Rifleman George Stanley Peachment

2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps

Born: 5 May 1897 - Parkhills, Fishpool, Bury, Lancs.

Died: 25 September 1915. KIA at Puits (Pithead 14), Near Hulloch, France.

Buried: No known grave. Name on the Loos Memorial, at Dud Corner Cemetery, France. Panel 101-102.

CITATION

For most conspicuous bravery near Hulloch on the 25th September 1915. During very heavy fighting when our front line was compelled to retire in order to reorganize, Private 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, Private 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.

Gazetted: 18 November 1915.
Investiture: 29 November 1916. Presented to his mother, Mrs Peachment, Buckingham Palace.
Other Medals: 1914-15 Star, BWM, VM.
Location of Medals: Not publicly held.
Record of Service: 26 August 1914 - 1 July 1916.
Commemoration: Name on Thiepval Memorial.

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