Bryn St. Pierre Parry, (22 September 1956 – 12 April 2023) was a British cartoonist and co-founder of the charity

Help for Heroes Help for Heroes (H4H) is a British charity which provides lifelong recovery support to British Armed Forces service personnel who have been wounded or injured in the line of duty, and to their families, originally only since 11 September 2001, th ...

. He founded Help for Heroes in 2007 with his wife Emma to help wounded military veterans access rehabilitative treatment. He was one of the best-known countryside cartoonists in the United Kingdom, whose work appeared in 12 books and numerous magazines.

Early life and education

Born in

Salisbury, Wiltshire Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

, in 1956, Bryn was the son of Robin Parry, a career army officer, and Doreen (née Painter). His father served in Burma with the Ghurkas during the Second World War and was killed in Germany in 1961. Following his father's death, Parry lived on a farm in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

with his mother, brother, and sister. From 1970 to 1974, he was a pupil at

Wellington College Wellington College may refer to: *Wellington College, Berkshire, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England ** Wellington College International Shanghai ** Wellington College International Tianjin * Wellington College, Wellington, Ne ...

, receiving a scholarship due to his father's military service.

Career

Parry served in the

Royal Green Jackets The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry). History The Royal Green Jackets was formed on 1 January 1966 by the amalgama ...

, now known as

The Rifles The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions, plus a number of companies in other Army Reserve battalions. Each battalion of The Rifles was formerly ...

, for ten years. In 1985, he left the army to become a full-time cartoonist. In 2016, Parry stepped down as chief executive of Help for Heroes, while remaining an ambassador for the charity.

Honours

Parry was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE) in the 2023 Special Honours, which was presented to him in a private investiture at home due to his terminal illness.

Personal life and death

Parry died on 12 April 2023, of pancreatic cancer.

References

External links

Bryn Parry Studios
(official website) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parry, Bryn 1956 births 2023 deaths British cartoonists British charity and campaign group workers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from Salisbury