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{{short description|Army officer and Victoria Cross winner}} | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} | ||
{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|name=George Channer | |name=George Channer | ||
|birth_date=7 January | |birth_date=7 January 1842 | ||
|death_date= 13 December 1905 | |death_date= 13 December 1905 | ||
|birth_place=[[Allahabad]], [[British India]] | |birth_place=[[Allahabad]], [[British India]] | ||
|death_place=[[Westward Ho!]], [[Devon]] | |death_place=[[Westward Ho!]], [[Devon]] | ||
|placeofburial= [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford]] | |placeofburial= [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford]] | ||
| image | | image = George Nicholas Channer VC.jpg | ||
| image_size | | image_size = 200 | ||
|caption= General George Nicolas Channer VC | |caption= General George Nicolas Channer VC | ||
|nickname= | |nickname= | ||
|allegiance= {{UK}} | |allegiance= {{UK}} | ||
|serviceyears= | |serviceyears=1859–1901 | ||
|rank=[[General]] | |rank=[[General]] | ||
|branch=[[British Indian Army]] | |branch=[[British Indian Army]] | ||
|commands= | |commands= | ||
|unit=[[1st Gurkha Rifles]] | |unit=[[1st Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
|battles=[[ | |battles=[[Umbeyla Campaign]]<br>[[Perak War]]<br>[[Jowaki Expedition]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]<br>[[Hazara Expedition of 1888]] | ||
|awards= [[File:Victoria Cross | |awards= [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]<br>[[Order of the Bath]] | ||
|laterwork= | |laterwork= | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[General]] '''George Nicolas Channer''' {{post-nominals|VC|CB}} (7 January | [[General]] '''George Nicolas Channer''' {{post-nominals|VC|CB}} (7 January 1842 – 13 December 1905) was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
[[File:George Channer VC Grave 2017.jpg|thumb|left|The grave of George Channer VC in [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford|East-the-Water Cemetery]] in [[Bideford]]]] | [[File:George Channer VC Grave 2017.jpg|thumb|left|The grave of George Channer VC in [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford|East-the-Water Cemetery]] in [[Bideford]]]] | ||
George Channer was born at [[Allahabad]], India, on 7 January 1842, the eldest surviving son of eight children of George Girdwood Channer<ref name="FamTree">{{cite web | url=http://www.ghgraham.org/georgechanner1843.html | title=Graham - Milburn Family tree | accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref> (1811–1895) and Susan (d. 1895), | George Channer was born at [[Allahabad]], India, on 7 January 1842, the eldest surviving son of eight children of George Girdwood Channer,<ref name="FamTree">{{cite web | url=http://www.ghgraham.org/georgechanner1843.html | title=Graham - Milburn Family tree | accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref> colonel, Bengal artillery (1811–1895) and Susan (d. 1895), daughter of Nicholas Kendall JP, vicar of Talland and Lanlivery, Cornwall. He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]].<ref name="DNB" /> | ||
He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] | |||
Joining the army in September 1859, he served in India with the [[89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot|89th]] and [[95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot|95th regiments]], seeing active service in the [[Ambela campaign]] of 1863–4. In August 1866 he entered the [[Indian Staff Corps|Bengal Staff Corps]], serving with the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] for the remainder of his career.<ref name="DNB">{{cite ODNB | id=32362 | title=Channer, George Nicholas (1842–1905)|author= H. M. Vibart, rev. James Lunt}}</ref> | |||
He | He was 32 years old, and a [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] in the Bengal Staff Corps, Indian Army, and [[1st Gurkha Rifles]] during the [[Perak War]] when, on 20 December 1875 in [[Perak]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]], Captain Channer performed the deed for which he was awarded the VC. Channer had been despatched with a small party to obtain intelligence of the position and strength of the enemy's stockade. Having located it, he jumped in, taking the enemy by surprise. After shooting one man dead with his revolver, the rest of Channer's party entered the stockade, which they captured. 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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24314|page=2476|date=14 April 1876}}</ref> In addition to the VC, in April 1876 Channer was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to [[Brevet_(military)#United_Kingdom|brevet]] major.<ref name="DNB" /> | ||
Channer served with the [[Jowaki Expedition]] in 1877 and the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] (1978–80). Here he was with the [[29th Punjabis|29th Punjabi infantry]] in the [[Kurram Valley Field Force]], commanding the regiment at the [[Battle of Peiwar Kotal]] in December 1878. He was made a brevet lieutenant-colonel in November 1879 and a colonel in the army in November 1883, at the early age of forty-one. He commanded a brigade in the [[Hazara Expedition of 1888]],<ref name="DNB" /> after which he was made a companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25923|page=2098|date=12 April 1889}}</ref> He attained the rank of major-general in April 1893, lieutenant-general in 9 November 1896 and [[General]] in January 1899. He retired in November 1901.<ref name="DNB" /> | |||
He died at the age of 63 on 13 December 1905 at [[Westward Ho!]], [[Devon]].<ref name="DNB"/> He was buried in [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford]],<ref>[http://www.memorialstovalour.co.uk/vc341.html George Nicholas Channer VC on the 'Memorials to Valour' website]</ref> in a grave adjacent to that of [[Gerald Graham]] VC. | |||
His Victoria Cross medal group is in the [[Victoria Cross#Ashcroft collection|Lord Ashcroft Gallery]] at the [[Imperial War Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/codevons.htm|title=Grave locations for holders of the Victoria Cross in the county of Devonshire |publisher=www.victoriacross.org|access-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005193431/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/codevons.htm |archive-date=5 October 2021|url-status=}}</ref> | |||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
He married in June 1872, Annie Isabella, daughter of John William Watson.<ref name=" | He married in June 1872, Annie Isabella, daughter of John William Watson. They had four surviving sons (two served in the army) and four daughters.<ref name="DNB" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/ | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20211005193431/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/codevons.htm Location of grave and VC medal] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513150108/http://www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp/~ruxton/OC_victoria_crosses.html George CHANNER of Cheltenham College] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513150108/http://www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp/~ruxton/OC_victoria_crosses.html George CHANNER of Cheltenham College] | ||
* {{Find a Grave|8111221}} | * {{Find a Grave|8111221}} | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:1842 births]] | ||
[[Category:1905 deaths]] | [[Category:1905 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]] | [[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]] | ||