A FORMER Bury Grammar School head boy who subsequently worked as a solicitor in Radcliffe has died tragically in Penrith where he lived.

Mr Peter J. Kershaw (59), who leaves a wife and three children, was killed when he was struck by a car outside his home last month.

Mr Kershaw, the eldest child of Beth and Tom Kershaw, was born in Bury and was educated at Bury Grammar School.

As well as being head boy, he was also head of the cadet force and captain of the school rugby team.

It was while he was at school that Mr Kershaw met Susan, nee Pearse, at the age of 16. She was to become his wife. His links with Bury were very strong. His father returned to the town as one of the forgotten heroes of the war in the Far East and Mr Kershaw didn't meet him until he was four.

Tom (Titch) Kershaw returned to teach at Bury Grammar School where he was also commanding officer of the combined cadet force.

After graduating with an LLB Honours degree in law from Manchester University, his son practised as a solicitor in Radcliffe.

He moved to Cumbria in 1967 where he continued to work as a solicitor.

More recently, Mr Kershaw had served in the personnel department at Westmorland Services, Tebay, and then at Rheged, the new tourist centre in the Lake District.

He was an active and popular member of the Penrith community and over the years was a prominent figure in many local organisations, such as the Round Table and the 41 Club.

In his younger days, Mr Kershaw was an accomplished outdoor pursuits man, a keen skier, walker and climber. But his passion was sailing. A qualified ocean yachtmaster, he was happy at the helm of his boat, "Bente."