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  • Cllr Gold, Owen Dykes (Borough of Bury Veterans President), Paul Kerr and Padre Bearn at Private Peachment Mural

    Artistic park tribute to Bury hero of the Great War

    Town Meadow Park will now be known as Private Peachment VC Town Meadow Park in memory of Private George Stanley Peachment, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for gallantry given his devotion to company commander, Captain Guy Dubs, after the officer had been seriously wounded in combat at the Battle of Loos.