In Memory Of

PENDER, WILLIAM GORDON

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1886-11-18
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 40th Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
 1917-08-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, flying on Nieuport 17, possibly shot down West of Annay (Pas-de-Calais) by Oblt H. Bethge, Ja30
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
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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