Peachment, George

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Cemetery: Loos Memorial

Country: France

Area: Pas De Calais

Rank: Rifleman

Force: Army

Official Number: R/11941

Unit: 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Country of Service: British

Details: V C 25th September 1915. Age 18. Son of Mrs. Mary Peachment of The Nook Hilda Avenue Tottington Bury Lancs. Panel 101 and 102. An extract from "The London Gazette" dated 18th Nov. 1915 records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery near Hulluch on 25th Sept. 1915. During very heavy fighting when our front line was compelled to retire in order to re-organise Pte. Peachment seeing his Company Commander Captain Dubs lying wounded crawled to assist him. The enemy's fire was intense but though there was a shell hole quite close in which a few men had taken cover Pte. Peachment never thought of saving himself. He knelt in the open by his Officer and tried to help him but while doing this he was first wounded by a bomb and a minute later mortally wounded by a rifle bullet. He was one of the youngest men in his battalion and gave this splendid example of courage and self-sacrifice."

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