The memory of brave leukaemia victim Luke Wemyss has been marked with the planting of a tree in the grounds of his school.

Family and friends of Luke, who died earlier this year, took turns with the spade to plant the winter-flowering cherry at Greenmere Primary School in Didcot.

At the ceremony, Luke's headmaster Dick Furniss said: "He brightened a lot of people's lives.

"The tree is a demonstration of our concern and care. Luke stays with us in our thoughts and prayers."

Luke's battle with leukaemia caught the imagination of many people when the sports-mad youngster helped raise thousands of pounds for charity while undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, more than two years ago.

Despite a bone marrow transplant, he died at his home in Mackenzie Avenue, Milton Heights, in February, aged nine.

His mother April Griffiths and her partner Harvey Dallas, as well as Luke's father Nigel Wemyss and his wife Emma, who live in Grove, attended the tree planting with Luke's grandmother Jean Gurney, of Thame.

His former class teacher, Tina Stirling, who now teaches at Dry Sandford Primary School, was also present.

Luke, whose coffin was draped with the colours of his favourite football team, Manchester United, shared his father's passion for golf, and they played regularly together at Carswell Golf and Country Club, near Faringdon.

Luke was made an honorary vice-captain of the club where father and son raised £9,500 at special charity golf days, which have become an annual event in Luke's memory.

Last month, Mr Wemyss addressed a public meeting to support the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign.

The Oxford Mail is also supporting the £20m project to build a dedicated hospital for children in the city.