Gen. George Nicholas Channer, VC CB

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General George Nicholas Channer VC

• Born 7 January 1843

• Allahabad, British India
  

• Eldest surviving son of eight children of George Girdwood Channer (1811–1895) and Susan (d. 1895), eldest daughter of Nicholas Kendall JP, vicar of Talland and Lanlivery, Cornwall.
• Educated at Cheltenham College.
• Served with the 89th and 95th regiments until 7 August 1866
• Married in June 1872, Annie Isabella, daughter of John William Watson
• Died 13 December 1905 .* Westward Ho!, Devon
• Buried East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford
• Allegiance United Kingdom
• Service/branch British Indian Army
• Years of service 1859-1901
• Rank General
• Unit 1st Gurkha Rifles
• Battles/wars

• Second Anglo-Afghan War
  
• Perak War
  
• Umbeyla Campaign
  

• Awards

• Victoria Cross (UK) ribbon.png Victoria Cross
  
• Order of the Bath
  

General George Nicholas Channer VC CB (7 January 1843 – 13 December 1905) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross

He was 32 years old, and a captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, Indian Army, and 1st Gurkha Rifles during the Perak War when, on 20 December 1875 in Perak, Malaya, Captain Channer was the first to jump into the enemy's stockade to which he had been despatched with a small party to obtain intelligence of its strength and position. The stockade was formidable and it would have been impossible to bring guns to bear on it because of the steepness of the hill and the density of the jungle. If Captain Channer and his party had not been able to take the stockade in this manner it would have been necessary to resort to the bayonet, with consequent great loss of life.