Tributes have been paid to a 'lovable' rugby-playing schoolboy who was found dead in tragic circumstances last week.

Fifteen-year-old Oliver Haydn Edwards-Cavill was discovered at around 10.30pm last Tuesday at Dyffryn, Llawhaden, where he lived with his parents and sisters.

He was a Year 11 pupil at Tenby's Greenhill School which saw some 'sorrowful scenes' throughout the week, said headteacher Chris Noble.

All students and staff were 'shocked and deeply saddened' at the news of Oliver's death, he added.

Continued the head: "His loss came at a time when Oliver was making good progress in preparation for examinations in June 2009, and we are sorry that he will never know the success he would have achieved.

"The sorrowful scenes we have witnessed in school during the last few days testify to the warm regard in which so many students in Year 11 and other years held him.

"The teachers who worked with him most closely say that he was a lovable character, who had developed a wicked sense of humour.

"He will be particularly missed during out Christmas charity day at the end of this term, because he so loved the fancy dress that he and his family created with such care.

"We intend to consult closely with Year 11 about how we will commemorate his life."

Oliver is survived by his parents James and Joanna, sister Poppy and Mimi and grandparents Haydn and Angela and David and Jeanette.

His funeral will be strictly private, but a service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday at St Jeffrey and St Oswald's Church, Jeffreyston at 3pm, when his family have asked that bright colours are worn.

There will be family flowers only, with donations in lieu to the RSPCA or Tenby Swifts rugby, c/o the funeral directors, W. and M. J. Rossiter and Sons Ltd., The Old Rectory, The Norton, Tenby (tel: 01834 843160) or Landsker House, 21 Station Road, Narberth (tel: 01834 861300).

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