Former mayor of Fishguard, Richard Davies, with his late grandfather's Oscar medal and Royal Humane Society certificate
CLEARING out an elderly relative's house has revealed tales of family heroism and tragedy for a former Fishguard mayor.
Among the family artefacts Richard Davies discovered were a medal and a certificate awarded to his grandfather, Captain Henry Parry in 1915, as well as newspaper articles detailing a terrible family tragedy.
Captain Parry was awarded a medal from the King of Norway for saving nine men at sea while he was an officer on the steamship the Eveline.
Reports at the time said that the men had been adrift at sea for ten days in a small boat. A rope was thrown to them but the sea was too rough and they were too weak to catch hold of it.