An eight-year-old boy is to be "knighted" for bravery by King Arthur at a special ceremony.

Ashley Ingham, of Bracken Bank Grove, Keighley, is one of 31 children from all over the North West and Yorkshire regions to receive an honorary knighthood at Camelot Theme Park, Chorley, tomorrow.

Ashley, a pupil at Worth Valley Primary School, was nominated -- following a story in the Keighley News -- by mum Sarah and grandad Clive, after helping them both through a difficult period last year when his grandmother died of cancer and his brother was stillborn.

Ashley's family, including sister Katie, four, will attend the ceremony in the jousting arena at the theme park.

They will walk along the red carpet, where Ashley will receive a knighthood from King Arthur himself.

Sarah said: "We nominated him after the feature for a special child in the Keighley News.

"I lost my baby the day after my mum died but that little boy has never cried -- he's more interested in how everybody else is. He's given my dad so much support and that's why we nominated Ashley. We're very proud of him."

Clive added: "Ashley has been a massive support to me. It's been a bad 12 months but he has just shown me the strengths that he has. His support has helped me through a lot of other things apart from my loss.

"He's just been himself -- he's a lovely lad."

The Camelot scheme, now in its third year, tries to find children who deserve special recognition and has been publicised in the local press since mid-April.

The special youngsters have either overcome personal difficulties, tried extra hard at school or spent time helping others less fortunate.

Sandra Dempsey, Camelot Theme Park's marketing manager, said: "The courage and bravery of these special children is remarkable. It will be an honour to have them as our guests at the Knights in Shining Armour ceremony on Saturday." The children will also receive a certificate and a family season-pass, which allows them free entry into the theme park.