Service Details
Name:
 PENDER
Given Name:
 WILLIAM GORDON
Initials:
 W G
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 40th Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-08-15
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Date of Birth:
 1886-11-18
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, flying on Nieuport 17, possibly shot down West of Annay (Pas-de-Calais) by Oblt H. Bethge, Ja30
Decorations:
 M C
Additional
Information:
Eldest son of John and Annie Catherine Bennet Pender, of Onich, Great Bookham, Surrey. Gained his Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate on 30 August 1915, aboard a Maurice Farman Biplane. 1891 census: Living with his parents (father: farmer), siblings, governess and servants in Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland. 1901 census: Living with his parents (father: farmer), siblings and servants in Ockham, Surrey. Departed for Cape, South Africa on 1 May 1909. Arrived from Durban, South Africa on 9 December 1914. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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