SCHOOL friends of an inspirational boy who died after an asthma attack plan to launch a charity in his name.

Friends of George Quigg have been working on plans to launch the St George’s Army charity to remember the 'beautiful and unique’ 11-year-old.

It comes as hundreds of pupils at his former schools - Langley Hall Primary Academy and The Langley Academy - marked the one-year anniversary of his death on Monday with special assemblies.

Megan Rhatigan, 13, came up with the charity idea. She said: “He was such an inspirational young man and taken so shortly. By doing this we can have days in memory of him.

“George was in my form at school. He would always make me laugh. He was like a saint, and this is like his army. I want the charity to be known by everyone in Langley.” Megan and her friends eventually aim to raise £5,000 for Asthma UK with events lined up including sponsored walks and silences. They want to make St George’s Army merchandise and have set up a Facebook group.

A logo has also been designed - with words describing George shaped in a heart - and attention now turns to raising £700 to register the charity.

George died on the same day as the anniversary of the death of Megan’s father. Her mum Sarah French said: “With the things she has gone through, her own personal journey with her dad dying, I couldn’t be any prouder.” And George’s mum Denise Young, speaking to The Observer from the family home in The Drive on Tuesday, added: “They keep George very much alive for me. They support me - I don’t know what I would do without them. I think they are brilliant for what they are doing.” Pupils at Langley Hall Primary Academy wore a splash of red to remember George on Monday, with a special assembly at The Langley Academy held on Wednesday.

George featured in The Observer in October 2013 when he helped a woman having an epileptic fit in her garden - winning praise from the Epileptic Society. Days before he died he also called emergency services after a girl collapsed outside his school - wrapping his coat around her until paramedics arrived.