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Memorial plaque to 2nd Lt. Hamish Granger Geils Pender of the Gordon Highlanders (No mention of James as a first name on plaque).

Located in Geilston Hall, Cardross.

UKNIWM No: unlisted
OS Map Ref: NS 34067 78006

IN PROUD & LOVING MEMORY OF
HAMISH GRANGER GEILS PENDER
LIEUT., 2ND. GORDON HIGHLANDERS
BORN AT ARDNOE, ARGYLL, 19TH JULY 1892
KILLED IN ACTION
AT NEUVE CHAPELLE 11TH-13TH MARCH 1915

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS AUNT CATHERIN J. GEILS

CWGC
PENDER, JAMES HAMISH GRANGER GEILS
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 11/03/1915
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. A. 6.
Cemetery: RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Additional Information: Son of Maj. James Pender, C.B.E., and Janet H. M. Geils, his wife, of Castle Wigg, Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Born at Ardnoe, Argyll.

SNWM
Surname: PENDER
Forename: James Granger Geils
Rank: 2nd Lieut
Date of death: 11 March 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
SNWM roll: THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Other detail: 3rd Bn. (att. 2nd Bn.).

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:00 pm Post subject:

Pender does not seem to be listed on any Wigtownshire Memorial but his brother is buried in Whithorn. (page 4) of
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic695-0-asc-45.html

He is listed on the Kilmorich Parish Memorial in Cairndow, Argyll.
(this memorial's title on the Forum needs sorting)
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=446
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Ken

Adam Brown · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:40 pm Post subject:

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

He is also commemorated on 2 candlesticks at St Mary Magdalene Church, Prudhoe, Northumberland, WMR 34221.
The reason is that, before enlisting, he had worked for some time as an Apprentice Mechanical Engineer at Elswick Ordnance Works, Northumberland, and had boarded at 30 West Parade, Elswick.
The Daily Record newspaper 25 March 1915 refers.