Royal Humane Society stretch back more than two centuries.

The Queen is its patron and its president is Princess Alexandra. It is the premier national body for honouring bravery in the saving of human life.

It was founded in 1774 by two of the day's eminent medical men, William Hawes and Thomas Cogan. Their primary motive was to promote techniques of resuscitation.

As it emerged that numerous people were prepared to put their own lives at risk to save others, the awards scheme evolved, and today a variety of awards are made depending on the bravery involved.

The Society also awards non health care professionals who perform a successful resuscitation. Since it was set up the Society has considered over 87,000 cases and made over 200,000 awards. The Society is a registered charity which receives no public funding and is dependent on voluntary donations.

It was one of a select number of organisations to receive a donation from the Patron’s fund which was set up to acknowledge work done by organisations of which the Queen is the patron, to mark her 90th birthday.